This product is the mature fruit of Chebula Fruit (Terminalia chebula Retz.), a deciduous tree plant of the Quisqualis Fruit family. Mainly produced in Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. Take it in autumn and winter. Dry. Use raw or simmered. If using pulp, remove the core.

[Property]

bitter, sour and astrigent, neutral. act on lung and large intestine channels.

[Efficacy]

astringing intestines and checking diarrhea, astringing lung and relieving cough, disinhibiting benifiting the pharynx restoring voice.

[Indications]

1. It is used for chronic diarrhea, prolapse of rectum. This product is bitter and sour, which can astringing intestines and checking diarrhea. Can be used alone, such as Jingui Yaolue's Chebula Fruit powder. To treat chronic diarrhea, chronic diarrhea or prolapse of rectum due to deficiency and cold, it is often combined with Dried Ginger, Poppy Capsule, Dried Tangerine Peel of medicinals, add Lanshi Micang's Chebula Fruit peel to drink.
2. For chronic cough disease, loss of voice. Chebula Fruit can not only astringe the lungs, lowering qi and relieve cough, but also disinhibiting and benifitting the pharynx restoring voice. For the treatment of lung deficiency, chronic cough disease and loss of voice, it can be used equally with Ginseng and Schisandra Fruit; for the treatment of phlegm, heat stagnation, chronic cough disease and loss of voice. , often used together with Platycodon Root and Liquorice Root, such as the Chebula Fruit soup in "Xuanming Lun".

[Documentation]

" Chebula Fruit is astringent when used with Smoked Plum and Chinese Gall, lowering qi when used with tangerine peel and Magnolia Bark, and can nourish the lungs and cure cough when used with Ginseng."