Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Pit-papra |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Shahtarah | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Bukslatul-malik, Shahtraraj / Shahtarah | |
| English name | Common-fumitory | |
| Original plant name | Fumaria indica (Haussk) Rigsley syn. Fumaria parviflora W. et A., Common-fumitory | |
| Family name | Fumariaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | aerial part |
| 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: A pale green diffuse, much branched herb. Much broken up dried plant consisting of stem, leaves and many globular, smooth capsules of pin head size and dark brown seeds having a bitter acrid and astringent tastes. | |
| TMPW No. | 14512 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Shahtarah, Common-fumitory | |||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Bukslatul-malik, Shahtraraj / Shahtarah | ||||
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| Original plant name | Fumaria indica (Haussk) Rigsley syn. Fumaria parviflora W. et A. | ||||
| Family name | Fumariaceae | ||||
| Used part | Herb (aerial part) | ||||
| Distribution area | It is found over the greater part of India from Indo-Gangetic Plain. Fumaria officinalis Linn. is not indigenous to India but is imported into the country from Persia. An allied variety Fumaria indica syn. F. parviflora is found in many parts of India and is used in place of actual drug. It grows in wheat fields in the winter season. | ||||
| Function and properties | Stomach, Blood. Diaphoretic, sudorific, diuretic, laxative, cholagogue, stomachic, anthelmintic, tonic, sedative, alterative and blood purifier. | ||||
| Specific actions | Blood purifier and alterative (for fevers). | ||||
| Frequency in use | Abundant. | ||||
| Common uses | Fumitory is regarded as tonic for stomach, blood purifier, particularly for the chronic ailments like syphilis, scrofula and leprosy. Administered in gastric disorders such as constipation, dyspepsia, due to debilitating conditions of the liver and intestines as well as for jaundice. In chronic fevers added with other suitable drugs, it acts as an effective alterative. Its decoction and infusion directly help body in getting rid of black bile (in excess) and thus purifies the blood. It is therefore regarded as useful against melancholic disorders. Distillate (Arq) is effective against those conditions which arise due to blood disorders. | ||||
| Side effect | Prolong use is considered harmful for lungs. | ||||
| Medical system | Unani | ||||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | Compound action, moderate in summer and winter and dry in the second degree. | |||
| Drug effect | Blood purifier of high repute in Unani medicine. | ||||
| Dosage | 5 to 7gm. | ||||
| Substitute | Halila (Chebulic myrobalan) and Sana (Cassia senna Linn.). | ||||
| Related drugs | Fumaria officinalis Linn. | ||||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Kasni (Cichorium intybus L. or its extract). | ||||
| Important compound preparations | Itrifal Shahtarah and Arq Shahtarah. | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay Vol. 1, p 560-561. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. p 379. A Survey of Drugs, 1961 (2nd edi.). Wahid, A. K. and Siddiqui, H. H. Institute of History of Medicine and Medical Research, Delhi. p 37-45. 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 88. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. p 240. Unani Adwiyah Mufradah, 1984. Ali, Saifuddin, A. (3rd edi.). Taraqi-e-Urdu Bureau, R. K. Puram, New Delhi. p 195. | |||
| Remarks | The drug by the name of Shahtraraj is imported from Iran and used by Unani practioners and has been thoroughly chemically assayed. Indian plant needs detail study, to make it more effective for local uses. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/03/13 | ||||
