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Market nameKishmish
Urudu nameKishmish
Arabic name /
Persian name		Qishmish / Kishmish
English nameLesser Raisins
Original plant nameVitis vinifera Linn., Lesser Raisins
Family nameVitaceae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification fruit
Collection informationPeople's Republic of Bangladesh, Dacca [Dhaka], Essa Bros. & Co.
Collection date1964/3/6
CollectorTsuneo Namba
IdentifierJaved Ahmad
DescriptionThe exhibited sample is seedless variety and after drying it is sold in bazaars as kishmish.

Features:
It is seedless, a small, round and sweet grape (dried ripe fruit).
TMPW No.9606

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Collection information
People's Republic of Bangladesh,Dacca [Dhaka]
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Scientific information data base

Crude drug nameUrudu name,
English name		Kishmish, Lesser raisins
Arabic name / Persian nameQishmish / Kishmish
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Original plant nameVitis vinifera Linn.
Family nameVitaceae
Used partDried ripe fruit
Distribution areaGrapes are largely cultivated in North-Western India, in the Punjab and Kashmir. It also occurs in Baluchistan and Afghanistan.
DescriptionKishmish has various kinds. But the best one is the greenish-yellow raisin (after drying) which is used as drug and it occurs in Afghanistan and Baluchistan. The taste is sweetish.
Function and propertiesSkin, Head, Chest, Food, Excretion.

Nutritive, cardiac tonic, concoctive, laxative, resolvent, detersive, aperient and liver tonic.
Specific actionsFattening, nutritive and cardiac tonic.
Frequency in useVery common.
Common usesSkin: Externally applied on the inflammations as concoctive and resolvent. Also useful detersive for the sores and ulcers.

Head: Being detergent it s used as plaster with sibr (aloes) on the head in baldness.

Chest: It is exhilarant and cardiac tonic and is useful in palpitation and weakness of the heart. Being detersive for lungs regarded as useful in hoarseness and cough (due to phlegmatic disorders).

Food: It is nutritive and it provides a lot of energy. It is fattening and laxative.

Excretion: It is an aphrodisiac.
Side effectExcess use of the ripe fruits (raisins) may cause loose motions. Large quantities or continuous use exert warm effects particularly on the urinary organs. Traditional literature of Unani discusses the same fruit under different headings e.g. Kishmish, Angur and Mawaiz.
Medical systemUnani
Traditional conceptTemperamentKishmish is hot and moist inclined towards normal (Kabiruddin).
According to others it is hot and dry in the first degree.
Drug effectTonic to brain, liver and heart. It is not suitable for those individuals who are hot tempered. It may be harmful for the kidneys.
Dosage12gm.
SubstituteMawaiz, (large) variety is the substitute for the other (small).
Corrigent (corrective)Sikanjabeen (Citrus juice with sugar in water); Khashkhash (poppy seeds) and Unnab (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.), jujube.
Important compound preparationsItrifal Fauladi and Jawarish Zarishk.
ReferencesReference book　

Tips！

Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay
Vol. 1, pp 1285-1289.

Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi.
pp 456-457.

Hamdard Pharmcopoeia of Eastern medicine, 1969. Said, H. M. (editor), The Times Press, Sadar Karachi.
pp 69, 81.

Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi.
pp 443-444.

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