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Crude drug name | Market name | Sarphonka |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Sarphonka | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Bahur al-barir, Sofaro / Berg sonalu | |
| English name | Purple Tephrosia | |
| Original plant name | Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers., Purple Tephrosia | |
| Family name | Leguminosae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | aerial part |
| Collection information | People's Republic of Bangladesh, Dacca [Dhaka] , Essa Bros. & Co. | |
| Collection date | 1964/3/6 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba | |
| Identifier | Javed Ahmad | |
| Description | Features: A copiously branched herbaceous perennial, 30 to 60cm high; branches glabrous. Leaves 5 to 10cm long; petioles 6 to 12cm long; leaflets 11 to 21, oblanceolate, obtuse or retuse, mucronate, 2 by 1.2cm, glabrous above, clothed with fine appressed silky hairs beneath. Pods 3 to 4.5cm long, linear, slightly curved, mucronate, at first thinly hairy. Seeds 5 to 6. | |
| TMPW No. | 9513 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Sarphonka, Purple Tephrosia | |||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Bahur al-barir, Sofaro / Berg sonalu | ||||
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| Original plant name | Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. | ||||
| Family name | Leguminosae | ||||
| Used part | Aerial parts | ||||
| Distribution area | A herb occurring all over India and also grown as a green manure. It grows on a hard stony ground too. It is difficult to be rooted. | ||||
| Function and properties | Skin, Alimentary organs, Excretion. Blood purifier, diuretic, alterative (in intermittent fevers), alexipharmic and preventive for toxicity and for bloody piles. | ||||
| Specific actions | Blood purifier, alexipharmic and effective against bloody piles. | ||||
| Frequency in use | Very common. | ||||
| Common uses | Skin: Purple Tephrosia is regarded blood purifier against skin disorders i.e. itching, scabies, prurigo, pimples, furuncles, boils, syphilis and leprosy. In these disorders decoction and infusion are administered. As antidote and detoxicant it has esteemed position in nullifying the toxicity of certain poisons. Particularly useful against calx’s side effects, infectious disorders of long duration and when administered as leaves extract. Alimentary organs: Powder of root bark with black pepper is useful against enlargements and obstructions of the liver, spleen, kidneys and enlarged scrotum. Excretion: It also acts as diuretic and against bloody piles. Infusion of seeds is employed as anthelmintic for children. | ||||
| Side effect | It has no specific side effects. | ||||
| Medical system | Unani | ||||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | It is hot and moist in the first degree. | |||
| Drug effect | It is considered a beneficial blood purifier. | ||||
| Comments | It is included in the list of drugs used both in Unani and Ayurvedic Systems of Medicine. | ||||
| Dosage | 7gm. (approximately). | ||||
| Substitute | Mundi (Sphaeranthus indicus Linn.), as blood purifier and Afsantin (Artemisia absinthium Linn.), as alterative. | ||||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Barhamdandi (Tricholepis glaberrima DC.), thistle herb. | ||||
| Important compound preparations | Habb Mussafi Khun and Sherbat Murrakab Mussafi Khun. | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay Vol. 1, p 561-562. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. p 337-338. A Survey of Drugs, 1961 (2nd edi.). Wahid, A. K. and Siddiqui, H. H. Institute of History of Medicine and Medical Research, Delhi. p 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 226. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. p 417-419. Unani Adwiyah Mufradah, 1984. Ali, Saifuddin, A. (3rd edi.). Taraqi-e-Urdu Bureau, R. K. Puram, New Delhi. p 183-184. | |||
| Remarks | According to Hakeem Saifuddin the whole plant is considered as resolvent, laxative and blood purifier. Its blood purifying virtues are highly esteemed in Unani medicine. It is found very beneficial in skin disorders. Its root bark is also used medicinally. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/03/13 | ||||
