Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Uimushi (Babiron) |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Baobarang, Babrang | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Biranji-Kabuli, Birank Kabuli / Birang Kabuli | |
| English name | Embelia Fruit | |
| Original plant name | Embelia tsjeriam-cottam A. DC. syn. Embelia robusta C. B. Cl., Embelia Fruit | |
| Family name | Myristicaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | fruit |
| Collection information | People's Republic of Bangladesh, Bandarban District | |
| Collection date | 1964/3/18 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba | |
| Identifier | Javed Ahmad | |
| Description | This sample is identified as the mixture of the two species of Embelia tsjeriam-cottam A. DC. syn. E. robusta C.B.Cl Features: Globular fruits of dull red or brown colour, upto 4mm. in diameter, more often with five partite persistent calyx and a short stalk. The surface of the fruit is warty. The thin pericarp encloses a single seed of red colour which is enveloped in a delicate membrane. Odour - faint and spicy; taste - pungent and astringent. The market sample is the dry fruits of Embelia tsjeriam-cottam syn. E. robusta is a commonly employed substitute of Birank Kabuli. The fruits are similar in size and shape to those of E. ribes but differ in the structure and the colour of the outer surface which is not warty but shows fine parallel striations running from the base to apex. The colour is purplish red. The odour is similar to that of the fruit of E. ribes but the taste is pungent and oily. The characteristic features of the substitute is the presence of oil glands in the outer mesocarp, this feature is totally absent in the fruit of E. ribes. These fruits are commonly available in Indian market. These are considered to have similar properties and are generally used together or as substitute for each other. . | |
| TMPW No. | 9282 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Baobarang, Babrang, Embelia fruit | ||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Biranji-Kabuli, Birank Kabul / Birang Kabuli | |||
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| Original plant name | Embelia tsjeriam-cottam A. DC. syn. Embelia robusta C. B. Cl. | |||
| Family name | Myristicaceae | |||
| Used part | Fruits | |||
| Distribution area | A large shrub or small tree distributed throughout India upto 5,000ft. | |||
| Description | The fruits are like black pepper, ash coloured, smooth and globular or circular in shape. The kernel is whitish in colour. Fruits with sharp and bitter taste. Embelia ribes Burm. f. is a shrub distributed throughout India upto 5,000ft. from Central Himalayas to Ceylon and Singapore. Distributed in Malaya and South China). | |||
| Function and properties | Head organ, Chest, Stomach, Joints, Excretion. Attenuant, purgative (of phlegmatic humours), anthelmintic especially against the tapeworms. Fruit is an appetizer, carminative, stomachic, alexipharmic, antiflatulent, alterative, analgesic and purgative. Also antiphlegmatic and antiatrabilious. | |||
| Specific actions | Anthelmintic (especially against tapeworms). | |||
| Frequency in use | Both the species are found commonly in India. | |||
| Common uses | Head organ: Powdered fruits are decocted and used as a gargle against toothache and worms in teeth. Chest: The drug is effective in ascites, bronchitis and dyspnoea/dyspnea. Stomach: Berries prevent flatulence and are useful in dyspepsia. Joints: It is useful in rheumatism and gout. It expels the phlegm from joints and this is its chief characteristic. Excretion: It expels phlegm, tapeworms and other worms from intestines and this is its another characteristic. | |||
| Side effect | It may be harmful to intestine, following long-term or large-dose use. No known toxicity reported following the use of prescribed doses of the drug for recommended duration. | |||
| Medical system | Unani | |||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | It is hot and dry in the second degree. | ||
| Drug effect | It is very beneficial as an anthelmintic (for tapeworms and other worms). | |||
| Dosage | 1 to 2gm. | |||
| Substitute | Turmus (Lupinus albus Linn). | |||
| Related drugs | Embelia ribes Burm. f. Linn. | |||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Katira (Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston.) and Mastagi (Pistacia lentiscus Linn.), mastich. | |||
| Important compound preparations | Itrifal Qnbeel and Habb Deedan. | |||
| 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 106. 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 290. Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay Vol. 1, pp 478-480. 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. pp 19-20. National Formulary of Unani Medicine, Part 2, 1998. Government of India, ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Department of Indian Systems of Medicine & Homoeopathy, New Delhi. p 146. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. p 118. A Survey of Drugs, 1961 (2nd edi.). Wahid, A. K. and Siddiqui, H. H. Institute of History of Medicine and Medical Research, Delhi. pp 10-30. 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 78. 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 93. 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. 1, pp 218-219. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 219-220. Unani Adwiyah Mufradah, 1984. Ali, Saifuddin, A. (3rd edi.). Taraqi-e-Urdu Bureau, R. K. Puram, New Delhi. pp 66-67. The Flora of British India - Vols. 1-7, 1872-1897. Hooker, J.D., L. Reeve & Co, Ltd, London Vol. 3, p 513. | ||
| Remarks | The drug is described by Arab and Indian physicians. The drug is in the list of drugs used both in Unani and Ayurvedic Systems of Medicine. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2024/02/22 | |||
