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BALELA
Part Used : Fruit
The drug Balela consists of pericarp of dried ripe fruits of Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb. (Combretaceae); a drug yielding plant is a large deciduous tree, 10-12 m or more high, commonly found in plain and forests upto 900 m elevation; fruits ripen towards November.
Temperament: Cold & Dry 20
Action(s): Stomachic (Muqawwi-e-Meda), Astringent (Qabiz), Expectorant (Munaffis-e-Balgham)
Theraputic Use(s): Gastric debility (Zof-e-Meda), Intestinal debility (Zof-e-Ama), Diarrhoea (Ishal), Poor eyesight (Zof-e-Basarat), Weakness of brain (Zof-e-Dimagh), Cough (Sual).
Dose: 5 to 7 g.
Important Formulation(s): Majoon-e-Jograj Gugal, Itrifal-e-Muqil Itrifal-e-Saghir, Iitrifal-e-Ustukhudus, Majoon-e-Fanjnosh.
