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Crude drug name

Market nameBadyan
Urudu nameBekh-i-badiyan
Arabic name /
Persian name		Asl al-razyanaj / Bekh-i-badiyan
English nameFennel root
Original plant nameFoeniculum vulgare Mill., Fennel root
Family nameUmbelliferae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification root + stem
Collection informationIslamic Republic of Pakistan, Karachi [Karachi], Sind, Amjad Unani Medicine (Pvt.) Ltd.
Collection date1994/1/22
CollectorTsuneo Namba
IdentifierJaved Ahmad
DescriptionIn this sample mostly stem pieces have been supplied instead of root.

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.14506

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Scientific information data base

Crude drug nameUrudu name,
English name		Bekh-i-badiyan, Fennel root
Arabic name / Persian nameAsl al-razyana / Bekh-i-badiyan
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Original plant nameFoeniculum vulgare Mill.
Family nameUmbelliferae
Used partStem / root, Fruit
Distribution areaExtensively cultivated in India. Apparently a native of S. Europe, but now distributed over temperate and subtropical regions of the world.
Function and propertiesThe root is concoctive or maturating for phlegm. It is also diuretic.
Specific actionsTonic for digestive tract (especially stomach) and for eyesight.
Frequency in useAbundant.
Common usesThe root is used in phlegmatic and atrabilious disorders. Its root is powdered with water and painted over the bite of mad dog. The root acts as maturating in phlegmatic diseases.
Side effectIt 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 systemUnani
Traditional conceptTemperamentIt 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 effectPlease see specific uses.
Excessive use may be harmful for individuals with hot temperament.
Dosage5 to 7 gm (Both fruit and root).
Substitute Tukhme Karafs (seeds of Apium graveolens Linn.) and Badiyan (fennel).
Corrigent (corrective)Kashneez (Coriandrum sativum Linn.) and Sandal Safaid (Santalum album Linn.), white sandal wood.
Important compound preparationsJawarish Mastagi Kalan and Roghan Badiyan.
ReferencesReference 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.

RemarksRoot is regarded as purgative and it is one of the five purgative roots of the ancients in Europe.
Last renewal date2024/02/22
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