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Crude drug name | Market name | Tezpat |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Tezpat | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Sazaj-i (Hindi) / Sazaj-i (Hindi) | |
| English name | Indian Cassia leaf , Cassia cinnamon | |
| Original plant name | Cinnamomum tamala Nees et Eberm., Indian Cassia leaf , Cassia cinnamon | |
| Family name | Lauraceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | leaf |
| 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: Ovate-oblong, acute or acuminate and coriaceous leaves, three nerved from the base, upto 18cm long and 6cm broad, upper surface leathery and polished, having an olive green colour. Lower surface rough, with prominent venations and bluish green colour. Leaves become hard, brittle and brownish green in colour on drying. Odour - cinnamon like; taste - aromatic and astringent. | |
| TMPW No. | 14582 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Tezpat, Indian Cassia leaf , Cassia cinnamon | ||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Sazaj-i-Hindi / Sazaj-i-Hindi | |||
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| Original plant name | Cinnamomum tamala Nees et Eberm. | |||
| Family name | Lauraceae | |||
| Used part | Leaves | |||
| Distribution area | A small tree distributed in the subtropical Himalayas, Khasi and Jaintia Hills (India). | |||
| Description | It is a mountainous tree and dried leaves of this tree constitute tezpat. These leaves are fragrant and sharp in taste. Odour - cinnamon like. The potency of cassia leaves is like to that of nard but the latter is mild. Choice: The best cassia leaves are those which are fresh, whitish and unbroken. Its fragrance spreads like that of Indian nard and it should not be mouldy, saltish and soft. Odour - aromatic; taste - slightly sweet and aromatic. | |||
| Function and properties | Cosmetics, Head and heart, Eyes, Mouth, Swellings, Alimentary organs, Excretion. Exhilarant, tonic to brain and stomach, carminative (relieve flatulence), diuretic and emmenagogue, detersive, antiseptic and resolvent of cold inflammations. | |||
| Specific actions | Exhilarant, carminative, antiflatulent and diuretic. | |||
| Frequency in use | Common. | |||
| Common uses | Cosmetics: It gives a pleasant odour to the body. It is applied as plaster in armpits to get rid of bad odour. Head and heart: As an effective exhilarant cinnamon leaves are given in cardiac ailments like palpitation, cardialgia and cardiac debility. Prescribed largely in preparations used to relieve horrified condition, melancholia, insanity and relevant cephalic problems. Eyes: Leaves after grinding into fine powder are applied alone or with various combinations as collyrium in eyes against various ophthalmic diseases i.e. whiteness of eye, blepharitis, dimsightedness and webbed eye (plectrum). Mouth: The leaves are chewed as masticatory to get rid of obnoxious oral odour. Swellings: To dissolve cold inflammations and swellings, it is applied locally after powdering. It is applied as plaster on hot swellings after decocting it with rose water. Alimentary organs: In stomach debility, indigestion, stomachache and intestinal colic as well as to resolve gaseous tension in the uterus. Excretion: After making a paste in vinegar and applied over the lower abdominal region, it acts as effective diuretic and emmenagogue. It is also used orally for the benefits. | |||
| Side effect | It may produce harmful effect on kidneys, lungs and urinary bladder if used in overdose. | |||
| Medical system | Unani | |||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | It is hot and dry in the second degree. | ||
| Drug effect | It is beneficial exhilarant, diuretic, tonic to viscera and resolvent of gases of abdomen. | |||
| Dosage | 3 to 4gm. (in decoction). 2gm. (in powder form). | |||
| Substitute | Balchhar (Valeriana officinalis Linn.), Taj (Cinnamomum cassia Blume.) and Dar-chini (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume), cinnamon. | |||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Mastagi (Pistacia lentiscus Linn.) and Bihi Sherbat (Cydonia vulgaris Linn.), syrup of quince fruit. | |||
| Important compound preparations | Ma`jun Kalkalanj, Jawarish Shahre Yaran, Basliqun Kabir, Khamira-e- Abresham Hakim Arshad Wala and Sherbat Gaozaban. | |||
| 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 pp 65-66. Illustrated Manual of Herbal Drugs Used in Ayurveda, 1996. Sarin, Y.K., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi p 174. The Unani Pharmacopoeia of India, Part 1, Vol 1, 1998, Government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Department of Indian Systems of Medicine & Homoeopathy, New Delhi. Part 1, Vol. 1, pp 78-79. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. pp 207-208. 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. pp 50-51. 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 253. Al-Jamili Mufradt Al Adwiya Wal Aghziya (1197-1248 A.D.). Ibn al-Baytar. Vols. 1-3, 1985-1999. Central council for Research in Unani Medicine, Janakpuri, New Delhi. Vol. 3, pp 19-20. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 160-161. | ||
| Remarks | Leaves are largely used as a condiment. Oil distilled from the leaves is used in flavouring sweets and confectionery. When its pieces are sprinkled over woolen clothes, they protect them from moth. The bark of Cinnamomum tamala is coarser and is sold in larger pieces that the true cinnamon or bark of C. zeylanicum for which it is often used as adulterant. It is in the list of drugs used both in Unani and Ayurvedic Systems of Medicine. The drug has been described by all Arab and Indian Unani physicians. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2024/03/13 | |||
