Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Amba haldi |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Aamba haldi | |
| English name | Mango-ginger | |
| Original plant name | Curcuma amada Roxb., Mango-ginger | |
| Family name | Zingiberaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | rhizome |
| 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: Pieces of sympodically branched, laterally compressed rhizome, 3 to 15cm long and 1.5 to 3.5cm broad, demarcated into nodal and internodal regions. Outer surface pale brown in colour, longitudinally shrivelled, bearing circular scars of scale leaves in nodal region. A number of long tubular roots are seen arising from the under surface. Fracture - short with a number of fibres, odour - mango like; taste - pungent. | |
| TMPW No. | 14511 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Aamba haldi, Mango-ginger | |||
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| Original plant name | Curcuma amada Roxb. | ||||
| Family name | Zingiberaceae | ||||
| Used part | Rhizome | ||||
| Distribution area | A herb grows wild in hills, also cultivated in Bengal, Madhya Pradash, southwards to Tamil Nadu and also on the West coast of India. | ||||
| Description | It is a type of root which resembles turmeric but larger than it. They have an agreeable fragrant smell and bitter taste. The rhizomes have an odour of raw mangoes and are used as spice and condiment. | ||||
| Function and properties | Skin, Blood. Resolvent, Soothing, Demulcent, Blood purifier. | ||||
| Specific actions | Infusion and paste are modes of preparations. Resolvent, carminative and stomachic. | ||||
| Frequency in use | Wild in parts of India. | ||||
| Common uses | Rhizomes are also used externally in the form of paste as an application for bruises and skin diseases (boils etc.). It is used for improving the quality of blood (in the impairment of blood). It is mainly used in trauma (sunstroke) and fall or collapse. Some physicians also use it for curing cough and fever. | ||||
| Medical system | Unani | ||||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | It is hot and dry. | |||
| Drug effect | It is considered suitable for the use in trauma (sunstroke) and fall or collapse. It is resolvent and good blood purifier. | ||||
| Dosage | 2 gm to 3 gm. | ||||
| Substitute | Haldi (Turmeric), Curcuma longa Linn. syn. C. domestica Val. | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | 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 p 84. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. p 56. 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 62. | |||
| Remarks | Avicenna (Ibn Sina) and Ibn al-Baytar have not mentioned this drug. Fresh root is used as an ingredient in chutneys like ginger. Infusion of the root is employed to give the flavour of the mango artificially to confectionery. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/03/19 | ||||
