TY - JOUR T1 - The use of Atrifel Sagir and its components in obesity TT - کاربرد اطریفل صغیر و اجزای آن در چاقی JF - iau-tmuj JO - iau-tmuj VL - 24 IS - 4 UR - http://tmuj.iautmu.ac.ir/article-1-865-en.html Y1 - 2015 SP - 195 EP - 202 KW - Atrifal – Saghir KW - Itrifal – Saghir KW - obesity KW - Traditional medicine KW - Terminalia chebula Retz KW - Terminalia belerica Retz. Phyllanthus emblica L. N2 - Itrifal -Saghir or Triphala (tri = three and phala = fruits) is one of the oldest and commonly used polyherbal preparation. It is a botanical preparation include equal parts of three herbal fruits: Phyllanthus emblica., Terminalia chebula Retz and Terminalia belerica Retz. This study focuses on the indiations and components of Atrifel Sagir in obesity. Research resources include important traditional medicine book such as Al-Qanoon Fel Teb, Kolasetol hekma, Makzan al adviyeh and databases such as Google Scholar, Pub Med, Web of Science, SID and Iran Medex. Search terms were “Triphala”, “Atrifal -Saghir”, “Itrifal -Saghir” and “obesity” without narrowing or limiting search elements, with any outcome in humans and animals. There are a variety of indications for Atrifal -Saghir as described in Al-Qanoon Fel Teb such as purifies stomach enabling it for better coction. It is good for expels the phlegm. Its oral intake is useful for treating cases melancholy and anti-obesity. It strengthens the stomach by improving its capacity of coction assimilation and in improving relaxity and moistness of the stomach. M3 ER -