Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Alubkhar |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Alubukhara | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Barquq, Ijjas / Alubukhara | |
| Original plant name | Prunus domestica Linn., Cherry Plum | |
| Family name | Rosaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | fruit |
| 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 | |
| TMPW No. | 14573 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Alubukhara, Cherry Plum | |||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Barquq, Ijjas / Alubukhara | ||||
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| Original plant name | Prunus domestica Linn. | ||||
| Family name | Rosaceae | ||||
| Used part | Fruits (ripe & dried) | ||||
| Distribution area | Cultivated in Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Kumaon for edible fruits. | ||||
| Description | Alubukhara is a well-known fruit. Taste is acrid. It is of two types - Bustani (cultivated) and kohi (mountainous). Bustani is also various types. One variety is big and blackish. It is real Alu-bukhara. Al-Bustani variety is stronger than the black one and the yellow variety is stronger than the red one. The Armenian variety is the sweetest of them all and is a strong purgative. The best one is big and thick. | ||||
| Function and properties | Organs of the head, Ocular organs, Chest and respiratory organs, Ulcers and wounds, Alimentary organs, Excretory organs. Fruit is nutritive, antibilious, refrigerant, demulcent, cooling, laxative and digestive. | ||||
| Specific actions | Digestive, nutritive, antiemetic and refrigerant. Soothing for yellow bile, good for blood circulation and aperient. | ||||
| Frequency in use | Largely under cultivation in India. | ||||
| Common uses | It is used against bilious fevers due to summer heat and headache, vomiting, nausea and to lessen the thirst. The fruit in taste being sub-acrid, digestive and aperient. It is useful in cases of torpid and enlarged liver, gonorrhoea//gonorrhea, piles etc. Organs of the head: Decoction of the leaves prevents catarrh, if used as a gargle. Ocular organs: The gum, used as a collyrium, improves eyesight. Chest and respiratory organs: Old plums remove inflammation of the heart. Ulcers and wounds: Gum of the tree with vinegar mixed with honey, heals the ringworms particularly in children. Alimentary organs: Old plums are highly effective in expelling of yellow bile. Excretory organs: The sweet variety is very strong in expelling the yellow bile. The action of expelling the yellow bile is due to their viscosity. The gum of Damascus Variety is lithotriptic. The juice of plums promotes menstruation. Small plums are less potent in causing purgation than the large ones. | ||||
| Side effect | It produces relaxation in the stomach, because of its sweetness and coldness. According to Avicenna (Ibn Sina) plums are not suitable for alimentary organs. Excessive intake regarded as harmful for people with cold temperament. | ||||
| Medical system | Unani | ||||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | It is cold in the first of the second and moist in the last of the third degree. | |||
| Drug effect | Ibn al-Baytar mentioned that being mucilaginous, it renders the stomach cool and moist. It is emollient and acts through its laxative action for getting rid of biliousness. Infusion of Bokhara plum is good for cough. | ||||
| Comments | The plums are taken before meals and used as drink after mixing it with hydromel and nabidh (a kind of drink made from dates). | ||||
| Dosage | 3-5 Nos., as purgative 10-15 Nos. | ||||
| Substitute | Tamarindus indica Linn., Fruit. (Imli) | ||||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Unnab (Zizyphus sativa Gaertn.), Gulqand (a rose preserve, Rosa damascena Mill.) and Mastagi (Pistacia lentiscus Linn.). | ||||
| Important compound preparations | Sherbat Alu Bokhara and Sherbat Mulayyin. | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. pp 53-54. 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 184. 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 49-50. 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 24-26. Hamdard Pharmcopoeia of Eastern medicine, 1969. Said, H. M. (editor), The Times Press, Sadar Karachi. p 170. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 363-364. | |||
| Remarks | Dioscorides, Galen, Avicenna (Ibn Sina) and Ibn al-Baytar have described this drug as nutritive. The unripe fruit is astringent. It has little nutrition. The ripe fruit is prescribed by Unani physicians for removing weakness / debility following fevers. Damascus and Armenian varieties are considered the best. Avicenna (Ibn Sina) has also described the medicinal uses of the gum of this tree. The gum of the tree is attenuant, diluting and agglutinant. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/02/22 | ||||
