TRIPHALA CHURNA -Benefits, Ingredients, Indications, Dosage, Usage, Preparation, Side effects, Equivalent Medicines, Research Papers

TRIPHALA CHURNA

Triphala churna is an Ayurvedic medicine used in the treatment of a wide spectrum of diseases like eye diseases, constipation etc. This powder contains only herbal ingredients. This medicine should only take as per the direction by a physician.

BENEFITS OF TRIPHALA CHURNA

  • This medicine is mainly used in the management of diseases of the digestive system like constipation.
  • As per Ayurvedic classics, it balances vata, pitta and kapha dosha.
  • This medicine possesses antioxidant property and used as a natural rejuvenator.

 

INDICATIONS OF TRIPHALA CHURNA

  • Constipation
  • Vision problems
  • Obesity
  • Indigestion
  • Throat infections

INGREDIENTS OF TRIPHALA CHURNA

SL NO SANSKRIT NAME ENGLISH LATIN ACTION
1 HARITAKI Chebulic myrobalan Terminalia chebula rejuvenator
2 VIBHITAKI Belliric myrobalan Terminalia bellerica rejuvenator
3 AMALAKI

 

Indian gooseberry Emblica officinalis rejuvenator

 

METHOD OF PREPARATION

 

Above mentioned drugs are taken in equal quantity and finely powdered.

 

DOSHA- DUSHYA PREDOMINANCE AND ROGA MARGA

 

  • Dosha – This medicine is recommended for the treatment of vata, pitta, and kapha dosha imbalance.
  • Dushya- useful in diseases affecting rasa dhatu –  indigestion
  • Roga marga – This medicine can be administered in diseases affecting

abhyanthara roga marga – digestive diseases and madyama roga marga – vision problems

 

 

DOSAGE AND USAGE

Take 1 to 3 gms before or after food twice daily along with honey or as directed by an Ayurvedic doctor.

 

 

EXERCISES AND YOGA

 

Yoga and Pranayama are a set of breathing and stretching exercises respectively, widely practised in the treatment of many diseases.

 

Nadi Shuddi Pranayam    – for getting calmness to the mind provide overall health

 

The patient needs to be seated in a meditative posture with the head and spine erect, with the body relaxed. The patient has to close his one nostril (e.g. left nostril if using the right hand and vice versa) with the thumb and exhale completely through the other nostril. Again, he will have to breathe in deeply through the other nostril while the opposite nostril is still closed with the thumb.

              RECOMMENDED DIET AND BEHAVIOUR

 

  • Avoid food items which produce dosha imbalance like cold, more acrid, sour and dry food, hard to digest. Because dosha imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
  • Consume easily digestible food items
  • Avoid smoking, carbonated drinks, alcohol

 

SIDE EFFECTS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS

 

  • This medicine should only take as per the direction of the physician.
  • Improper administration and overdosage may lead to side effects like loose bowels.

 

  • Can this medicine be used while taking Allopathic medicines?

 

Seek your doctor’s advice if you are taking this medicine along with Allopathic medicines.

 

  • How long the medicine can be used?

 

Duration of medicinal administration is based on your stage of the disease. Before taking medicine consult a physician.

 

  • Is this medicine habit forming?

 

This medicine is not habit-forming. After using for a prescribed period gradually decrease the dose and eventually stop it.

 

 

                  CLASSICAL REFERENCE

  • Bhavaprakasha

             EQUIVALENT MEDICINES

  • Hingu ashtaka churna
  • Hingu vachadi churna for digestive problems
  • Panchakola churna

 

       AVAILABLE BRANDS

  • Divya pharmacy
  • Dabur
  • Kottakkal Arya vaidya sala
  • Baidhyanath

 

RESEARCH PAPERS

1.     Therapeutic Uses of Triphala in Ayurvedic Medicine

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5567597/#:~:text=In%20addition%20to%20laxative%20action,%2C%20adaptogenic%2C%20hypoglycemic%2C%20antineoplastic%2C

2.     Clinical Study of ‘Triphala’ – A Well Known Phytomedicine from India

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/43561239_Clinical_Study_of_’Triphala’_-_A_Well_Known_Phytomedicine_from_India

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