Crude drug sample data base
※Click on the image to enlarge it.
Crude drug name | Market name | Anisun (seed) |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Anisun | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Anisun, Kamunul-Haluv / Badiyan Rumi | |
| English name | Aniseed | |
| Original plant name | Pimpinella anisum Linn., Aniseed | |
| Family name | Umbelliferae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | seed |
| Collection information | Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Karachi [Karachi], Sind , Amjad Unani Medicine (Pvt.) Ltd. | |
| Collection date | 1994/1/22 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba | |
| Identifier | Javed Ahmad | |
| Description | Features: Anise seeds are smaller than the fennel. The odour of anise seeds is pleasant and the taste is slight bitter. There are two varieties of anise. Its Nabatean variety is less pungent than the Roman variety. The Roman variety is sweet and hotter than the former. Fresh anise is best, has a strong smell, large sized seeds are the best and its peel does not fall down from it like bran. | |
| TMPW No. | 14559 | |
The capital city, provincial capital city or the representative
location of its administrative area is indicated.
location of its administrative area is indicated.
Production area information
https://ethmed.toyama-wakan.net/img/pin_san.png
25.0700428
67.2847875
Collection information
Islamic Republic of Pakistan,Karachi [Karachi], Sind
https://ethmed.toyama-wakan.net/img/pin_nyu.png
Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Anisun, Aniseed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic name / Persian name | Anisun, Kamunul-Haluv / Badiyan Rumi | ||||
| crude drug image |
| ||||
| Original plant name | Pimpinella anisum Linn. | ||||
| Family name | Umbelliferae | ||||
| Used part | Seeds | ||||
| Distribution area | A herb; native to Mediterranean region but now cultivated in various states of India (Uttar Pradash, Punjab, Assam and Orissa). It was first discovered in Egypt and Rome. Later on it was reported from European countries (Russia, Spain, Holland, Bulgaria, France and Turkey). Now it is cultivated in Russia at a large scale. It is estimated that Unani physicians, who came from Iran, had introduced this drug into India. It is a very important drug, which is in use in Unani System of Medicine for 2000 years. It is recorded in the book written by Farastus. | ||||
| Function and properties | Organs of the head, Ocular organs, Ocular organs, Respiratory and chest organs, Fevers, Swellings and pimples, Alimentary organs, Excretory organs. Seeds are aromatic, stimulant, carminative, stomachic, antispasmodic, emmenagogue (galactagogue) and demulcent. Essential oil is also aromatic, stomachic and carminative. | ||||
| Specific actions | It is deobstruent with a little astringency, carminative and flavouring agent. | ||||
| Frequency in use | Abundant. | ||||
| Common uses | Organs of the head: The smoke, arising from anise when placed on fire, gives relief against headache and vertigo. Ear drops prepared by its fine powder diluted in rose oil brings relief against earache associated with headache or an internal or external injury. Ocular organs: It is useful for chronic vascular keratitis. Respiratory and chest organs. It facilitates the respiration and the production of milk in the breast. Fevers: It is useful for chronic fevers. Roghan anisun (anise oil) is applied to head in headache and to the abdomen in flatulence and intestinal colic. Anise water is similar in action as anti-spasmodic. Anise seeds are useful in bowel complaints as well as bronchial catarrh. Swellings and pimples: It relieves against oedema and swellings of extremities. Alimentary organs: It removes the obstruction of liver and spleen caused by boraceous humours. Excretory organs: It is a diuretic, promotes the discharge of white fluid from the uterus and cleanses it. It also acts as an aphrodisiac. It is a deobstruent for kidneys, bladder and uterus. | ||||
| Side effect | Sometimes it causes constipation because of its diuretic property. It removes the poisonous effects of insect bites. | ||||
| Medical system | Unani | ||||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | It is hot and dry in the second degree. | |||
| Drug effect | It is carminative. It may also cause headache in hot tempered individuals. | ||||
| Comments | The oil is used in perfumery and soap making. | ||||
| Dosage | 2 to 5 gm. | ||||
| Substitute | Badyan (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) and Tukhme-Shibth (Anethum graveolens Linn.). | ||||
| Related drugs | Foeniculum vulgare Mill. | ||||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Sikanjabeen (Citrus juice with sugar in water). | ||||
| Important compound preparations | Jawarish Ood Sherein, Dawa ul-kurkam, Ma'jun Sange-Sare-Mahi and Habb-i-Shabyar. | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants, 1956. Chopra, R.N., Nayar, S.L. and Chopra, I.C., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi. - New Edition (1996) National Institute Science Communication; Supplement p 173. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. p 100. 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. p 173. 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 81-82. 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. 1, pp 144-145. Hamdard Pharmcopoeia of Eastern medicine, 1969. Said, H. M. (editor), The Times Press, Sadar Karachi. pp 87, 127, 274. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 337-338. Unani Adwiyah Mufradah, 1984. Ali, Saifuddin, A. (3rd edi.). Taraqi-e-Urdu Bureau, R. K. Puram, New Delhi. p 56. | |||
| Remarks | According to Ibn al-Baytar it's wine (prepared with sugar and then it is decocted with Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn.) is very useful in bronchitis and chest complaints. Its fumigation is also useful in catarrh and headache. According to Avicenna (Ibn Sina), the best anise peel does not fall from seeds like bran. But according to Dioscorides the best anise is that in which peel falls from the seeds. Iqritushi (an island) variety is better than the Egyptian variety (Dioscorides). According to Zakarya al-Razi this drug cures dropsy and removes flatulence. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/03/18 | ||||
