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Market nameMunaka
Urudu nameMawaiz
Arabic name /
Persian name		Zabib al-jabal / Mawezak kohi
English nameLarge Raisins
Original plant nameVitis vinifera Linn., Large 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
DescriptionFeatures:
There are many; the more common of them are: (1) "Bhokri" or "Abi", common variety; (2) "Kali" or black or "Hafshi" a long fleshy grape of two kinds; (3) "Abai" a large, round, white, watery grape; (4) "Phakdi" a long somewhat fleshy, white grape; (5) "Sahebi" or "Kerni", a long, white sweet grape; (6) "Bedana" the seedless, a small, round, sweet and white grape; (7) "Sultani" or "Royal", a large, round, bitter, white grape; (8) "Gulabi"; (9) "Neelum" and (10) 2Kandhari".
Ripe dried grapes (along with their skins) are called large raisins.
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Crude drug nameUrudu name,
English name		Mawaiz, Large raisins
Arabic name / Persian nameZabib al-jabal / Mawezak kohi
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Original plant nameVitis vinifera Linn.
Family nameVitaceae
Used partDried ripe fruit
Distribution areaA woody, deciduous shrubby vine, cultivated in North-Western India, Punjab and Baluchistan and many countries.
Function and propertiesHead and chest, Food, Swellings, Ulcer, Excretion.

Nutritive, concoctive, deobstruent, laxative, tonic, producer of (good) blood, resolvent, detersive, tonic for stomach, intestines and liver, aphrodisiac and fattening.
Specific actionsNutritive, fattening, aphrodisiac and cardiac tonic.
Frequency in useAbundant.
Common usesHead and chest: Large variety (2-5 Nos.) when heated over a metal plate on the burner and given to children suffering from lung congestion (of cold origin) proves effective. Raisins in a quantity of about 10gm. kept in aqua rosa overnight and taken in the night following straining proves useful in cardiac debility particularly palpitation. Being detersive for lungs regarded as useful in hoarseness and cough (due to phlegmatic disorders).

Food: It is given to the patients who take diet prescribed for one under regimen. It is only given (to patients) orally in place of ordinary diet.

Swellings: It is painted on swellings to resolve them.

Ulcer: It is also used as an embrocation against malignant ulcers.

Excretion: The use of raisin and grapes along with their skins and seeds is suitable in intestinal colic. The raisin is also useful for kidney and bladder (ailments).
Side effectImmediately plucked grapes cause relaxation of the bowels and are also flatulent. However, all varieties of grapes are somewhat harmful to the bladder.
Large quantity or continuous use of large raisin exerts adverse effects on the kidneys.
Medical systemUnani
Traditional conceptTemperamentIt is hot and moist in the first degree.
Drug effectTraditional literature of Unani mentions that raisins are nutritive, fattening, aphrodisiac and cardiac tonic.
CommentsIt is used both in Unani and Ayurvedic Systems of Medicine.
`Inab is the Arabic name of grape. Its two products i.e. vinegar and wine have been used in food from ancient times. The medicinal importance of vinegar was first demonstrated by Hippocrates. During the time of Prophet, vinegar was generally prepared from Grapes and Dates. Grape vinegar was known as Khall al-`Inab. The Prophet said, ''Vinegar is a comfort for man''.
The Prophet said, ''Wine is the key (source) of all evils''. The Prophet said, ''Wine is not a medicine (in any amount). It is a disease''.
DosageGrapes as required; large raisins 9 to 11 numbers.
SubstituteKishmish (Vitis vinifera Linn.), lesser raisins.
Corrigent (corrective)Sikanjabeen (Citrus juice with sugar in water) and Khashkhash (Papaver somniferum Linn.), poppy seeds.
Important compound preparationsItrifal Fauladi, Jawarish Zarishk, La`ooq Mo`tadil and Ma`jun Zabib.
ReferencesReference book　

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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.
p 560.

A Survey of Drugs, 1961 (2nd edi.). Wahid, A. K. and Siddiqui, H. H. Institute of History of Medicine and Medical Research, Delhi.
pp 19-33.

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 242.

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 328.

Hamdard Pharmcopoeia of Eastern medicine, 1969. Said, H. M. (editor), The Times Press, Sadar Karachi.
pp 69, 81-82, 249, 271.

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

Medicinal plants (in the traditions) of Prophet Muhammad, 1998. Farooqi, M. I. H. Sidrah Publisher, Lucknow.
pp 116, 157, 159.

RemarksIt is an important drug and is described by Unani physicians. The drug otherwise, is easily available and have no problem of adulteration.

Raisins have been highly esteemed in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh from a very remote period.b "Sultanas" are the dried fruits of a seedless variety largely cultivated in Greece. They are recommended in certain forms of anaemia/anemia and wasting diseases.
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