Ethnobotany and Pharmacognosy of Qust/ Kut (Saussurea lappa, C. B. Clarke) with Special Reference of Unani Medicine

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (26) ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
Shabnam Ansari
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Unani Medicine ◽  
Saussurea Lappa

scholarly journals TRADITIONAL USES, PHYTOCHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE OF UNANI MEDICINE AN UPDATED REVIEW

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (5-s) ◽  
pp. 110-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masihuddin Masihuddin ◽  
MA Jafri ◽  
Aisha Siddiqui ◽  
Shahid Chaudhary
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Complete Information ◽  
Papaver Somniferum ◽  
Opium Poppy ◽  
Biliary Colic ◽  
Pharmacological Activities ◽  
Unani Medicine ◽  
History Of ◽  
Morphinan Alkaloids ◽  
Cardiac Asthma

Papaver somniferum commonly known as Khashkhash /Afyon, belongs to family Papaveraceae. It is one of those traditional plants, which have a long history of usage as medicine. The opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) produces some of the most widely used medicinal alkaloids like morphine, codeine, thebain and porphyroxine which are the most important component of this plant. Apart from these alkaloids, opium poppy produces approximately eighty alkaloids belonging to various tetrahydrobenzylisoquinolinederived classes. It has been known for over a century that morphinan alkaloids accumulate in the latex of opium poppy. According to Unani literature, it possesses most important theurapeutic values as modern literature and research studies also prove its therapeutical importance. It is used as analgesic, narcotic, sedative, stimulant as well as nutritive, etc. It is also useful in headache, cough, insomnia, cardiac asthma, and biliary colic. In this paper we have provide a review on habitate, pharmacological actions, phytochemical with special refrence to Unani Medicine. In this review, an attempt is made to explore the complete information of Papaver somniferum including its  phytochemistry and pharmacology. Key words: Khashkhash, Biliary colic, Alkaloid, phytochemistry.

Unani Medicine in the Making

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kira Schmidt-Stiedenroth
Keyword(s):  
Unani Medicine
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