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Market nameMajith
Urudu nameFuwwah
Arabic name /
Persian name		Fuwwah al-sabagheen', Fuwwah al-sabegh / Rumnas
English nameIndian Madder, Dyer's Madder
Original plant nameRubia cordifolia Linn., Indian Madder, Dyer's Madder
Family nameRubiaceae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification root
Collection informationIslamic Republic of Pakistan, Karachi [Karachi], Sind, Amjad Unani Medicine (Pvt.) Ltd.
Collection date1994/1/22
CollectorTsuneo Namba
IdentifierJaved Ahmad
DescriptionFeatures:
These are hard, woody and cylindrical roots, upto 1cm in diameter. Outer surface smooth, faintly striated longitudinally, rusty brown in colour. A transverse cut shows a closely adhering bark, followed by a reddish brown tissue full of minute pores and a hollow center. Fracture - short; odour - slightly spicy; taste - sweetish to tongue at first, afterward acrid and bitter.
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Crude drug nameUrudu name,
English name		Fuwwah, Indian Madder, Dyer's Madder
Arabic name / Persian nameFuwwah al-sabagheen', Fuwwah al-sabegh / Rumnas
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Original plant nameRubia cordifolia Linn.
Family nameRubiaceae
Used partRoot
Distribution areaA perennial climbing herb with long cylindrical roots. It is found in Nilgiris and throughout the hilly districts in India. It is also found in North & West Frontier Provinces in Pakistan.
DescriptionThe roots are hard, woody and reddish-brown in colour. The taste is bitter.
Function and propertiesCosmetics, Joints, Food, Skin, Excretion.

Deobstruent, alexipharmic, powerful emmenagogue, astringent, antipyretic, diuretic, analgesic, anodyne, caustic, alterative and antidysenteric.
Frequency in useVery common.
Common usesCosmetics: It cures ringworm. It is applied with vinegar to cure pityriasis alba. It also clears the skin and removes all kinds of spots and stains.

Joints: When taken with water mead it proves to be useful in sciatica, paralysis with defect of tough sensation. When 3.5gm of dyers madder is taken with 7gm of Himalayan rhubarb, it becomes useful for treating cases of injury and fall. Also effective in rheumatism and arthritis.

Food: Its fruit is taken together with oxymel in splenitis. It cleanses the liver and spleen and removes their obstructions. This is its main characteristic.

Skin: Being detergent and esteemed caustic bruised and mixed in vinegar and applied on freckles, ringworm, vitiligo and variable skin spots.

Excretion: It is highly diuretic and sometimes causes haematuria/hematuria. Its use as a pessary may cause excessive menses and expel the foetus. It is an effective deobstruent prescribed in obstructions of the urinary passages and amenorrhoea/amenorrhea. On the other hand it hastens the inception of menstruation and is useful in treatment of overdue menses also.
Side effectExtra large doses can powerfully affect the nervous system and may cause temporary delirium. Large doses or prolong use may cause haematuria/hematuria. Whole plant is regarded as alexipharmic and applied locally to procure this effect following attack of poisonous insects.
Medical systemUnani
Traditional conceptTemperamentIt is hot and dry in the second degree.
Drug effectIt is very beneficial deobstruent (uterine, hepatic and splenic), diuretic and emmenagogue.
CommentsIt finds use as a colouring agent particularly in medicated oils with same objective. It is also used by Nepalese for dyeing their coarse clothes.
Dosage3 to 5gm.
SubstituteKababah (Zanthoxylum alatum Roxb.) and Tezpat (Cinnamon).
Related drugsThe plant material, which is marketed from Sikkim and northeastern hills consists of the root of Rubia sikkimensis Kurz. It has a rough and fluted appearance, differs from the round smooth roots of R. cordifolia.
Corrigent (corrective)Katira (Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston); Anisun (Pimpinella anisum Linn.).
Important compound preparationsMa`jun Dabid al-ward, Ma`jun Supari Pak and Dawa al-kurkum.
ReferencesReference book　

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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 211.

Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay
Vol. 1, pp 1075-1077.

Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi.
p 417.

A Survey of Drugs, 1961 (2nd edi.). Wahid, A. K. and Siddiqui, H. H. Institute of History of Medicine and Medical Research, Delhi.
p 105.

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.
v.

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 355.

Hamdard Pharmcopoeia of Eastern medicine, 1969. Said, H. M. (editor), The Times Press, Sadar Karachi.
pp 269-270, 272.

Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi.
pp 383-384.

Unani Adwiyah Mufradah, 1984. Ali, Saifuddin, A. (3rd edi.). Taraqi-e-Urdu Bureau, R. K. Puram, New Delhi.
p 211.

RemarksThe drug is described by all Unani physicians. It also used in several preparations of Unani.

In tuberculous diarrhoeas/diarrheas Rubia had a sedative effect on the intestines. In tuberculous intestinal ulceration it acted as an anodyne.' - (Dr. Bauer) -
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