[11] In traditional Indian Ayurvedic medicine, beleric is known as "bibhitaki" (Marathi: "behada" or "bhenda") (Terminalia bellirica).

In India, neemuch; a town in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh is a major trading centre of skinless baheda and entire fruits of T. bellirica.

[citation needed] According to Dymock, Warden, Hooper: Pharmacographia Indica (1890): This tree, in Sanskrit Bibhita and Bibhitaka (fearless), is avoided by the Hindus of Northern India, who will not sit in its shade, as it is supposed to be inhabited by demons.

The pulp of the fruit (Beleric myrobalan) is considered by ayurvedic physicians to be astringent and laxative, and is prescribed with salt and long pepper in infections of the throat and chest.

As a constituent of the triphala (three fruits), i.e., emblic, beleric and chebulic myrobalans, it is employed in a great number of diseases, and the kernel is sometimes used as an external application to inflamed parts.

[12]In the Charaka Samhita, the ancient Ayurvedic text, bibhitaki fruits are mentioned as having qualities to alleviate disease, and bestow longevity, intellectual prowess and strength.

A description of the Fourth Amalaka Rasaayan, which includes bibhitaki as one of the fruits: "By this treatment, the sages regained youthfulness and attained disease-free life of many hundred years, and endowed with the strength of physique, intellect and senses, practiced penance with utmost devotion.