Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Punba |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Binola | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Habb al-qutn / Punbah | |
| English name | Asiatic Cotton, Cotton seed | |
| Original plant name | Gossypium herbaceum Linn., Asiatic Cotton, Cotton seed | |
| Family name | Malvaceae | |
| 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: Erect herb or shrub. Leaves almost reniform, distinctly cordate-auriculate, leathery. Capsules loculicidally 3 to 5 valved. Seeds densely clothed with cottony hairs as well as oily. | |
| TMPW No. | 14581 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Binola, Asiatic Cotton, Cotton seed | ||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Habb al-qutn / Punbah | |||
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| Original plant name | Gossypium herbaceum Linn. | |||
| Family name | Malvaceae | |||
| Used part | Seeds | |||
| Distribution area | Cultivated in N.W. Frontier Province and Baluchistan. It is also cultivated in various states of India. It is also found in other countries i.e. America. | |||
| Description | It is a famous plant. The seed kernel is used in Unani medicine. Panba Dana is the seed of cotton plant. | |||
| Function and properties | Cosmetics, Chest, Food, Excretion. Fattening, aphrodisiac, semenagogue and lactagogue, expectorant and purgative of excess phlegmatic humour and detersive. | |||
| Specific actions | Aphrodisiac and emollient for chest. | |||
| Frequency in use | Very common. | |||
| Common uses | Cosmetics: As detersive, included in embrocations, active against freckles, pimples and grey spots on the body, skin and face, massaged over the affected parts it relieves such conditions and complaints. Chest: Used in coughs due to its expectorant and laxative action especially for phlegm. It acts as lactagogue. Food: It is utilised as nutritive and fattening. Excretion: It is considered aphrodisiac and semenagogue. Oil use as pessary acts as emmenagogue, ecbolic and expellant of the placenta. | |||
| Side effect | Described as harmful for kidneys in large doses or prolonged excessive use. | |||
| Medical system | Unani | |||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | It is hot and moist in the second degree. | ||
| Drug effect | It is very beneficial as aphrodisiac and emollient for chest. | |||
| Dosage | 3 to 7gm. | |||
| Substitute | Tukhm Kikar (Acacia arabica Linn.) and Tukhm e-qurtum (Carthamus tinctorius Linn.). | |||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Khamira (preparation) or or Sherbat (syrup) of Banafsha (Viola odorata Linn.). | |||
| Important compound preparations | Ma`jun Panba Dana, Ma`jun Sa`lab and Roghan Panba Dana. | |||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants, 1956. Chopra, R.N., Nayar, S.L. and Chopra, I.C., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi. - New Edition (1996) National Institute Science Communication; Supplement p 127. Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay Vol. 1, p 587. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. pp 165-166. A Survey of Drugs, 1961 (2nd edi.). Wahid, A. K. and Siddiqui, H. H. Institute of History of Medicine and Medical Research, Delhi. pp 19-30. 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 93. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 245-246. Unani Adwiyah Mufradah, 1984. Ali, Saifuddin, A. (3rd edi.). Taraqi-e-Urdu Bureau, R. K. Puram, New Delhi. pp 102-103. | ||
| Last renewal date | 2024/02/22 | |||
