Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Tarbuz |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Tukhm e-tarbuz | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Bazr al-bittikh hindi / Kharizah hindi, Tukhme-hindawana, Dilpasand | |
| English name | Water-melon | |
| Original plant name | Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf. syn. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad., Water-melon | |
| Family name | Cucurbitaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | seed |
| 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: Seeds many, much compressed, black or reddish in colour, smooth, usually margined. Kernel oily and sweet in taste. | |
| TMPW No. | 14410 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Tukhm e-tarbuz, Water-melon | |||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Bazr al-bittikh hindi / Kharizah hindi, Tukhme-hindawana, Dilpasand | ||||
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| Original plant name | Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf. syn. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. | ||||
| Family name | Cucurbitaceae | ||||
| Used part | Seeds | ||||
| Distribution area | A climbing or trailing, hispid annual, native to tropical Africa but cultivated throughout India. It is also found in Sukkur District of Sind in Pakistan. | ||||
| Description | The seeds are small, shining, flat, blackish or reddish in colour, having a hard testa. | ||||
| Function and properties | Head, Body tonic, Chest, Excretion. Seeds fattening, cooling, demulcent for thoracic region, diuretic, aperient and cures biliousness. | ||||
| Specific actions | Seeds fattening and demuFlcent. | ||||
| Frequency in use | Abundant. | ||||
| Common uses | Head: The seeds remove dryness in brain and insomnia. Seeds in suitable vehicle are given orally. The seeds are tonic to the brain. Body tonic: Seeds are moist, coolant and fattening tonic for body, used in all those situations where fruit is recommended. Chest: In hoarseness, cough due to warmness in thoracic region, haemoptysis/hemoptysis, also prescribed in phthisis. Stomach: Also useful in burning sensation. Excretory organs: Being diuretic it is given in gonorrhoea/gonorrhea, urine inflammation and dysuria caused due to hotness and dryness. | ||||
| Side effect | It is harmful for spleen in continuous use. | ||||
| Medical system | Unani | ||||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | Cold and moist in the second degree. | |||
| Drug effect | It is diuretic, sedative and aperient. | ||||
| Dosage | 5 to 7gm. | ||||
| Substitute | Nabat Safaid (Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. syn. Cucurbita hispida Thunb.) and honey. | ||||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Filfil siyah (Piper nigrum Linn.), honey and rose petals sweet preserve. | ||||
| Important compound preparations | Sherbat Bazuri Barid, Arq Fawakeh, Lubub Barid and La`ooq Aab Tarbuz Wala. | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay Vol. 1, p 338. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. p 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. 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 19-30. Hamdard Pharmcopoeia of Eastern medicine, 1969. Said, H. M. (editor), The Times Press, Sadar Karachi. pp 19-30. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 163-164. | |||
| Remarks | Hakims consider water melon's use as appropriate before the meals and it is considered that taking after the meal it may cause food poisoning. It is included in the list of drugs used both in Unani and Ayurvedic Systems of Medicine. The kernels are only used as drug in Unani System of Medicine. Seeds are considered very nutritive. The pulp of the fruit is also cooling and diuretic. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/03/18 | ||||
