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Crude drug name | Market name | Kabab-chini |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Kabab-chini | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Kababahcini / Kibabeh | |
| English name | Cubebs | |
| Original plant name | Piper cubeba Linn. f., Cubebs | |
| Family name | Piperaceae | |
| 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: The fruits are like black pepper but smooth, having a brownish black colour externally and whitish internally. There is a small column like structure on one side of the fruit. In shape the fruits look like clove. Odour - strong and pleasant; taste - bitter or furious. | |
| TMPW No. | 14540 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Kabab-chini, Cubebs | |||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Kababahcini / Kibabeh | ||||
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| Original plant name | Piper cubeba Linn. f. | ||||
| Family name | Piperaceae | ||||
| Used part | Fruits | ||||
| Distribution area | The plant is indigenous to Java, Sumatra and Malay; being imported from Singapore, and are also cultivated to a small extent in India, especially in Mysore area. | ||||
| Function and properties | Head, Ulcers, Chest, Excretion. Demulcent, deobstruent, resolvent, stomachic, carminative, tonic for gums and teeth, useful against hoarseness of voice, diuretic and emmenagogue, stimulant and aromatic and inspissant. | ||||
| Specific actions | Clearing for genito-urinary organs, also useful in gonorrhoea/gonorrhea. | ||||
| Frequency in use | Rare in India. | ||||
| Common uses | Head: Its use is beneficial in cases of foul stomatitis. When kept in mouth, it clears the voice. Included in tooth powders to strengthen the gums and teeth. Ulcers: It is used in putrid ulcers of the gums. Chest: It is a strong deobstruent to be used in hepatic obstructions. Excretion: It 'cleanses' urinary tract, facilitates the flow of sandy materials through the urine and removes kidney and bladder stones. In gleet and gonorrhoea/gonorrhea for cleansing and procuring antiseptic effects, cubebs are administered as simple or in compounds, recommended for the purposes. | ||||
| Side effect | Described as harmful in bladder disorders. On the respiratory tract it exerts vasodilator action whereas on the urino-genital organs it has stimulant action in recommended doses. | ||||
| Medical system | Unani | ||||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | It is hot and dry in the second degree. | |||
| Drug effect | As above. | ||||
| Dosage | 1 to 3gm. | ||||
| Substitute | Ilaichi kalan (Amomum subulatum Roxb.), Ilaichi khurd (Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton) and Dar-chini (Cinnamon). | ||||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Sandal sufaid (Santalum album Linn.), White Sandal; Gulab (Rosa damascena Mill.), rose and Mastagi (Pistacia lentiscus Linn.), mastich. | ||||
| Important compound preparations | Jawarish Zar`uni Ambari Ba Nuskha Kalan, Jawarish Mastagi Kalan, Ma`jun Ushba and Ma`jun Nisyan. | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay Vol. 1, pp 400-401. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. pp 437-438. A Survey of Drugs, 1961 (2nd edi.). Wahid, A. K. and Siddiqui, H. H. Institute of History of Medicine and Medical Research, Delhi. pp 8-10. 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 174. 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 380. Hamdard Pharmcopoeia of Eastern medicine, 1969. Said, H. M. (editor), The Times Press, Sadar Karachi. pp 82-83, 91, 277-278, 290-291. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 341-342. Unani Adwiyah Mufradah, 1984. Ali, Saifuddin, A. (3rd edi.). Taraqi-e-Urdu Bureau, R. K. Puram, New Delhi. pp 219-220. | |||
| Remarks | The drug has no controversy and there is no problem of adulteration. The drug is in the list of indigenous drugs added by Unani physicians to their Materia Medica. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/02/27 | ||||
