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Crude drug name

Market nameJawatri (Fruit-covering)
Urudu nameJawatri
Arabic name /
Persian name		Bisbasah / Bizbar
English nameMace
Original plant nameMyristica fragrans Houtt., Mace
Family nameMyristicaceae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification aril
Collection informationIslamic Republic of Pakistan, Karachi [Karachi], Sind, Amjad Unani Medicine (Pvt.) Ltd.
Collection date1994/1/22
CollectorTsuneo Namba
IdentifierJaved Ahmad
DescriptionFeatures:
Mace (Bisbasah) fleshy, foliaceous mantle or arillus of seed occurring as entire piece or in the form of coarsely reticulate flattened bands. The entire structure is cup-shaped divided into strap shaped, terminally dissected lobes, upto 4cm in length, 2.5 to 3cm in breadth and about 1mm in thickness. These are translucent, brittle and have a dull yellowish red colour. It is extremely oily and has a delicious aroma. Odour - similar to nutmeg but more strong; taste - aromatic with a spicy rather acrid.
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Scientific information data base

Crude drug nameUrudu name,
English name		Jawatri, Mace
Arabic name / Persian nameBisbasah / Bizbar
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Original plant nameMyristica fragrans Houtt.
Family nameMyristicaceae
Used partAril
Distribution areaThe plants of Myristica fragrans are found in Moluccas Islands, Malay Peninsula, Malabar, Zangibar and Ceylon. It is also said that these plants are also found in the forests of South India (Kerala and Tamil Nadu).
DescriptionBisbasah is the peel of nutmeg. These are interwined, corrugated, dry, reddish or yellowish and look like barks. It is fragrant. It is separated from its fruit on drying.
Function and propertiesSwellings, Cosmetics, Head, Food, Excretion.

Exhilarant, digestive, resolvent, deobstruent, desiccant and absorbent, carminative, warming for moisture, astringent, stomachic, stimulant, aphrodisiac, uterine tonic and antiputrefaction.
Specific actionsCalorific for moisture.
Frequency in useRare.
Common usesSwellings. When used in ointment, it dissolves hard and thick swellings.

Cosmetics. It refines the odour of the body.

Head. When mixed with violet oil and introduced into the nose, it relieves headache caused by dense gases and also in migraine.

Food. It is somewhat astringent and removes flatulence. It strengthens the stomach, intestines and the liver. It has been used as a spice - is a traditional desiccative, useful in absorbing unwanted catarrhal wastes of thoracic region particularly of lungs.

Excretion. It is also useful in persistent diarrhoea/diarrhea. It is also useful as desiccative against abnormal uterine discharges.

As an antiseptic and aromatic, therefore, chewed to produce pleasant flavour in the mouth.
Side effectIt produces headache.
Medical systemUnani
Traditional conceptTemperamentBoth drugs (Nutmeg and Mace) are hot and dry in the second degree.
Drug effectCalorific for moisture.
DosageMace: 1 to 3gm.
SubstituteJauzbuwwa (Myristica fragrans); mace (the pericarp of the fruit) and the nutmeg are substitute for each other.
Related drugsMyristica malabarica Lamk., found in Western Ghats, Kanara and Malabar (India).
Corrigent (corrective)Gond Babul (gum Acacia spp.) and Arq Gulab, aqueous extract of Rosa damascena Mill.
Important compound preparationsJawarish Bisbasah, Habb Amber Momyiai and Ma`jun Izaraqi.
ReferencesReference book　

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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
pp 244, 246.

Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay
Vol. 1, pp 834-835.

Makhzanul-Mufradat (Khawasul Adviyah), Hakeem Kabiruddin, Daftar Al-Masih, Qarol Bagh, Delhi.
pp 216-217, 218-219.

A Survey of Drugs, 1961 (2nd edi.). Wahid, A. K. and Siddiqui, H. H. Institute of History of Medicine and Medical Research, Delhi.
pp 19-36.

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 147.

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 95, 151.

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 437-438.

Hamdard Pharmcopoeia of Eastern medicine, 1969. Said, H. M. (editor), The Times Press, Sadar Karachi.
pp 80, 87, 107, 259, 266-267, 283-285.

Indusyunic Medicine, 1997. Usmanghani, K., Saeed, A. and Alam, M. T. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi.
pp 300-301.

Unani Adwiyah Mufradah, 1984. Ali, Saifuddin, A. (3rd edi.). Taraqi-e-Urdu Bureau, R. K. Puram, New Delhi.
pp 121-122.

The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Andrew Chavallier, DK Publishing Inc., New York.
p 113.

RemarksBoth drugs (Nutmeg and Mace) are mentioned by Avicenna (Ibn Sina) in his ''Canon of Medicine''.
It is included in the list of drugs used both in Unani and Ayurvedic Systems of Medicine.
In India, nutmeg has a long reputation as an aphrodisiac. It is believed to increase sexual stamina.

The mace of M. malabarica Lamk. is often adulterated with true mace. It is distinguished by deep red colour of lobes which are narrow and twisted together at apex. This material is devoid of any aroma.
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