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BOTANICAL NAME:

  • Ficus canica linn

FAMILY:

  • Monaceae

SYNONYM(S):

  • Nil

URDU NAME:

  • Anjir

REGIONAL NAME:

  • Bengali: Anjin
  • Pashto: Anzin
  • Sanskrit: Anjina
  • Arabic: Teen
  • Hindi: Anjin

UNANI/TIBBI NAME:

  • Teen, Anjeer

ENGLISH NAME:

  • Fig

HABITAT:

  • A native of Asia Minor is frequently cultivated upto 5000 ft.   
    In Baluchistan and to 4000ft. in Hazara

DESCRIPTION:

  • A tree of moderate size, 4-9 m high
  • Leaves have 3-5 lobe
  • Flowers hypoanthodium
  • Fruits are axillary pear shaped, of various size and usually whitish red to blackish brown in colour

PART USED:

  • Fruits

TASTE:

  • Sweet

TEMPERAMENT:

  • Hot 1°, moist 2°

PERIOD OF OCCURRENCE:

  • Receptacles: January to April
  • Ripe fruit: June to October

PROCEDURE & TIME OF COLLECTION:

  • The fruit is collected when it drop from tree. At this stage it is nearly 3/4 dry

CONSTITUENTS:

  • Glycosides
  • Proteins
  • Amino acids
  • Resins
  • Reducing  sugars
  • Triterpenes/steroids
  • Tannins
  • Fixed oil
  • K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Cu, P,
  • Thiamine
  • Riboflavin
  • Niacin
  • Ascorbic acid

SUBSTITUTES:

  • Badam/almond (prunus anygdalus)
  • Mawiz/grapes (vitis vinifera )
  • Pista/pistachio nut ( pistacia vera linn)

ACTIONS AND USES IN UNANI SYSTEM OF MEDICINE:

Pharmacological action:

  • Attenuant
  • Concoctive nasal vent
  • Emollient
  • Demulcent
  • Laxative
  • Nutritive
  • diuretic

Therapeutic uses:

  • Fruits are useful in live and spleen diseases, inflammation,
  • Chest pain, epilepsy, piles. Milky juice from fresh green fruit destroys wants.

DOSES:

  • Dry Anjir upto 32 gm

CORRECTIVES:

  • For fresh Anjir:
  • Shikanjbeen (vinegar honey drink)
  • Sharbat tunanj (citrus medica)

For dry Anjir:

  • Akhrot/walnut (juglans regia)
  • Satan (zatania multifolia)
  • Anisoon/anisi (Pimpinella anisuni)

IMPORTANT UNANI FORMULATIONS:

  • Sharbat-e- anjir
  • Sharbat zoofa murakkab
  • Sharbat sadar
  • Majun-e- anjir
  • Majun-e-qurtum

ASTROLOGY:

  • Jupiter