Important Herbs of Non-Indian Origin used in Unani system of Medicine BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME ENGLISH NAME HABITAT MAIN SOURCE Achillea millefolium Baranjaasif Yarrow, Milfoil Eurasia, North America, temperatezones Pakistan Agaricus albus Ghaariqoon White Agaric Fungus grown on old pine trees in South and Central Europe Europe Alhagi pseudalhagi syn. Alhagi camelorum Turanjbeen (Alhagi Manna) Camel Thorn Persian Manna Plant Mediterranean and Sahara to Central Asia and the Himalayas Pakistan Althaea officinalis Khatmi Marsh Mallow Europe, from Denmark southwards Iran Anacyclus pyrethrum Akarkaraa Spanish Pellitory Spain and other Mediterranean countries Morocco Aquilaria agallocha Dhooplak- kar, Agar Aloe-wood Eagle-wood Malayan Peninsula, Assam, Manipur, Silhat, Bhutan Malacca Aristolochia longa Zaraavand Taweel Birthwort Southern Europe Kabul Aristolochia rotunda Zaraavand Madahraj Birthwort A. Clematis (Europe) A. Longa (North America) A. Indica (India) Iran Artemisia absinthium Afsanteen Worm wood Europe, South America, North Africa, Siberia, Mangolia Nepal Artemisia maritima Dirmaanaa Turki Kirmaalaa Santonica Worm seed North America, Brazil, Iran, Baluchistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Tibet Iran Asarun europaeum Asaaroon Asarabacca Wild Nard Hazelwort TemperateEurope, North Asia (Birthwort family) China Asparagus officinalis Halyun Sperage, Sparrow Grass Europe, Greece, Western Asia, Southern parts of Russia, Poland Iran 750 Appendix BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME ENGLISH NAME HABITAT MAIN SOURCE Asparagus racemosus Sataawari Asparagus var. Upper Gangetic plains, Dehradun, Bihar plateau, Tropical and sub-tropical parts of India including the Himalayas and Andamans. A. adscendens: Western Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, Kumaon, Chamba Nepal Astragalus sarcocola Anzaroot (gum) Sarcocola Iran Iran Bambusa arundinacea Banslochan (Manna) Tabaasheer Thorny bamboo manna South-East Asia Indonesia Berberis vulgaris Zarishk Barberry Europe and the British Isles, naturalized in parts of North America Afghanistan Blepharis edulis Utangan seeds Sindh, Baluchistan Pakistan Borago officinalis Gaozabaan England, Europe, North Africa, North America Iran, Baluchistan Cardiosper- mum halicacabum Habb-e- Qilqil Baloon Vine Tropical Americaextending to Africa and Asia Iran Carum carvi Kaalaa jeeraa Europe, North Africa, Asia Iran Centaurea behen Behman Safed White behen Persia Afghanistan Salvia haemotodes Behman Surkh Red behen (sage) Colchicum autumnale Suranjaan Talkh Bitter colchicum Meadow saffron Europe, part of British Isles, North Africa, Kashmir Afghanistan Cinnamomum zeylanicum Daarchini Cinnamon Southeast Asia, China China, Indonesia Commiphora mukul Guggulu (exudate) Bdellium Arid rocky tracts of Rajasthan, Khandesh, Berar, Mysore, Sindh, Baluchistan Pakistan Appendix 751 BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME ENGLISH NAME HABITAT MAIN SOURCE Commiphora myrrha Bol, Hiraabol (exudate) Myrrh Arabia, Somaliland, North-East Africa Dubai Commiphora opobalsamum Balsaan Balsam tree, Gilead In countries of both sides of Red Sea Yemen Convolvulus scammonia Saqmonia Scammony Mediterranean region England Corylus avellana Funduq Hazel nut Turkey, Italy, Spain, USA England, Turkey Cuscuta epithymum (Lesser Dodder) C. europaea (Greater or Common Dodder) Aftimoon (Dried whole plant of Cassytha filiformis, also of Cuscuta reflexa are sold as Aftimoon) Dodder or Cuscuta A parasite in most parts of the world Pakistan Dorema ammoniacum Ushaq Gum Ammoniac Iran, extending into southern Siberia Iran Doronicum pardalianches/ Doronicum hookeri Darunaj aqrabi Leopard’s Bane (Also equated with Arnica montana) Europe Iran, Europe Dracaena cinnabari Damm-ul- Akhwain Dragon’s Blood Saudi Arabia, East Africa Yemen Ephedra gerar- diana/Ephedra vulgaris Somlataa West-CentralChina, Southern Siberia, Japan. Also Spain Baluchistan Pakistan Euphorbia resinifera Farfiyun Euphorbium Morocco Morocco Ferula assafoetida Hing Assafoetida Eastern Persia, Western Afghanistan Afghanis- tan, Ka- zakhstan, Iran Ferula galbaniflua Jaosheer (gum-resin) Opopanax tree Galbanum Iran, Cape of Good Hope Iran 752 Appendix BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME ENGLISH NAME HABITAT MAIN SOURCE Ferula persica Sakbeenaj Sagapenum Iran Iran Fraxinus ornus/F. routindifolia Sheerkhisht (exudate) Manna Southern Europe, parts of Asia Spain Garcinia hanburyi Usaar-e- Revand Gambose, Gutta (extract) Siam, Southern Cochin-China,Combodia, Sri Lanka Thailand Gentiana olivieri Ghaafis Gul- e-Ghaafis Persian Gentian Iran Afghanistan Glycyrrhiza glabra Asl-us-Soos Liquorice Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Russia Iran, Afghanistan Helicteres isora Marorphali East Indian Screw tree Nepal, Bihar, Bengal, central, western and southern India, Andaman Islands Nepal Helleborus niger Kharbaq Siyah Black Hellebore Central and southern Europe, Germany, Greece, Asia Minor Germany Hyoscyamus niger Bazr-ul- Banj Khoraasaani Ajwaayin Henbane seeds Central and southern Europe, Western Asia, Siberia Baluchistan, Afghanistan Hyssopus officinalis Zufaa Hyssop Southern Europe Afghanistan Illicium verum Star Anise Anise of China China, South-East Asia China Ipomoea purga / Convolvulus jalapa Jalaabaa, Jalaapaa Jalap Mexico Mexico Juniperus communis Hauber, Abhal Common Juniper Europe, North Africa, North Asia, North America Pakistan Lallemantia royleana Baalangu Western Asia, Iran Pakistan, Baluchistan Laurus nobilis Habb-ul- Ghaar Bay Laurel, Roman Laurel Shores of Mediterranean Southern Europe Saudi Arabia Lavandula stoechas Ustuk- huddus French Lavender Mediterranean region Morocco Appendix 753 BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME ENGLISH NAME HABITAT MAIN SOURCE Lepidium sativum Habb-ul- Rashaad, Haalim Garden Cress Iran Iran Lupinus albus Turmus White Lupin North and South America, Southern Europe, Egypt Iran Marrubium vulgare Faraasiyun White Horehound England, Europe, Baluchistan, Iran Iran Matthiola incana Turdi Zard (Tudri Surkh is equated with Cheiranthus cheiri) Gilli Flower Wall Flower Common Stock Mediterranean region, Western Europe Iran Melia azedarach Bakaayin Persian Lilac China, Baluchistan, Kashmir, Western Himalayas, South India Afghanistan Melissa officinalis Baadran- jboyaa, Billilotan Catmint Catnip Mountain Balm Europe, North America, Iran Iran Merendera persica Suranjaan Shireen Sweet Hermodactyl Iran Iran Myristica fragrans Jaiphal Nutmeg Native to Malacca Islands and New Guinea, Sri Lanka, West Indies Sri Lanka Myrrhis odorata Anjudaan Roomi Sweet Cherirel England Iran Myrtus communis Habb-ul- Aas Muurad Myrtle Southern Europe Afghanistan Ocimum basilicum Tukhmshar- bati (seeds) Sweet Basil France, Central Asia Europe Ocimum pilosum Tukhm-e- Rehaan (seeds) Wild Basil Tropical and warm temperateregions Pakistan, Iran Olea europaea Zaitoon Olive Mediterranean region Europe 754 Appendix BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME ENGLISH NAME HABITAT MAIN SOURCE Oligochaeta ramosa syn. Volutarella ramosa V. divaricata Tricholepis procumbens Amberboa divaricata Baadaaward (Imported herb is actually Fagonia arabica) Mediterranean region, Central Asia, India Iran, Pakistan Orchis latifolia/Orchis sp. Saalab Misri (root) Saalab panjaa (root) Saalab gattaa (root) Salep Central and southern Europe Iran, Pakistan Origanum vulgare Marzanjosh Wild Morjoram England, Europe, North Africa, Asia Tibet, China Paeonia officinalis Ood saleeb Peony root Southern Europe, West Asia Pakistan Pastinaca secacul Shaqaq-ul- Misri Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt Afghanistan Peganum harmala Harmal Harmal, Syrian Rue, Wild Rue, Foreign Henna Mediterranean region, mexico, Asia, Ladakh, Kashmir, Punjab Pakistan, Iran Peucedanum grande Duku patti (seed) Iran Iran Phoenix dactylifera Gond Chhuhaaraa North Africa, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia Iran, Pakistan Pimpinella anisum Anisoon Anise Originally from Egypt Minor. Now cultivated in warmer climatesand Asia China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam Pinus succinifera (now extinct) Kahrubaa (fossil resin) Amber Baltic Amber or Malay Archipelagofound in Scandinavia Germany
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