Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Bekh-Kasni |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Bekh e-kasni | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Hindba / Kasni | |
| English name | Chicory | |
| Original plant name | Cichorium intybus Linn., Chicory | |
| Family name | Compositae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | root |
| Collection information | People's Republic of Bangladesh, Dacca [Dhaka] , Essa Bros. & Co. | |
| Collection date | 1964/3/6 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba | |
| Identifier | Javed Ahmad | |
| Description | Features: The root is about 8-10cm long, tapering, fleshy, somewhat branched and at the top about 1 cm wide. It is white in colour both internally and externally when fresh and densely covered by rootlets. The bark is rather thin. Taste - first sweetish and mucilaginous and then very bitter. The mature roots have elongated cork cells which develop superficially and laticiferous vessels are also found in the region of secondary phloem. | |
| TMPW No. | 9429 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Bekh e-kasni, Chicory | ||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Hindba / Kasni | |||
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| Original plant name | Cichorium intybus Linn. | |||
| Family name | Compositae | |||
| Used part | Roots, Seeds and Leaves | |||
| Distribution area | A hispid herb. Native to Europe but commonly occurs in N. W. India and parts of Andhra Pradesh, the Punjab and Kashmir. It is found in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Persia (Iran) and Europe. | |||
| Description | Cultivated variety is relatively more cold and moist. Wild chicory, which is also called tarakhshaquq, is less moist. It is of two kinds: (a) wild endive and (b) cultivated endive. | |||
| Function and properties | Dropsy. Diuretic, blood purifier, anti-inflammatory, abortifacient and deobstruent. | |||
| Specific actions | Reduces extra heat of various organs, deobstruent, tonic and febrifuge. | |||
| Frequency in use | Common. | |||
| Common uses | The root is used to cure ascites (abdominal dropsy), rheumatic pain, tonsillitis and diphtheria. Chicory root is administered in dyspepsia and fever. | |||
| Side effect | A plaster of the roots of endive, as well as its roasted flour, is beneficial against the bites of scorpion, insects, wasps, snakes and newts. | |||
| Medical system | Unani | |||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | It is cold and moist in the first degree. | ||
| Drug effect | Endive is said to be suitable for all kinds of temperament of the liver. The drug is particularly suitable for hot tempered livers. | |||
| Dosage | 14 gm (root powder). | |||
| Substitute | Kasoos (Cuscuta reflexa Roxb). | |||
| Related drugs | Cichorium endivia Linn., Taraxacum officinale Weber ex Wiggers (Fam. Asteraceae), Common Dandelion. | |||
| Important compound preparations | Sherbat-i-Bazuri Mo`tadil and Sherbat-i-Bazuri Har. | |||
| 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 pp 63-64. Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay Vol. 1, pp 313-314. Standardisation of Single Drugs of Unani medicine, Part 1, 1987 (1st edi.), Part 2, 1992 (1st edi.), Part 3, 1997 (1st edi.). Central council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi. Part 2, pp 101-106. 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 50. 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 467-468. Hamdard Pharmcopoeia of Eastern medicine, 1969. Said, H. M. (editor), The Times Press, Sadar Karachi. p 175. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 156-157. | ||
| Remarks | Leaves, seeds and roots of this plant are used medicinally. In moderate doses no toxicity is reported about the drug. Cichorium endivia Linn., known as Endive, is regarded as closely related to C. intybus (Chicory), and is planted in some vegetable gardens. Chicory roots when dried, roasted and grounded, are mixed with coffee. Chicory is found wild as well as cultivated. Chicory soon softens and sinks, colouring the water more or less brown. Based on the present study, it is concluded that the drug sold in the market under the name 'Bekh-i-Kasni' does not consist the only roots of C. intybus, but fifty percent of the drug appears to be consisting of the stem of Chicory and the root pieces of some other species or endive root. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2024/02/22 | |||
