Vibhītakī (Termenalia bellirica): Definition, Indication and Formulation

Vibhītakī is 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 Vibhītakī means the fruits that takes away the fear of diseases. Here is the detail of Vibhītakī in table form.

Sanskrit name	Vibhītakī
Sanskrit synonyms	Vibhītakī Akṣa Samvarttaka Karṣaphala Kalidruma Kalpadruma bhutavasa Kaliyugālaya Madhujiva Baheda Dharmadveśi Haryakṣa Kuṣalastuṣa Vasanta Vāsanta Vindihyajāta Tilapuṣpa Romaharṣana Kalko Haryo Tailaphala Kalkivṛkṣa
Scientific name	Termenalia bellirica (Gaertn). Roxb
Scientific name synonyms	Buceras bellirica (Gaertn). Lyons Myrobalanus bellerica Gaertn Myrobalanus laurinoides Kuntze Termenalia bellerica var. laurinoides Termenalia laurinoides
Family	Combretaceae
Source	Herbal
Part used	Fruit
Vernacular name English Hindi Kannada Malayalam Tamil Telugu Urdu Gujarat Indonesia	Bahera, Bastard Myrobalan, Beleric Myrobalan Baheda Tare kai, shantikayi Tānni, Tānnīka, Atamarutu, Tuṣam Tānrīkkāy, akkantam, amutam, erikaṭpalam Thanīkkaya Bahera Bahedan -
Distribution	India—Found in plains and lower hills throughout India and foothills of Himalaya Indonesia
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)	Kaṣāya (astringent)
Guna (properties)	Laghu (light) Rūkṣa (dry)
Vīrya (potency)	Uṣṇa (heating)
Vipāka (metabolic effect)	Madhura (sweet)
Karma (actions)	Cakṣusya (eye tonic) Keṣya (hair tonic) Recana (purgative)
Indication	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	chebulic acid ellagic acid gallic acid fructose galactose glucose mannitol rhamnose beta-sitosterol
Products	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

Flowers of Vibhitaki (Termenalia bellirica)

Leaves and tree of Vibhitaki (Termenalia bellirica)

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