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Botanical Name: Mentha Unani Name: Pudina Taste: Fresh, sweet, spicy Mizaj: Cooling & Moistening Actions: * Dried parts - bile flow stimulation reduces nausea & fevers * Fresh parts - liver stimulant * Essential oil - analgesic and calming, over-heating * Overall - relaxes the peripheral blood vessels, promotes sweating & cools internally Therapeutic
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Botanical Name: Sambucus nigra Other Names: Elderflower, elderberries Taste: Bitter Mizaj: Heating & Drying Actions: * Flowers - expectorant, reduces phlegm, circulatory stimulant, promotes sweating, diuretic, topically anti-inflammatory. * Berries - promotes sweating, diuretic, laxative. * Bark - purgative, promotes vomiting (in large dosage), diuretic, topical emollient Therapeutic use: * Berries - taken in
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Botanical Name: Trifolium pratense Unani Name: Barsim Taste: Sweet/cooling Mizaj: Heating & Drying Actions: Alternative, de-obstruent, sedative, diuretic, expectorant Therapeutic uses: * Internally - whooping cough, liver problems, constipation, sluggish appetite, spasmodic cough, skin inflammations * Externally - rheumatic & gouty pain Dosage/Application: * Syrup extract - persistent sores & tumors
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Botanical Name: Rosa damascens Unani Name: Ward, Gulab (1) Taste: Astringent, Bitter Mizaj: Cooling & Drying (1) How it is used Medicinally Actions: Tonic, mildly astringent, carminative, aperient, and stomachic. Therapeutic uses: Reduces inflammation, (mild) laxative, diuretic, gargling for sore throats, diarrhea aid, eases both menstrual complaints and hemorrhages (1)
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Botanical Name: Anthemis nobilis Unani Name: Babunag Taste: Bitter, aromatic Mizaj: Heating & Drying in the first degree Actions: * stomachic * carminative * anti-epileptic * antipyretic * nervine * antispasmodic * emmenagogue (emetic & cathartic in larger quantities) Therapeutic uses: * dyspepsia * torpid (sluggish) liver * reducing body heat * externally to soothe skin rashes, sprains, etc Dosage/Application:
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Botanical name: Nigella sativa Unani name: Kalonji Taste: Bitter, spicy Mizaj: Heating & Drying Actions: Diuretic, emmenagogue, galactagogue, abortifacient, anthelmintic, carminative, stimulant Therapeutic use: lung & bronchial complaints, coughs, eruptive skin diseases, jaundice Reference: Chishti, Ghulam Moinuddin. The Traditional Healer's Handbook: A Classic Guide to the Medicine of
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Botanical name: Juniperus communis Unani name: 'Ar'Ar Taste: Bitter, Sweet Mizaj: Cooling, Drying Actions: stimulant, diuretic, anodyne, emmenagogue, carminative, stomachic, antiseptic, sudorific, laxative Therapeutic use: clears urinary tract infections, aids female reproductive diseases, digestive problems, pains, swellings, Dosage/Application: 15 g berries to 500 ml of water
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Botanical Name: Lavandula angustifolia Unani Name: Ustukhuddus Family: Mint Family Taste: Bitter Mizaj: Heating & Drying Actions: nervine, sedative, carminative, antidepressant, antimicrobial, diuretic, antispasmodic, analgesic Grow: Zones 5 - 8 (some sunlight, warmth, and moist,well-drained dirt) Therapeutic uses: brain purifier, insomnia, dizziness, flatulence, heart problems, anxiety, depression, nervous exhaustion,
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