Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Taj Naluka |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Taj | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Salikhah / Qirfah | |
| English name | Chinese Cassia | |
| Original plant name | Cinnamomum cassia Blume, Chinese Cassia | |
| Family name | Lauraceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | stem bark |
| 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: It may be distinguished by channelled, single quills, dark-red colour, thicker in size and sweet pungent taste. | |
| TMPW No. | 9559 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Taj, Chinese cassia | ||||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Salikhah / Qirfah | |||||
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| Original plant name | Cinnamomum cassia Blume | |||||
| Family name | Lauraceae | |||||
| Used part | Stem bark | |||||
| Distribution area | It is found in Burma and China, introduced into Ceylon. | |||||
| Description | It is similar with cinnamon but is thicker than it. Its odour and taste are also like cinnamon. | |||||
| Function and properties | Food, Head and heart, Chest, Alimentary organs, Excretion. Aromatic, carminative, astringent, stimulant, strength giving to vital organs like brain, head and liver, diuretic and emmenagogue and expectorant. | |||||
| Specific actions | Tonic to stomach and liver. | |||||
| Frequency in use | Rare. | |||||
| Common uses | Food: It is used extensively as a spice in the preparation of foods for getting benefit of its fragrance. It is used in tooth powders to strengthen the gums. Head and heart: It exerts exhilarant action on heart and brain. Chest: On respiratory organs exerts stimulating effects and thus brings expectoration. To relieve cough and asthma bark is bruised in honey and given in small doses as linctus. It is given alone or with other suitable drugs in coryza and catarrh. Alimentary organs: It is tonic to stomach and liver. It tonifies stomach and liver and causes astringency in intestines. It is incorporated in such prescriptions which are useful in dysentery. Excretion: It is also aphrodisiac and emmenagogue. To bring menses, bark decoction is given under proper doses. | |||||
| Side effect | It is harmful for the individuals who are suffering from kidney ailments. Cassia bark is taken orally in case of snake poisoning. | |||||
| Medical system | Unani | |||||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | It is hot and dry in the second degree. | ||||
| Drug effect | It is a beneficial tonic to stomach and liver. | |||||
| Dosage | 2 to 3gm. | |||||
| Substitute | Dar-chini (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume), cinnamon. | |||||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Katira (Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston). | |||||
| Important compound preparations | Jawarish ood Sherein and Jawarish Jalinus. | |||||
| 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 65. 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 158. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. pp 187-188. 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. 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 269-270. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 269-270. | ||||
| Remarks | It is considered substitute for Ceylon cinnamon. Chinese cassia (Arabic - Qirfah) is obtained from Cinnamomum cassia Blume, imported into India, via Singapore and Hong Kong. Sometimes used as substitutes. The Arab and Indian Unani physicians have described this drug. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/03/13 | |||||
