Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Pudina |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Podinah | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Fodanj, Nana-i-hindi / Pudinah | |
| English name | Mint | |
| Original plant name | Mentha arvensis Linn., Mint | |
| Family name | Labiatae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | leaf |
| 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: Aromatic plant, with coarse leaves, margins toothed. | |
| TMPW No. | 14542 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Podinah, Mint | |||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Fodanj, Nana-i-hindi / Pudinah | ||||
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| Original plant name | Mentha arvensis Linn. | ||||
| Family name | Labiatae | ||||
| Used part | Leaves | ||||
| Distribution area | It is native of the temperate northern and western Himalayas and Kashmir, cultivated in gardens in India. | ||||
| Description | It is a fragrant herb. Leaves, flowering tops and stems yield an essential oil by steam distillation similar to peppermint. | ||||
| Function and properties | Stomach, Chest, Food, Fevers, Excretion. Aromatic, refrigerant, carminative, gastric sedative, stimulant, stomachic, emmenagogue, expectorant, diuretic, absorbent, flavouring agent and local anaesthetic. | ||||
| Specific actions | Carminative, diuretic and refrigerant. | ||||
| Frequency in use | Very common. | ||||
| Common uses | Stomach: The herb improves appetite and relieves stomach debility and stomachache. Useful with astringent stimulants (i.e. cinnamon bark, cardamom fruit, cloves etc.) in cholera and chronic indigestion. It is useful in relieving pain in stomach and liver, to dissolve blood clots either in bladder or stomach. It is useful in jaundice. Chest: It is a good remedy for bronchitis. It acts as expectorant. Food: The herb finds frequent use in sauces, green (fresh) and dried. The herb improves appetite. Fevers: A decoction or vapour of its tea is largely used with lemon grass as a febrifuge in fevers and in hiccup. The essential oil and its major ingredient menthol have the same properties. Excretion: Decoction of the leaves used few days prior to the menstrual cycle beginning brings comfortable menses. It watery extract also kills the intestinal worms. | ||||
| Side effect | Large quantities of herb or its active ingredients are not advised for internal use in children. | ||||
| Medical system | Unani | ||||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | It is hot and dry in the second degree. | |||
| Drug effect | Carminative, diuretic and refrigerant. | ||||
| Dosage | 3 to 6gm. | ||||
| Substitute | Mentha spicata Linn. and M. longifolia (L.) Huds. | ||||
| Related drugs | Japanese Peppermint. | ||||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Honey, Gulqand (rose petals conserve) and Banafsha (Viola odorata Linn.). | ||||
| Important compound preparations | Jawarish Podinah and Arq Podinah. | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay Vol. 1, pp 788-789. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. pp 170-171. 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. p 139. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 290-291. Unani Adwiyah Mufradah, 1984. Ali, Saifuddin, A. (3rd edi.). Taraqi-e-Urdu Bureau, R. K. Puram, New Delhi. pp 104-105. | |||
| Remarks | It is in the list of vegetable drugs used exclusively in Unani medicine. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/03/11 | ||||
