Uncle Harry’s Powdered Triphala Capsules

Feel pure, light, and rejuvenated. Detoxify your body. Nourish your nervous system and blood. Increase your digestion, assimilation, and reduce fat.

          Formulated in India over 5000 years ago, Triphala is one of the most prominent and versatile Ayurvedic herbal blends having been used safely and effectively by generations of people. Triphala means “three fruits” in Sanskrit. It consists of three herbs: Indian Gooseberry or Amla (Emblica officinalis), Beleric Myrobalan or Bibhitaki (Terminalia belerica), and Indian Gallnut or Haritaki (Terminalia chebula). Its strengths lies in the fact that it is an excellent laxative which induces gentle bowel movement, yet at the same time it is a regulator and normalizer and supports the body’s strength. Triphala is a completely balanced energetic formula and is mild, rejuvenative, non-habit forming, and causes no side effects.

          In India’s traditional Ayurvedic medicinal philosophy, a human body is a blend of three properties or dosas: ether or air called Vata, fire called Pitta, and earth and water called Kapha. In each individual, two dosas predominate. Each dosa has a set recommended diet and exercise plan and a heavy deviation from such can lead to imbalance in the body, a precursor and cause of disease. Triphala balances the dosas.

          Amla is sour and corresponds to the Pitta dosa helping to treat all of the fire imbalances relating to the digestion. It contains more Vitamin C than any other fruit, containing 30 times the amount found in oranges. Its properties including soothing and restoring the gastrointestinal tract, mildly laxative, stimulating the assimilation of foods, and astringency. It is considered one of Ayurveda’s greatest rejuvenators and a strong natural anti-oxidant.

          Bibhitaki targets imbalances in Kapha and is a powerful rejuvenative that reduces liver and heart disease, improves the voice, vision, and promotes hair growth. It balances excess mucus, improves asthma, bronchiole conditions, and allergies.

          Haritaki balances Vata elements and is referred to as “king of medicine” by the Tibetans who use it as a classic heart-brain-longevity tonic. t has a bitter flavor and possesses laxative, astringent, lubricant, antiparasitical, alterative, antispasmodic, and nervine properties. It is used to treat constipation, nervousness, anxiety and feelings of heaviness.

          In addition to promoting internal cleansing and eliminating internal stagnation, as a very mild and effective laxative and colon tonic, Triphala also provides high nutritional value thereby allowing it to detoxify without depleting the body’s reserves. It combines both nutritional as well as blood and liver cleansing actions making it an excellent blood purifier and liver detoxicant, helping digestion and assimilation, and aiding in the stimulation of bile secretion and flow and peristalsis. It is also known to significantly reduce serum cholesterol and lipid levels throughout the body. The nutritional qualities are derived from its high content of Vitamin C and the presence of linoleic oil and other important nutrients. As a result, Triphala is regarded as one of the most valuable and commonly prescribed herbal formulations as not only does it heal though elimination but it also emphasizes tonification. Consider its beneficial properties:

• Improves digestion
• Is antioxidant rich
• Reduces serum cholesterol
• Improves circulation helping the body to recover from stress (cardiotonic and capillary strengthening flavonoids and potentiated adrenergic function)
• Contains 31% linoleic acid (an essential fatty acid) and phospholipids
• Exerts a marked cardio-protective and cardio-tonic effect
• Reduces high blood pressure
• Improves liver function and is liver protective
• Has proven anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-allergy, anti-mutagenic, and anti-viral properties
• Expectorant, hypotensive
• Conducive to weight loss by way of progressive detoxification of the body

          Due to the synergistic effects and nutritional value of Triphala, it is no wonder why Ayurvedic physicians consider it to be a therapeutic herbal food. They prescribe this formulation to be taken on a regular basis for health maintenance and to prevent sickness. Triphala works bests and is traditionally taken as a powder. Generally the dosage consists of 2-6 tablets daily.

          The larger the dose the more laxative the effect and the smaller dose tends to be more gradually blood purifying. One should increase or decrease the intake of Triphala according to one’s bowel movements.