Bibhitaki is a large deciduous tree found throughout India reaches height up to 30 meters. Trunk of the tree is straight with brownish grey color. Leaves are long, alternate, oval and are clustered towards the end of branches. These are 7-14cm in breadth and 10-12cm in length. Simple and solitary flowers are white or yellow in color with offensive odor. Flowers appear in the month of May. Upper part of plant is male and lower part is female. Fruits are grey colored drupes, ovoid in shape. Sweet kernels inside the hard covering of fruit are sweet in taste. Its fruit resembles to haritaki fruit but without ridges.
Bibhitaki is also called baheda, herb which makes the fellow fearless and this herb is one of the ingredients among triphalai.eHaritaki, Bibhitaki and Amalaki. This herb is very effective in the nourishment of dhatus of body and in pacification of tridosha. Fruit pulp is very effective in eye nourishment, hair growth and preventing hoarseness of voice. It also has mild sedative action and is also used in insomnia. This herb works wonderfully on all seven dhatus and gives miraculous results. This plant contains various chemical compounds such as sitosterol, egalic acid, galic acid, galloyl glucose, chebugalic acid, protein, oxalic acid, tannins, galactose, glucose, mannitol, fructose, chebulasic acid and ramnose.
It helps to pacify all three dosha especially used for pacification of kaphadosha. Bibhitaki is very supportive for three essential tissues of body - rasa dhatu (plasma), mamsadhatu (muscle) and asthidhatu (bone).
Bibhitaki is large deciduous tree native to India and about 100 species are distributed throughout the world. It is found commonly in plains and lower hills of Southeast Asia. In India it is abundantly found in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Maharashtra.
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Rasa |
Kshaya |
Taste |
Astringent |
Guna |
Laghu, Ruksha |
Physical Property |
Light, Dry |
Virya |
Ushna |
Potency |
Hot |
Vipaka |
Madhur |
Metabolic Property (After Digestion) |
Sweet |
It balances Pitta and Kaphadoshas.
CharakSamhita |
SushrutSamhita and Vagbhata |
· Jawarhara - Herbs which Relieves fever. · Kasahara - Herbs which are good for cough and cold. · Virechnopaga – Herbs used in purgation therapy. |
Mustadi group |
Aksh, karshfala, kalidrum, bhootvaas and kaliyugalya are various synonyms of this herb. It has astringent taste and after digestion it is sweet in taste, pacifies kapha and pitta dosha and possesses cooling effects and hot potency. Bibhitaki is used in purgation therapy, cough, eye and hair problems, worm infestation and voice hoarseness. Seed kernel is astringent in taste, narcotic, easy to digest and used to cure thirst. It is also used to pacify kapha and vatadosha and to induce purgation therapy.
Powder - 3-6gm