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Crude drug name | Market name | Kabab-Khandan |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Kabab e-khandan | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Faghirah / Kababah dahankushadah, Fakhra | |
| English name | Toothache plant, Indian prickly ash fruit | |
| Original plant name | Zanthoxylum armatum DC. syn. Zanthoxylum alatum Roxb., Toothache plant, Indian prickly ash fruit | |
| Family name | Rutaceae | |
| 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 | |
| Description | Features: Capsules spherical, bright, reddish brown, covered with tubercles, upto 7mm in diameter, frequently dehiscing half way and exposing an oily, globular seed of shining black colour. The fruit resembles with that of coriander. Odour - characteristic; taste - aromatic and extremely pungent. | |
| TMPW No. | 14612 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Kabab e-khandan, Toothache plant, Indian prickly ash fruit | |||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Faghirah / Kababah dahankushadah, Fakhra | ||||
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| Original plant name | Zanthoxylum armatum DC. syn. Zanthoxylum alatum Roxb. | ||||
| Family name | Rutaceae | ||||
| Used part | Fruits | ||||
| Distribution area | A small tree, found in Punjab, Kumaon and Khasi Hills in India. | ||||
| Description | The fruits of Zanthoxylum armatum are bigger in size than the cubeb. It is splitted upto the half length of the fruit, small spherical in shape, having dark brown colour. Odour - agreeable or pleasant; taste - pungent or fast and aromatic. | ||||
| Function and properties | Head and heart, Stomach. It is an aromatic drug. Its odour and use both are cardiac and brain tonic, tonic for cold stomach and cold liver, digestive tonic, carminative, relieves flatulence and acts as an astringent. | ||||
| Specific actions | Tonic to stomach and liver. | ||||
| Frequency in use | Common. | ||||
| Common uses | Head and heart: Smelling as well as its use impart fragrant effects on heart and brain. Stomach: It is a useful tonic for digestion and stomach, relieves flatulence and it is also prescribed in liver disorders. As it is astringent, therefore, recommended as antidiarrhoeal/antidiarrheal. It is very useful in the cold cephalic complaints. | ||||
| Side effect | It is used as aromatic masticatory when chewed in malodours state of mouth to avoid it. Excessive use may cause headache and increased astringency may lead to constipation. | ||||
| Medical system | Unani | ||||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | It is hot in the second degree and dry in the fourth degree. | |||
| Drug effect | It is a tonic to stomach and liver. | ||||
| Comments | The drug is included in the list of drugs used both in Unani and Ayurvedic Systems of Medicine. | ||||
| Dosage | 2 to 3gm. | ||||
| Substitute | Kabab-chini (Piper cubeba Linn.). | ||||
| Related drugs | The fruits of a number of other species of Zanthoxylum growing wild in different parts of India are used as substitutes. The fruits of Z. rhetza (Roxb.) DC., are used mostly in south India. It is larger in size than the fruit of toothache plant. Its taste is lemon like. Fruits of Z. acanthopodium DC. are procured from Eastern India - Khasi Hills. It is similar in size to Z. rhetza. | ||||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Kafur (Cinnamomum camphora (L.) T. Nees & Eberm.), camphor and Nilofar (Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f.), water lily. | ||||
| Important compound preparations | Roghan Kalan, Ma`jun Murraweh al-Arwah and Muffareh Azam. | ||||
| 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 p 284. Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay Vol. 1, p 1302. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. pp 438-439. A Survey of Drugs, 1961 (2nd edi.). Wahid, A. K. and Siddiqui, H. H. Institute of History of Medicine and Medical Research, Delhi. pp 19-30. 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 248. 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 342. 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. 3, p 347. Hamdard Pharmcopoeia of Eastern medicine, 1969. Said, H. M. (editor), The Times Press, Sadar Karachi. pp 148-149, 283-285, 292-293. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 450-451. | |||
| Remarks | According to Kabiruddin the drug contains essential oil which is similar to terpentine oil in its odour and properties, hence it is recommended in stomatitis. According to Saifuddin the drug is also useful in toothache. Its bark is also used in Unani medicine under the name ''Tejbal''. The drug is very easily available and have no problem of adulteration. No controversy has been found about this drug in Unani literature. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/02/27 | ||||
