Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Mulaithi |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Mulaithi | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Asl al-soos / Bekh-e-mahak | |
| English name | Liquorice, Sweet wood | |
| Original plant name | Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn., Liquorice, Sweet wood | |
| Family name | Leguminosae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | root |
| 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: The drug consists of the roots and stolons of G. glabra. Transversely cut pieces of dry, cylindrical roots, with fibrous cut surface; 1 to 3cm in diameter. External surface shrunken, rusty brown in colour, longitudinally wrinkled. A cut surface shows a yellowish brown fibrous structure depicting loose bark, a well marked cambium ring and a radiating vascular tissue. Fracture - fibrous and splintery; odour - faint, characteristic; taste - sweet and mucilaginous. | |
| TMPW No. | 14427 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Mulaithi, Liquorice, Sweet wood | ||||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Asl al-soos / Bekh-e-mahak | |||||
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| Original plant name | Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn. | |||||
| Family name | Leguminosae | |||||
| Used part | Root | |||||
| Distribution area | A perennial herb, native to the Mediterranean region and is now grown in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and S. India. It is also found in Afghanistan, Iran, Turkistan, Arab, Egypt, England and other Southern European countries. It is also cultivated in Sind and Peshawar Valley. | |||||
| Function and properties | Respiratory organs, Liver and spleen. Cooling, demulcent, expectorant, diuretic, sedative, mild laxative, concoctive, local stimulant, anti-inflammatory, nervine tonic and carminative. | |||||
| Specific actions | Expectorant and useful in the diseases of lungs. | |||||
| Frequency in use | Very common. | |||||
| Common uses | Liquorice is considered as suppurative, demulcent, relieving thirst, cough and removing unhealthy humours, also acts as diuretic and emmenagogue, useful in asthma and irritable conditions of the bronchial tubes. Reputed for hoarseness of voice in Unani medicine, for centuries in asthma, irritation of the larynx - largely used for relieving sore throat. It is also good for the diseases of liver and spleen. It is useful in the burning sensation of the urine, gonorrhoea/gonorrhea, ulcer and scabies of urinary bladder and kidneys. It is mainly useful in the diseases of nervousness; removes pain from nerves. It is also considered useful for eyesight. Its decoction is very effective for expelling out phlegm from the stomach. | |||||
| Side effect | It is harmful for kidney and spleen. In large doses may cause sodium retention and potassium loss leading to hypertension, and electrolyte imbalance. | |||||
| Medical system | Unani | |||||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | It is hot and moist in the first degree and according to others hot and dry in the first degree. | ||||
| Drug effect | It is beneficial in the diseases of lungs. | |||||
| Dosage | 3 to 7 gm. | |||||
| Substitute | Katira (Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston), in pain or other disorders of thoracic region. Isapghol (Plantago ovata Linn.), in mucous membrane disorder. | |||||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Katira (Cocholospermum religiosum (L.) Alston), in kidney ailments; Gul e-surkh (Rosa damascena Mill.), in spleenic disorders. | |||||
| Important compound preparations | Sherbat Aijaz, Tiryaq-i-Nazla and Jawarish Asl al-soos. | |||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | 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 116. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. pp 549-550. 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 92. Hamdard Pharmcopoeia of Eastern medicine, 1969. Said, H. M. (editor), The Times Press, Sadar Karachi. pp 78, 172. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 243-245. | ||||
| Remarks | Its extract is famous and is called ''Rubb al-soos''. It is described separately in Unani text. It is dried and then sold in Indian Bazaars in the form of long pieces. It is useful for cough. The drug is imported from Afghanistan, Iran and China. The Chinese material is the root of G. uralensis Fisch. It is inferior to other two varieties. Roots of Abrus precatorius Linn. (Fam. Fabaceae) are sometimes sold in the Indian Bazaars as a cheap substitute. This material is more woody and has a bitter taste. Avicenna (Ibn Sina) and Ibn al-Baytar have not described Asal al-soos in their books. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/03/08 | |||||
