Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Roomi Mastagi |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Mastagi | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Mastaki, Alak Rumi / Kundar Rumi | |
| English name | Mastich | |
| Original plant name | Pistacia lentiscus Linn., Mastich | |
| Family name | Anacardiaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | resin |
| Collection information | People's Republic of Bangladesh, Dacca [Dhaka] , Essa Bros. & Co. | |
| Collection date | 1964/3/6 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba | |
| Identifier | Javed Ahmad | |
| TMPW No. | 9552 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Mastagi, Mastich | ||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Mastaki, Alak Rumi / Kundar Rumi | |||
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| Original plant name | Pistacia lentiscus Linn. | |||
| Family name | Anacardiaceae | |||
| Used part | Resin | |||
| Distribution area | An evergreen shrub or tree, native to Mediterranean region. It is mostly found in Islands. It is imported into India from Asia Minor through Persia and Afghanistan. | |||
| Function and properties | Cosmetics, Head, Chest, Swellings, Ulcers, Alimentary organs, Excretion. Tonic to stomach and liver, carminative, demulcent, expectorant, astringent, resolvent of inflammations, absorbent (of catarrh) for the internal organs, laxative, styptic, detergent and aphrodisiac. | |||
| Specific actions | Diuretic and emmenagogue, resotrative tonic and absorbent of waste humours and catarrh. | |||
| Frequency in use | Nil. | |||
| Common uses | Cosmetics: As detergent useful for face abnormalities of skin and included in cosmetics to remove freckles and spots as skin paste. Head: It is used as a masticatory to sweeten the breath and to preserve teeth and gums. Chest: Being an effective absorbent and styptic, administered for the purpose of arresting unwanted secretion of humours and bleeding. It is effective in haemoptysis/hemoptysis. Being demulcent and expectorant useful against cough and to clear the wind pipe of obstructions. It acts as laxative for phlegm, with aloe as laxative for biliousness and with halilajat (Fruits of Terminalia spp.) as laxative of atrabile. Swellings: It is useful in visceral inflammations. Ulcers: It is useful in creeping ulcers. Alimentary organs: Being stomachic and carminative it is mainly used in the weakness of the stomach. Being astringent it is extensively employed in infantile diarrhoea/diarrhea. Excretion: It strengthens the kidneys and intestine and proves useful in cases of swellings in these organs. | |||
| Side effect | Described as harmful for patients suffering from anal ailments and may produce bloody urine and dermititis. | |||
| Medical system | Unani | |||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | It is hot and dry in the second degree. | ||
| Drug effect | It is a beneficial diuretic and emmenagogue. | |||
| Dosage | 1 to 2gm. (approximately). | |||
| Substitute | Podinah (Mentha arvensis Linn.), in its resolvent action and Dar-chini (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume), in other actions. | |||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Vinegar. | |||
| Important compound preparations | Jawarish Mastagi, Jawarish Jalinus, Ma`jun chob chini and Ma`jun Talkh. | |||
| 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 195. Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay Vol. 1, pp 973-974. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. pp 546-547. 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 175. 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. pp 438-439. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 347-348. Unani Adwiyah Mufradah, 1984. Ali, Saifuddin, A. (3rd edi.). Taraqi-e-Urdu Bureau, R. K. Puram, New Delhi. pp 260-261. | ||
| Remarks | It is included in the list of drugs used exclusively in Unani medicine. Resinous exudation is used in solution as filling for carious teeth; also used for preparation of chewing gum. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2024/02/28 | |||