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Crude drug name | Market name | Marzanjosh |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Marzanjosh | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Rayhhan dawud, Marzanjosh / Marzan gush | |
| English name | Pot Marjoram, Sweet marjoram | |
| Original plant name | Origanum majorana Linn., Pot Marjoram, Sweet marjoram | |
| Family name | Labiatae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | stem + leaf |
| 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: Stem more or less hairy; leaves stalked, ovate-lanceolate, 3.5cm or longer, and slightly toothed; flowers purple or rarely white, in globular compact heads; bracts ovate, about the length of the calyx; calyx very hairy inside the mouth; corolla twice as long as the calyx. | |
| TMPW No. | 14557 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Marzanjosh, Pot Marjoram, Sweet marjoram | ||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Rayhhan dawud, Marzanjosh / Marzan gush | |||
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| Original plant name | Origanum majorana Linn. | |||
| Family name | Labiatae | |||
| Used part | Leaves / Stem | |||
| Distribution area | It is a common herb of the temperate Himalayas and Western Asia. It is a native of S. Europe and N. Africa. It is extensively cultivated in India. | |||
| Description | Plant is used in some parts of India as a pot herb like mint. It is an aromatic herb. | |||
| Function and properties | Cosmetics, Swellings, Joints, Head, Alimentary organs, Excretion. Demulcent, resolvent, deobstruent, detersive and absorbent of catarrhs, antispasmodic, carminative, diaphoretic, emmenagogue and tonic. | |||
| Specific actions | Demulcent, stimulant, resolvent, carminative and antispasmodic. | |||
| Frequency in use | Very common. | |||
| Common uses | Cosmetics: Painting of its dry powder, mixed with honey, is indicated to remove blackish-grey or green-blood spots on the skin, especially under the eyes. Swellings: It is painted on phlegmatic swellings. Joints: It is painted on tortuosity of the nerves. It is useful in backache and pain in the groin. Similarly it is applied with honey in cases of fatigue. Its oil is anointed on the neck which is bent backward or sideways due to paralysis. Head: It removes 'obstruction of the brain'. It cures migraine, headache, cerebral oedema, atrabilery headache and 'thick gases' in the head. As an eardrop, it is useful in otalgia. Alimentary organs: Its decoction is useful in initial stages of dropsy. It is used in colic, flatulence, loss of appetite, dyspepsia and in digestive complaints. Syrup of extract is useful as antispasmodic in colic, liver and spleen inflammation. Excretion: Its decoction is useful in dysuria and gripes. Its oil warms, attenuates and proves to be useful for treating uterine adhesions, which lead to hysterical complications. | |||
| Side effect | It is plastered with vinegar in cases of scorpion bite. | |||
| Medical system | Unani | |||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | According to Avicenna (Ibn Sina) it is hot and dry in the third degree. | ||
| Drug effect | It is demulcent, dissolvent and deobstruent. The potency of its oil is warming, attenuant and sharp. | |||
| Comments | Cultivated in garden and is used in cookery. Oil from leaves and flower heads is used in perfumes, soap and liquor industries. | |||
| Dosage | 9gm. | |||
| Substitute | Na` Na` (Mentha arvensis Linn. /Mentha piperita Linn.), mint. The medicinal attributes of marjoram are considered to be similar to mint. | |||
| Related drugs | Thymus serpyllum Linn. (Fam. Lamiaceae), Garden Thyme. Marjoram is used as substitute for thyme. | |||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Karafs (Apium graveolens Linn.), seeds. | |||
| Important compound preparations | Safuf Muhazzil and Muffareh Kabir. | |||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | Indian Medicinal Plants (Second Edition), Vols. 1-5, 1993. Kirtikar, K.R. and Basu. B.D., Periodical Experts Book Agency, Delhi Vol. 3, p 1985. Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay Vol. 1, p 875. A Survey of Drugs, 1961 (2nd edi.). Wahid, A. K. and Siddiqui, H. H. Institute of History of Medicine and Medical Research, Delhi. pp 55-58. 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 132. 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 434. Hamdard Pharmcopoeia of Eastern medicine, 1969. Said, H. M. (editor), The Times Press, Sadar Karachi. pp 164, 296. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 321-322. | ||
| Remarks | It has been listed among vegetable drugs used exclusively in Unani Medicine. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2024/02/28 | |||