Vibhītakīis one among triphala. As one among triphala, vibhītakī most commonly used in Ayurveda medicines preparation. Bhīta in Sanskrit term means fear. Vibhīta means lack of fear and Vibhītakīmeans the fruits that takes away the fear of diseases.
Sanskrit Name & Synonyms
The sanskrit name is Vibhītakī. The synonyms are:
- Akṣa
- Samvarttaka
- Karṣaphala
- Kalidruma
- Kalpadruma bhutavasa
- Kaliyugālaya
- Madhujiva
- Baheda
- Dharmadveśi
- Haryakṣa
- Kuṣalastuṣa
- Vasanta
- Vāsanta
- Vindihyajāta
- Tilapuṣpa
- Romaharṣana
- Kalko
- Haryo
- Tailaphala
- Kalkivṛkṣa
Scientific Name and Synonyms
The scientific name is Termenalia bellirica (Gaertn). Roxb. The synonyms of scientific name are:
- Buceras bellirica (Gaertn). Lyons
- Myrobalanus bellerica Gaertn
- Myrobalanus laurinoides Kuntze
- Termenalia bellerica var. laurinoides
- Termenalia laurinoides
Family
Terminalia bellirica under Combretaceae family.
Used Part
The used part of Vibhītakī is fruit pulp.
Vernacular names
Vibhītakī has some vernacular names according to the region/place.
| English | Bahera, Bastard Myrobalan, Beleric Myrobalan |
| Hindi | Baheda |
| Kannada | Tara kai, Shantikayi |
| Malayalam | Tānni, Tānnīka, Atamarutu, Tuṣam |
| Tamil | Tānrīkkāy, akkantam, amutam, erikaṭpalam |
| Telugu | Thanīkkaya |
| Urdu | Bahera |
| Gujarat | Bahedan |
| Indonesia |
Distributions
In India found in plains and lower hills throughout India and foothills of Himalaya
In Indonesia found in Java, Bali.
Morphology
- Tree: large, grows up to 25-50 meters height.
- Fruit: resembles haritaki fruit, surface quit plain, drupe, obovoid, grey color, slight 5 ridged, velvety containing one stony hard seed.
- Flowers: small, greenish yellow in axillary spikes with stony offensive smell.
- Leaves: simple, alternate, elliptic or elliptic obovate, long petiole, crowded at shoot tip, leathery, both surface pubescent when young, glabrous at maturity.
Gana (group)
- Kaṣāya skandha
- Nikumbhādi gana
- Parūṣakādi gana
- Muṣkakādi gana
- Mustādi gana
- Triphalā
Rasa (taste)
Vibhītakī has Kaṣāya (astringent) taste.
Guna (properties)
Vibhītakī has properties such as
- Laghu (light)
- Rūkṣa (dry)
Vīrya (potency)
Vibhītakī has Uṣṇa (heating) potency.
Vipāka (metabolic effect)
The metabolic effect of Vibhītakī in the body is Madhura (sweet).
Karma (action)
The actions of Vibhītakī in the body are:
- Cakṣusya (eye tonic)
- Keṣya (hair tonic)
- Recana (purgative)
Indications:
Vibhītakī indicated in various conditions such as:
- Chardi (vomiting)
- Kāsa (cough)
- Krimi (parasites)
- Svarabheda (hoarseness)
- Vībandha (constipation)
- Netra roga (eye diseases)
- Jvara (fever)
- Śvāsa (dyspnea)
- Atisara (diarrhea)
- Aśmari (calculi)
- Tṛṣna (excessive thirst)
Chemical Constitutions
Terminalia bellirica contains:
- chebulic acid
- ellagic acid
- gallic acid
- fructose
- galactose
- glucose
- mannitol
- rhamnose
- beta-sitosterol
Products
Vibhītakī used in various Ayurveda medicine preparations, such as:
- Triphalā cūrṇa
- Sārasvata cūrṇa
- Hapuṣādi cūrṇa
- Yogarāja cūrṇa
- Guggulu pañcapala cūrṇa
- Amṛtāpippalyādi cūrṇa
- Mahāvahnivajra cūrṇa
- Nārāyana cūrṇa
- Nellikādi cūrṇa
- Sṛṅgyādi cūrṇa
- Ayaskāntādi cūrṇa
- Trikaṭutriphalādi cūrṇa
- Triphalādi cūrṇa
- Vijaya cūrṇa
- Vyoṣāgnyādi cūrṇa
- Yogarāja guggulu
- Kaiśora guggulu
- Amṛta guggulu
- Ānanda rasa 1
- Ānanda rasa 2
- Nīlakaṇṭha rasa
- Rogatrayāri rasa
- Lohagūḍhādi gutika
- Mṛtasañjīvanī gutika
- Mukkāmukkaṭukādi gutika
- Nīruryādi gutika
- Rājavirecana gutika
- Sannipātāntakam gutika
- Śiva gutika
- Vāyu gutika
- Virecana gutika
- Bījakāriṣṭam
- Dantyariṣṭam
- Khadirāriṣṭam 1
- Khadirāriṣṭam 2
- Sārasvatāriṣṭam
- Triphalāriṣṭam
- Aśokāriṣṭam
- Madhvāsavam
- Kūśmaṇḍāsavam
- Kumaryāsavam
- Lohāsavam
- Aravindāsavam
- Punarnavāsavam
- Lodhrādi ghṛtam
- Mahākhadira ghṛtam
- Rohiṇyādi ghṛtam
- Vāśādi ghṛtam
- Caitasa ghṛtam
- Cirivilvādi ghṛtam
- Dārvī balādi ghṛtam
- Daśasvarasa ghṛtam
- Guḍucyādi ghṛtam 2
- Haridrādi ghṛtam
- Jīvantyādi ghṛtam 2
- Kalyāṇaka ghṛtam
- Amṛtādya ghṛtam
- Laśunādyam ghṛtam 1
- Laśunādyam ghṛtam 2
- Mahākūśmāṇḍaka ghṛtam
- Mahāmayūra ghṛtam
- Mahātiktaka ghṛtam
- Mahatpañcagavya ghṛtam
- Mayūra ghṛtam
- Noṅṅaṇādi ghṛtam
- Pañcagavya ghṛtam
- Sārasvata ghṛtam 2
- Śūlārikam ghṛtam
- Simhtamṛta ghṛtam
- Trayūṣaṇādi ghṛtam
- Triphalādi ghṛtam 1
- Triphalādi ghṛtam 2
- Vārāhyādi ghṛtam 2
- Vāśādyam ghṛtam
- Vastyāmayāntaka ghṛtam
- Virecana ghṛtam
- Vyoṣādyam ghṛtam
- Mahānīla tailam
- Kaccorādi tailam
- Karambhādi tailam
- Mañjiṣṭhādi tailam
- Nāgarādi tailam
- Nālpāmarādi tailam
- Aṣṭādaśaśatikam prasāriṇī tailam
- Pullānnyādi tailam
- Triphalādi tailam
- Mahānārāyaṇa tailam
- Balādhātryādi tailam
- Padmakādi leham
- Madanakāmeśvarī lehyam
- Viḍaṅgādyam lehyam
- Bhūnimbādi kaṣāyam
- Phalatrikādi kaṣāyam 2
- Dārvīguḍūcyādi kaṣāyam
- Navakārṣikam kaṣāyam
- Dārvīkapitthaniryāsādi kaṣāyam
- Daśamūlakaṭutrayam kaṣāyam
- Daśamūlapañcakolādi kaṣāyam
- Guḍūcītriphalādi kaṣāyam
- Ākulyābdādi kaṣāyam
- Jīvantyādi kaṣāyam
- Kaḍamkaṭerikādi kaṣāyam
- Khadirādi kaṣāyam
- Khadiratriphalādi kaṣāyam
- Krimighnādi kaṣāyam
- Kuṭajādi kaṣāyam 3
- Mahārāsnādi kaṣāyam 1
- Mañjiṣṭhādi kaṣāyam 1
- Mañjiṣṭhādi kaṣāyam 2
- Nikumbhādi kaṣāyam
- Nimbāmṛtādi kaṣāyam
- Nimbatvakādi kaṣāyam 1
- Nimbatvakādi kaṣāyam 2
- Paṭolādi kaṣāyam 1
- Paṭolādi kaṣāyam 4
- Paṭolādi kaṣāyam 5
- Paṭolādi kaṣāyam 6
- Paṭolādi kaṣāyam 8
- Phalatrika kaṣāyam
- Phalatrikādi kaṣāyam
- Śreṣṭhānimbādi kaṣāyam
- Śuṇṭhyādi kaṣāyam 3
- Triphalādāruvādi kaṣāyam
- Triphalādi kaṣāyam 1
- Triphalādi kaṣāyam 2
- Triphalādi kaṣāyam 3
- Triphalāragvadhādi kaṣāyam
- Trivṛtādi kaṣāyam 1
- Trivṛtādi kaṣāyam 2
- Vāśāguḍūcyādi kaṣāyam 1
- Varāsanādi kaṣāyam
- Vyoṣābdādi kaṣāyam
- Śūlakuḍhāram
- Punarnavā maṇḍūram
- Saindhavādi varti
- Gaṇḍīra rasāyanam
- Gandhaka rasāyanam
- Cāturjāta rasāyanam
- Madhusnuhī rasāyanam
- Guḍabhallātakam 1
- Kalyāṇaka kṣāra
- Kauṭacādi guḍam
