daily tooth care; fresh breath.
Bibhitaki (Beleric Myrobalan)
Bibhītakī बिभीतकी
Terminalia bellirica · Combretaceae
Common: Beleric myrobalan · Bahera
Rasa-Panchaka — five-fold pharmacology
- Rasa
- kashaya · madhura— tastes at first contact
- Guna
- laghu · ruksha— qualities
- Virya
- ushna— potency (heating)
- Vipaka
- madhura— post-digestive effect
Dosha effect
Functions
Beleric myrobalan. Triphala component. The seed oil (Vibhitaka Taila) is the base of Sushruta’s anti-greying hair oil (Cikitsa 25.19).
Used in 17 recipes
eye strain; computer-eye.
daily Rasayana; anti-aging.
Darunaka (dandruff); scalp itch.
uneven complexion; dullness.
weight reduction; cellulite.
Khalitya (hair fall); Indra-lupta (alopecia).
daily soap replacement; skin brightening.
weight reduction; obesity.
severe Kushtha — incurable form; Shvitra (leucoderma).
Kushtha (all skin disease forms); chronic fevers.
severe Kushtha; Shvitra (leucoderma) — repigmentation.
premature greying; Palita (hair-greying reversal).
mild Kushtha; chronic fever.
daily hair washing; anti-dandruff.
Kushtha; malignant ulcers.
obstinate premature greying; hair-thickening.