Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Kasni (seed) |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Tukhm e-kasni | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Bazr al-hindaba / Tukhme-kasni, Shikoria | |
| English name | Chicory | |
| Original plant name | Cichorium intybus Linn., Chicory | |
| Family name | Compositae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | seed |
| 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: Seeds about 2.5mm long, ovoid, apex pointed, tip brownish, cotyledons plano-convex and white. | |
| TMPW No. | 15068 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Tukhm e-kasni, Chicory | ||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Bazr al-hindaba / Tukhme-kasni, Shikoria | |||
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| Original plant name | Cichorium intybus Linn. | |||
| Family name | Compositae | |||
| Used part | Seeds, Roots and Leaves | |||
| Distribution area | A hispid herb. Native to Europe but commonly occurs in N.-W. India and parts of Andhra Pradesh and used as vegetable. It is also found n Arabia, Egypt, Iran and Mediterranean region. | |||
| Description | The seeds of Cichorium intybus are small, whitish in colour and light in weight. The taste is bitter. Endive is of two kinds: (a) wild endive and (b) cultivated endive. Bitter endive is considered more useful for the liver, cultivated variety is relatively more cold and moist. Wild endive, which is also called tarahshaquq, is less moist. Its roots and leaves are also used medicinally. Here only the seeds of C. intybus are described which is known as chicory. | |||
| Function and properties | Liver and spleen. Deobstruent, diuretic, blood and bilious humour sedative and antifever (caused due to bilious humour). | |||
| Specific actions | Tonic for liver and acts as febrifuge. | |||
| Frequency in use | Very common. | |||
| Common uses | The seeds of endive being deobstruent and diuretic are mainly used in the disorders of liver and spleen. It is useful in obstructive jaundice, dropsy, obstruction and inflammations of the liver and composite fevers caused mainly due to the disorders of liver. | |||
| Side effect | It produces vomiting when used in large quantities or when taken for long duration. | |||
| Medical system | Unani | |||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | It is cold and dry in the first degree (Kabiruddin). | ||
| Drug effect | It is very beneficial in the disorders of liver. But it may produce vomiting. | |||
| Dosage | 3 to 5gm. | |||
| Substitute | Juice of green chicory. | |||
| Related drugs | Cichorium endivia Linn. known as endive regarded as closely related to C. intybus, and is planted in some vegetable gardens. Chicory also resembles in its activity with that of Taraxacum officinale Weber (Dandelion). It is sometimes also referred as Jangli Kasni. | |||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Sikanjabeen (Citrus juice with sugar in water). | |||
| Important compound preparations | Jawarish Mastagi Kalan, Arq Gazar Ambari and Ma`jun Dabeed al-Ward. | |||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay Vol. 1, pp 313-314. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. pp 191-192. A Survey of Drugs, 1961 (2nd edi.). Wahid, A. K. and Siddiqui, H. H. Institute of History of Medicine and Medical Research, Delhi. p 55-59. 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. pp 91, 201-202, 269-270. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 156-158. Medicinal plants (in the traditions) of Prophet Muhammad, 1998. Farooqi, M. I. H. Sidrah Publisher, Lucknow. pp 64-65. | ||
| Remarks | Avicenna (Ibn Sina) has described this drug under hindaba. It is listed among vegetable drugs used exclusively in Unani medicine. It is used frequently in the Unani medicine as single or with other ingredients. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2024/02/09 | |||