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Crude drug name | Market name | Jaefal |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Jaiphal | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Jauzbuwwa, Jauz al-teeb / Jauzboya | |
| English name | Nutmeg | |
| Original plant name | Myristica fragrans Houtt., Nutmeg | |
| Family name | Myristicaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | kernel |
| 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 fruit is globose drupe. Ovoid or broadly oval kernels, 2 to3 cm long and 1.5 to 2cm broad. Surface light brown or greyish brown in colour, showing a network of shallow, reticulate grooves and marked with numerous small dark brown lines. The inside of the kernel consists of fawn coloured endosperm, covered by a thin reddish brown perisperm. Odour - strong and characteristic; taste - aromatic, pungent and slightly bitter. | |
| TMPW No. | 14464 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Jaiphal, Nutmeg | |||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Jauzbuwwa, Jauz al-teeb / Jauzboya | ||||
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| Original plant name | Myristica fragrans Houtt. | ||||
| Family name | Myristicaceae | ||||
| Used part | Kernel | ||||
| Distribution area | The plants of Myristica fragrans are found in Moluccas Islands, Malay Peninsula, Malabar, Zangibar and Ceylon. It is also said that these plants are also found in the forests of South India (Kerala and Tamil Nadu). | ||||
| Description | Jauzbuwwa is a nut resembling the gallnuts. It is oval in shape, easily broken, thin skinned, fragrant and pungent. Externally buff brown and internally reddish earthy in colour. Odour - pleasant and strong; taste - bitter and fragrant. | ||||
| Function and properties | Cosmetics, Food, Excretion. It is astringent, exhilarant, tonic, aromatic, aphrodisiac, carminative, tonic to stomach and anaesthetic. | ||||
| Specific actions | Aromatic, exhilarant, tonic to stomach and aphrodisiac. | ||||
| Frequency in use | Rare. | ||||
| Common uses | Nutmeg - Jaiphal: Cosmetics: Nutmeg clears the freckles and renders a pleasant odour to breath. Eye: It is useful in vascular keratitis and improves eyesight. Food: Nutmeg strengthens the liver, the spleen and the stomach particularly cardiac orifice. It stops vomiting. It removes bad smell of the mouth. Excretion: Nutmeg causes constipation and diuresis and is useful for dysuria. When mixed with oils, it becomes useful in all painful conditions. It is useful in premature ejaculation. Included in preparations to relieve sexual debility. The oil is added in aphrodisiac embrocations. Nutmeg is given to relieve flatulence and colic. With sesamum oil useful as massage against diseases of cold origin e.g. paralysis, facial paralysis and rheumatism. | ||||
| Side effect | It is harmful for lungs and liver on its prolong use. Myristica - poisoning is also reported and it may cause reactions similar to those of other hallucinogenic drugs. Doses of powdered seeds exceeding one teaspoonful show effect within 2-4 hours, producing dizziness, headache, feeling of uncertainty, unreality and rapid heart beat. | ||||
| Medical system | Unani | ||||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | Both drugs (Nutmeg and Mace) are hot and dry in the second degree. Both are obtained from a singe plant (Myristica fragrans). The drug 'Nutmeg' consists of kernels of the seed of M. fragrans of family Myristicaceae. | |||
| Drug effect | Aromatic, exhilarant, tonic to stomach and aphrodisiac. | ||||
| Dosage | Nutmeg: 500mg to 1gm. | ||||
| Substitute | Jalotra (aril of Myristica fragrans), mace (bisbasah) and Balchhar (Nardostachys jatamansi DC.), nard in equal quantity. | ||||
| Related drugs | Myristica malabarica Lamk., found in Western Ghats, Kanara and Malabar (India). | ||||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Kashniz (Coriandrum sativum Linn.) and honey. | ||||
| Important compound preparations | Jawarish ood sherein, Ma`jun chob chini and Ma`jun Murrawweh al-Arwah, | ||||
| 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 pp 244, 246. Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay Vol. 1, pp 834-835. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. pp 216-217, 218-219. A Survey of Drugs, 1961 (2nd edi.). Wahid, A. K. and Siddiqui, H. H. Institute of History of Medicine and Medical Research, Delhi. pp 19-36. 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 147. 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 95, 151. 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 437-438. Hamdard Pharmcopoeia of Eastern medicine, 1969. Said, H. M. (editor), The Times Press, Sadar Karachi. pp 80, 87, 107, 259, 266-267, 283-285. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 300-301. Unani Adwiyah Mufradah, 1984. Ali, Saifuddin, A. (3rd edi.). Taraqi-e-Urdu Bureau, R. K. Puram, New Delhi. pp 121-122. The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Andrew Chavallier, DK Publishing Inc., New York. p 113. | |||
| Remarks | Both drugs (Nutmeg and Mace) are mentioned by Avicenna (Ibn Sina) in his ''Canon of Medicine''. It is included in the list of drugs used both in Unani and Ayurvedic Systems of Medicin. In India, nutmeg has a long reputation as an aphrodisiac. It is believed to increase sexual stamina. Adulterants: Kernels of Myristica malabarica Lamk. are sometimes mixed with the material. These are, however, distinguished by their larger size, narrowed shape and absence of any odour. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/02/27 | ||||
