A fruit that is one of the three fundamental Tibetan medicines; the Medicine Buddha holds the stem of the arura plant in his right hand. Ordinary arura is commonly used in Tibetan medical compounds; special arura—which is said to cure any sickness—is extremely rare. Also known as chebulic myrobalan; the botanical name is terminalia cherbula.

Seven types of fruit are recognized (vijaya, rohini, putana, amrita, abhaya, jivanti, and chetaki), based on the region where the fruit is harvested, as well as the colour and shape of the fruit.

The purpose of the Arura Tibetan Medicine website is to share Tibetan medical knowledge with people who have an interest in Tibetan medicine and Tibetan culture.

In Tibetan medicine we use the fruit of the Terminalia chebula, it is considered to be a great panacea. There are five different types of Arura and the most highly prized Arura is called “the victorious one” (Aru Namgyal); it possesses all the six primary tastes, eight potencies and seventeen properties.

Myrobalan (pronounced Mi-rob-al-an) is the name of a Tibetan medicine which is considered to be the most wonderful and healing of all the medicines available. It is known as the life prolonging fruit of the Himalayas. In Tibetan it is called Arura.

Obviously, the names of “Big golden fruit,” “ Wind-floating fruit,” “Arura,” “Halileh,” and “He Zi” all describe its strong vitality and previous medicinal fiunctions, making Haritaki a significant part of Indian Buddhist culture.

The alias “Big golden fruit” shows its appearance characteristics, the name of “Wind-floating fruit” implies its harsh living environment and tenacious vitality, and another name of “Arura,” which comes from Tibetan, emphasizes the medicinal value of Haritaki as valuable as rhinoceros horn.

The alias “Big golden fruit” shows its appearance characteristics, the name of “Wind-floating fruit” implies its harsh living environment and tenacious vitality, and another name of “Arura,” which comes from Tibetan, emphasizes the medicinal value of Haritaki as valuable as rhinoceros horn.

Arura (Skt.). Medicinal plant endowed with many wonderful qualities.