Thandrikkai / Beleric Dried (raw)

Terminalia Belerica or Vibhitaka is found throughout the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, and South East Asia, up to 900 m elevation. Large deciduous tree with a buttressed trunk; Height up to 20-30 m; thick brownish-grey bark with shallow longitudinal fissures; Leaves: Crowded around the ends of the branches, alternately arranged, margins entire, elliptic to elliptic: obovate, rounded tip or sub-acute, midrib prominent, pubescent when young and becoming glabrous with maturity; Flowers pale greenish-yellow with an offensive odor, borne in axillary spikes longer than the petioles but shorter than leaves.
 

Benefits of Thandrikkai (Beleric):-

• It is an excellent remedy for catarrhal conditions, congestion, cough, bronchitis, asthma, and sore throats
• The laxative action of fresh fruits is more compared to dried fruits.
• The dried fruits are useful in treating piles, diarrhea, dysentery, parasitic worms, as these are binding and astringent.
• Vibhitaki fruits have liver-protecting action and are useful in jaundice and gall bladder stones