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Market nameTodri Surkh
Urudu nameTodri
Arabic name /
Persian name		Bazr al-kham kham, Manthur barri / Tozri
English nameGilliflower
Original plant nameCheiranthus cheiri Linn. (wallflower) / Matthiola incana R. Br. (gilliflower), Gilliflower
Family nameBrassicaceae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification seed
Collection informationIslamic Republic of Pakistan, Karachi [Karachi], Sind, Amjad Unani Medicine (Pvt.) Ltd.
Collection date1994/1/22
CollectorTsuneo Namba
IdentifierJaved Ahmad
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Crude drug nameUrudu name,
English name		Todri, Wallflower, Gilliflower
Arabic name / Persian nameTodaruz abiaz / Tukhme Shabo (wallflower);Bazr al-kham kham, Manthur barri / Tozri (gilliflower)
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Original plant nameCheiranthus cheiri Linn. (wallflower) / Matthiola incana R. Br. (gilliflower)
Family nameBrassicaceae
Used partSeeds
Distribution areaCheiranthus cheiri is a herb, native to S. Europe; grown as an ornamental.
Matthiola incana is a herb, native of Europe; grown as an ornamental.
DescriptionAccording to Unani description todri seeds are three kinds:
white, red and yellow. Now in bazaars red and yellow are frequently available. These seeds are used medicinally under the name tudari or todri. These are imported from Iran. Avicenna (Ibn Sina), Hakeem Kabiruddin and Hakeem Saifuddin have described this drug under one head - tudari or todri. According to Dioscorides its root is quadrangular and measures nearly half a cubit (in length). The seeds are minute, oblong and flat. Seeds of wild tudari are round. The seeds yield mucilage after soaking in water.
Function and propertiesHead, Eye, Chest, Breast, Swellings, Joints, Excretion.

Aphrodisiac, increase semen production, lactagogoue, calorific, demulcent and expectorant (in the form of plaster). It has pungency like that of watercress. It is an ulcerative drug.
Specific actionsExpectorant (of phlegm).
Frequency in useRare.
Common usesHead: It is useful in parotitis.

Eye: When applied with honey as a collyrium, it cleanses ulcers of the eye.

Chest: For its desirable action as antiphlegmatic and expectorant seeds are administered alone (as plaster) or with other suitable drugs at large. Also dispensed in linctus as expectorant of phlegm in cough, bronchitis and asthma.

Breast: The seeds are used by women in the deficiency of milk.

Swellings: Todri, if painted with honey water, is useful in cancers without ulcerative complications. Resolve inflammations, blind ulcers, enlarged glands, warts and sores etc. It is also useful in all kinds of hard swellings and is used as a plaster in irritating affections.

Joints: Todri is plastered on hardened joints due to gout.

Excretion: It is useful for sexual power especially when taken after it had been cooked with wine. Also useful in paralysis, impotence (spermatorrhoea/spermatorrhea), fevers and uterine disorders. It is useful in nocturnal emission and premature ejaculation.
Side effectIt produces burning sensation, inflammation, confusion or bewilderment if used in excessive doses.
Medical systemUnani
Traditional conceptTemperamentIt is hot in second degree and moist in the first degree.
Drug effectIt is aphrodisiac and antiphlegmatic.
Dosage7 to 12gm.
SubstituteBehman surkh - red behen (Salvia haematodes Linn.) and Behman safaid - white behen (Centaurea behen Linn.)
Important compound preparationsLabub Kabir, Labub Saghir, Ma`jun Raig Mahi and Ma`jun Behmanain.
ReferencesReference book　

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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 60-61, 163.

Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay
Vol. 1, pp 304, 773.

Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi.
pp 204-205.

A Survey of Drugs, 1961 (2nd edi.). Wahid, A. K. and Siddiqui, H. H. Institute of History of Medicine and Medical Research, Delhi.
pp 55-58.

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 48, 136.

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 129.

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 358-359.

Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi.
pp 152-153.

Unani Adwiyah Mufradah, 1984. Ali, Saifuddin, A. (3rd edi.). Taraqi-e-Urdu Bureau, R. K. Puram, New Delhi.
p 117.

RemarksHakeem Saifuddin and Ibn al-Baytar have given the identification of todri under the botanical name - Lepidium iberis Linn. According to Hakeem Saifuddin that these seeds are obtained from Iran. The drug is in the list of vegetable drugs used exclusively in Unani medicine.
Method of purification has also been mentioned by ancient physicians as Dioscorides and Avicenna (Ibn Sina). For oral use it is macerated and boiled in water, then baked in a pot the mouth of which is closed with flour.
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