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Crude drug name | Market name | Gul-Mundi |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Mundi | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Habaqbaq, Zirr al-ward / Kamadarius | |
| English name | Indian Sphaeranthus, Globethistle | |
| Original plant name | Sphaeranthus indicus Linn., Indian Sphaeranthus, Globethistle | |
| Family name | Compositae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | flower |
| Collection information | Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Karachi [Karachi], Sind , Mashoor Dawakhana Sadar Rawalpindi | |
| Collection date | 1994/1/22 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba | |
| Identifier | Javed Ahmad | |
| Description | Features: Globose or slightly oblong, floral heads, 10 to 12mm long and 8 to 10mm in diameter with long wooly stalks. Flower pink or purple, densely packed to form a compact capitula. The floral heads lose their colour during long storage. Odour - terbinthinate; taste - slightly bitter. | |
| TMPW No. | 14617 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Mundi, Indian Sphaeranthus, Globethistle | ||||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Habaqbaq, Zirr al-ward / Kamadarius | |||||
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| Original plant name | Sphaeranthus indicus Linn. | |||||
| Family name | Compositae | |||||
| Used part | Floral head | |||||
| Distribution area | It is a herb found mostly in Southern India growing in the fields. It also occurs in damp habitats in plains all over the country. It is found frequently in Maharashtra and Mysore. | |||||
| Description | It is a country herb, growing in hard soil, spreading; its height is about half meter. The leaves are thick and pubescent. The flower is reddish blue azure, looking like a button. These flowers are known as gule-Mundi and used as drug. | |||||
| Function and properties | Heart, Stomach, Nerve system, Skin, Sex organ. Nervine tonic, deobstruent, antibilious, alterative, resolvent and dispersive of tumours/tumors, blood purifier, aphrodisiac, immunostimulant and bitter stomachic. | |||||
| Specific actions | Cardiac tonic, blood purifier and alterative. | |||||
| Frequency in use | Very common. | |||||
| Common uses | Heart: It is effective generally as antibilious, but also having efficacy against atrabilious ailments thus used as cardiac and nervine tonic, and blood purifier. It is useful in palpitation. Stomach: It increases the retentive power of the intestines, thus helpful in diarrhoea/diarrhea. Nervous system: As nervine tonic relieves cardiac debility, melancholic disorders, weakness of the brain function etc. in such conditions preparation of herb is made like rose water or its syrup is prepared. Skin: The flowers are employed internally as well as externally in chronic skin ulcerations, irritations, scabies, ringworm and other eruptive skin ailments due to blood disorders. Sex organ: It is considered as a valuable aphrodisiac. | |||||
| Side effect | In hot tempered individuals it may cause gastrointestinal reactions if taken in large doses. | |||||
| Medical system | Unani | |||||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | It is hot and moist in the second degree. | ||||
| Drug effect | It is a blood purifier and is beneficial in having one’s senses about. | |||||
| Comments | It is mentioned in the list of drugs used both in Unani and Ayurvedic systems of medicine. | |||||
| Dosage | 7 to 12 gm. | |||||
| Substitute | Barhamdandi (Tricholepis glaberrima DC.) and Sarphonka (Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.). | |||||
| Related drugs | Floral heads of Sphaeranthus amaranthoides Linn. are used as substitute in South India. These are larger in size. | |||||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Diluted watery extract (of Eclipta prostrata Roxb.). | |||||
| Important compound preparations | Itrifal Mundi, Arq Murakkab Musaffi Khun and Arq Mundi. | |||||
| 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 p 188. Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay Vol. 1, pp 1162-1163. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. p 552. A Survey of Drugs, 1961 (2nd edi.). Wahid, A. K. and Siddiqui, H. H. Institute of History of Medicine and Medical Research, Delhi. pp 19-28. 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 216. Hamdard Pharmcopoeia of Eastern medicine, 1969. Said, H. M. (editor), The Times Press, Sadar Karachi. pp 72, 204, 205. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 405-406. Unani Adwiyah Mufradah, 1984. Ali, Saifuddin, A. (3rd edi.). Taraqi-e-Urdu Bureau, R. K. Puram, New Delhi. pp 264-265. | ||||
| Remarks | Period of long storage of the drug makes it unfit for medicinal use. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/03/08 | |||||
