Harad and Baheda- Traditional Family Medicine (Health Series)

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Harad and baheda or haritaki and bibhitaki in Sanskrit are botanically called Terminalia chebula Retz, the Black Myrobalan and Terminalia belerica Roxb. the Beleric myrobalan respectively. Both come under a large family of plants, Combretaceae under which quite a few other famous plants of India are included. Some examples are janglibadam. Terminalia catappa Linn (The Country Almond), arjuna tree, Terminalia arjuna W & A.. the famous hard wood tree dhav. Anogeissus latifolia wall (the Axle wood) and the pretty redwhite Rangoon Creeper of the gardens all over India, Quisqualis indica Linn. The two myrobalans along with another myrobalan or the Emblic myrobalan or amalak. Emblica officinalis Gaertn- all the three together constitute the famous Triphalas (the triad of fruits) of Ayurveda.