Fig

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