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Crude drug name | Market name | Narkachur |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Zaranbad | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Zaranbad, `Arq al-kafur / Zaranbad, Kazhur | |
| English name | Long Zedoary | |
| Original plant name | Curcuma zedoaria Rosc. | |
| Family name | Zingiberaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | rhizome |
| Production area information | Islamic Republic of Pakistan | |
| Collection information | Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Karachi [Karachi], Sind , Joria Bazar, Karachi | |
| Collection date | 2006/6/20 | |
| Collector | Others | |
| Remarks | For dyspepsia, stomach and liver tonic | |
| TMPW No. | 25713 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Zaranbad, Long Zedoary | |||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Zaranbad, `Arq al-kafur / Zaranbad, Kazhur | ||||
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| Original plant name | Curcuma zedoaria Rosc. | ||||
| Family name | Zingiberaceae | ||||
| Used part | Rhizome | ||||
| Distribution area | Curcuma zedoaria is cultivated throughout India for its tuberous rhizomes. It is said to be wild in eastern Himalayas and in the moist deciduous forests of the coastal tract of Kanara; also in the district of Chittagong. | ||||
| Description | It has similarity with turmeric upto certain extent. It has strong odour and taste - pungent. The drug is of two kinds. The first kind is found in northern India and in trade it is called Kapur Kachri (Hedychium spicatum Ham. ex Smith). The other kind is found in south India and is known as zaranbad (Curcuma zedoaria). These plants are found in Cochin and Kerala. These centres supply this drug at a large scale throughout south India. The drug is sold in the Bazaars in thick, cut pieces. In functions and properties the south Indian drug (C. zedoaria) has got more superiority as described in Unani literature. | ||||
| Function and properties | Cosmetics, Head and chest, Swellings, Food, Excretion. Carminative, deobstruent, exhilarant, cardiac and brain tonic, stomach and liver tonic, strong detersive, aromatic, stimulant, expectorant and antiphlegmatic, diuretic and emmenagogue, aphrodisiac, resolvent of inflammation and rubefacient. | ||||
| Specific actions | Carminative and tonic for vital organs. | ||||
| Frequency in use | Very common. | ||||
| Common uses | Cosmetics: It is fattening drug and removes the smell of wine, garlic and onion. It is used for cleaning throat. Head and chest: Included in electuaries and exhilarant preparations prescribed in cardiac and liver affections particularly in flatulence and dyspepsia. It is cardiac tonic. In compound preparations (Safuf chutki) administered as general tonic. Being expectorant and purgative of phlegm it is useful in asthma and bronchitis and as detergent effective in freckles, itching and scabies and to bruises. Swellings: Externally applied over the inflammations, it acts as resolvent and analgesic. Food: It stops vomiting. It is dissolvent of gases. Excretion: It causes constipation. | ||||
| Side effect | It produces headache in large doses or when used for long duration. It is very useful in insect-bite cases. | ||||
| Medical system | Unani | ||||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | It is hot in the second and dry in the third degree (Kabiruddin). It is hot and dry in the third degree (Avicenna). | |||
| Drug effect | It is carminative and tonic to liver. | ||||
| Comments | It is in the list of drugs used both in Unani and Ayurvedic Systems of Medicine under the name - Narkachur, Zingiber zerumbet. | ||||
| Dosage | 1 to 3gm. | ||||
| Substitute | Haldi (Curcuma longa Linn.) in external uses and Mulaithi (Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn.), liquorice, as corrective of taste. | ||||
| Related drugs | - Zingiber zerumbet Rosc., the black zedoary. - Hedychium spicatum, spiked ginger lily. Narkachur or Kapur Kachri. It possesses somewhat similar medicinal attributes. It has a camphoraceous smell of long zedoary. | ||||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Gul e-banafsha (Viola odorata Linn.), flowers. | ||||
| Important compound preparations | Dawai Magmaza, Roghan Amla Khas, Arq Ambar and Ma`jun Raig Mahi. | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | Illustrated Manual of Herbal Drugs Used in Ayurveda, 1996. Sarin, Y.K., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi pp 52, 96. Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay Vol. 1, pp 418-419, 608. Avicenna's Tract on Cardiac Drugs and Essays on Arab Cardiotherapy, 1983. Hameed, H. A. Hamdard Foundation Press, Karachi. p 46. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. p 315. A Survey of Drugs, 1961 (2nd edi.). Wahid, A. K. and Siddiqui, H. H. Institute of History of Medicine and Medical Research, Delhi. pp 19-30. Dictionary of Economic Plants in India, 1996 (2nd Rep.). Singh, U; Wadhwani, A. M. and Johri B.M. Indian council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi. pp 63, 97. Al-Qanun Fil-Tibb. Avicenna. (English translation of the critical Arabic text), Book 2, 1998. Hameed, H. A. (editor), Dept. of Islamic Studies, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi. pp 239-240. Al-Jamili Mufradt Al Adwiya Wal Aghziya (1197-1248 A.D.). Ibn al-Baytar. Vols. 1-3, 1985-1999. Central council for Research in Unani Medicine, Janakpuri, New Delhi. Vol. 2, pp 330-332. Hamdard Pharmcopoeia of Eastern medicine, 1969. Said, H. M. (editor), The Times Press, Sadar Karachi. pp 135, 140, 198-199, 270-271. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 198-199. Unani Adwiyah Mufradah, 1984. Ali, Saifuddin, A. (3rd edi.). Taraqi-e-Urdu Bureau, R. K. Puram, New Delhi. pp 173-174. | |||
| Remarks | Zaranbad has been included by Avicenna (Ibn Sina) among sixty-three cardiac drugs in 'al-adwiyat al-Qalbia' (Cardiac Drugs). Saifuddin states that the drug is very beneficial for infants. Its useful effects are also observed in amoebiosis. Both the drugs (C. zedoaria and H. spicatum) possess somewhat similar medicinal attributes. But C. zedoaria has more superiority over the other drug, therefore, it is more frequently used in compound preparations. Zingiber zerumbet Rosc. has been mentioned as the source of Zaranbad. But the correct source of Zaranbad is Curcuma zedoaria and its best substitute is Hedychium spicatum which is in use in north India. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/03/11 | ||||
