It is often used to treat cough, expectoration, hoarseness and other related symptoms. It also has the effect of astringing the intestines and stopping diarrhea, and can be used to treat diarrhea and dysentery.
Under the guidance of a doctor, patients with the above symptoms can boil a proper amount of terminalia chebula with other Chinese herbal medicines into decoction, or they can be ground into powder and taken with water.
It should be noted that patients with damp heat in the body are forbidden to use it, otherwise it will increase the difficulty of treatment.