Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Badyan |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Badiyan | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Razyanaj / Badiyan varazyana | |
| English name | Fennel | |
| Original plant name | Foeniculum vulgare Mill., Fennel | |
| Family name | Umbelliferae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | fruit |
| 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: Root is also hot and dry. The root of Badiyan is whitish in colour and is used as a crude drug separately. Fruit about 6mm long, greenish yellow, the vittae very conspicuous. Odour - pleasant; aromatic; taste - sweet. | |
| TMPW No. | 14535 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Badiyan, Fennel | |||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Razyana / Badiyan varazyana | ||||
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| Original plant name | Foeniculum vulgare Mill. | ||||
| Family name | Umbelliferae | ||||
| Used part | Fruit, Stem / root | ||||
| Distribution area | Extensively cultivated in India. Apparently a native of S. Europe, but now distributed over temperate and subtropical regions of the world. | ||||
| Function and properties | Eye, Chest, Food, Excretion, Fevers. Plant is aromatic. Fruits are regarded as stimulant, carminative, diuretic, masticatory, flavouring agent, as condiment, emmenagogue, lactagogue, antiflatulent, check griping of purgatives and tonic to stomach. Useful for eyesight. | ||||
| Specific actions | Tonic for digestive tract (especially stomach) and for eyesight. | ||||
| Frequency in use | Abundant. | ||||
| Common uses | Fennel removes obstructions. Eye: Fennel strengthens the eyesight. Chest: The moist kind of fennel particularly the garden fennel increases the secretion of milk. Food: It is a safe drug in indigestion, abdominal pain and gastritis. In flatulence, flatulent colic and stomach debility, the drug is widely used. It is useful in cases of nausea. It is slow to digest and inferior in nutrition. Excretion: Its wild variety is particularly deobstruent. Fevers: Fennel is useful in chronic fevers and when taken with cold water, it proves to be useful in nausea and feeling of burning in the stomach during fevers. | ||||
| Side effect | It causes constipation when taken along with its root. It is slow to digest. Its decoction with wine is useful in insect bite cases. Its powdered root is painted over the bite of mad dog. | ||||
| Medical system | Unani | ||||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | It is hot and dry in the second degree (garden fennel). According to Avicenna (Ibn Sina) the wild fennel is very hot and dry in the third degree. | |||
| Drug effect | Please see specific uses. Excessive use may be harmful for individuals with hot temperament. | ||||
| Dosage | 5 to 7 gm (Both fruit and root). | ||||
| Substitute | Tukhme Karafs (seeds of Apium graveolens Linn.) and Bekh Badiyan (root of fennel). | ||||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Kashneez (Coriandrum sativum Linn.) and Sandal Safaid (Santalum album Linn.), white sandal wood. | ||||
| Important compound preparations | Jawarish Mastagi Kalan and Roghan Badiyan. | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | Indian Medicinal Plants (Second Edition), Vols. 1-5, 1993. Kirtikar, K.R. and Basu. B.D., Periodical Experts Book Agency, Delhi Vol. 2, pp 1211-1212. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. pp 112-113. 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. p 222. Hamdard Pharmcopoeia of Eastern medicine, 1969. Said, H. M. (editor), The Times Press, Sadar Karachi. pp 91, 142. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 235-237. | |||
| Remarks | Fennel plant and anise have also been confounded together in Arabic and Persian works. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/02/22 | ||||
