A Review Article on Various Phytochemicals and Different Medicinal Activities of Haritaki.

Abstract

Medicinal plant and plant products play very important role within the human culture to fight against ailments from the beginning of development [1].The application of herbal medicine in prevention and curing of ailments practiced from many years and also now in present time the Ayurveda medical system is reached everywhere in the globe, and it's well accepting by the people [2]. The home grown medication Haritaki (Terminalia Chebula Retz.) has a place with Combretaceae family and Used from crude time for restorative purposes [3]. Medicinal plant Haritaki is known as ' medicine king ' in country Tibet from numerous years back and It is constantly fixed it’s place at the head of the record of 'Ayurveda Materia Medica' because of containing remarkable ability of recuperating with a huge range of biological activity [3, 4]. In Ayurveda Haritaki (Terminalia Chembula Retz.) is one of the most frequently used herbal drug, act as a foundation and additive natural remedy with mild Colonic Cleanse properties and It can be taken daily without except any ill effects and with great Benefits [5]. It keeps equilibrium in three doshas, Purification the channels along with nourishes all the dhatus of the body [6]. Ayurveda clinical Science Underline it's activity as Used in different sicknesses like Poor digestion (Agnimandya), Irritable bowel syndrome (Grahni), Constipation (Vibandha), Malaria (Vishamjwara), Gulma, Juandice (Kamla), Cough (Kasa), Skin disease (Kustha), stone (Ashmari) etc and also having the properties of Rejuvenating (Rasayan) and Age delaying (Vayasthapka) [6].In Contemporary, studies proved that, it displays a different number of pharmacological exercises like Antidiabetic activity,Radio-protective activity, Antiplasmodic activity, wound healling activity, Antiulcerogenic activity, Antioxidant and free radical scavenging activity, antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, anticancerous, Antimutagenic, cardio-protective [7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]