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Crude drug name | Market name | Bari-ilaichi |
|---|---|---|
| Urudu name | Ilaichi kalan | |
| Arabic name / Persian name | Qaqlah-kabar, Hamama / Heel kalan | |
| English name | Greater Cardamom | |
| Original plant name | Amomum subulatum Roxb., Greater Cardamom | |
| Family name | Zingiberaceae | |
| 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: Large, coursely striated fruit of dark brown colour, measuring 2 to 3cm in length and upto 1.5cm in width. It is a trilocular capsule. Internally the capsule contains several seeds of black colour, arranged in rows, held together by a viscous pulp of dark brown colour. Internally the seeds are white. Odour - strong and camphoraceous. Taste - pungent and slightly sweet. | |
| TMPW No. | 14622 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Urudu name, English name | Ilaichi kalan, Greater Cardamom | ||||
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| Arabic name / Persian name | Qaqlah-kabar, Hamama / Heel kalan | |||||
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| Original plant name | Amomum subulatum Roxb. | |||||
| Family name | Zingiberaceae | |||||
| Used part | Fruits | |||||
| Distribution area | Cultivated in swampy places along the side of mountain streams in Nepal; Bengal, Sikkim, Assam and Tamil Nadu (India). | |||||
| Function and properties | Swellings, Joints. It is fragrant, stomachic and carminative. It has aromatic, stimulant, astringent, exhilarant, appetitive and diuretic actions. | |||||
| Specific actions | Appetite stimulant and carminative. | |||||
| Frequency in use | Moderately found under cultivation. | |||||
| Common uses | Swellings: It matures the hot swellings. Joints: Its decoction should be taken orally in gout. It is mainly used for the weakness of stomach or weak digestion. It is useful for flatulence in the stomach. It is beneficial for nausea. Being stomachic seeds are also useful in neuralgia and gonorrhoea/gonorrhea. It is also good in the congestion of the liver. It reduces inflammations. It is diuretic and emmenagogue. It is useful in uteralgia. | |||||
| Side effect | It has been mentioned as harmful for intestines in large doses. It is plastered with sweet basil on scorpion sting. It produces heaviness, headache and sleep. | |||||
| Medical system | Unani | |||||
| Traditional concept | Temperament | It is hot and dry in the second degree. But according to Avicenna (Ibn Sina) it is hot and dry in the third degree. | ||||
| Drug effect | It is prescribed in nausea. As decoction preparation it stops profuse diarrhoea. | |||||
| Comments | Fruits and seeds are used for imparting flavour and taste to cooked food. It is also one of the ingredients of 'Garam Masala'. Seeds yield medicinal oil. | |||||
| Dosage | 500 mg to 1 gm (2-4 gm approximately in compounds). | |||||
| Substitute | Ilaichi khurd (Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton.) and Kabab-chini (Piper cubeba Linn.). | |||||
| Related drugs | Fruits of Amomum aromaticum Roxb. sold in Calcutta market as cheap substitute under the name Morang-ilayechi. | |||||
| Corrigent (corrective) | Qand Safaid (sugar candy) when used for lungs and Katira (Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston) when used for intestines. | |||||
| Important compound preparations | Jawarish Anarain, Arq Ilaichi, Arq Amber and Ma`jun Zanjabil. | |||||
| 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 16. 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 280. Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay pp 93-94. Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi. pp 75-76. 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 14. 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 356. Hamdard Pharmcopoeia of Eastern medicine, 1969. Said, H. M. (editor), The Times Press, Sadar Karachi. pp 80, 195, 198, 272. Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi. pp 99-100. | ||||
| Remarks | Avicenna (Ibn Sina) has described this drug (Greater cardamom) under Hamama. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/02/27 | |||||
