Mint

BOTANICAL NAME:

• Menthe arvensis

FAMILY:

• Labiateae

SYNONYM(S):

• Nill

URDU NAME:

• Podina, Pudina

REGIONAL NAME:

• Bengali: Podina
• Persian: Pudinah
• Sanskrit: Pudina
• Sindhi: Phuczriah
• Arabic: Naanai
• Punjabi: Pudinah
• Chinese: Po Ho
• Hindi: Pudinah, Pudina

UNANI/TIBBI NAME:

• Pudina

ENGLISH NAME:

• Mint, Marsh Mint, Corn Mint

HABITAT:

• Azad Kashmir, NWFP, Baluchistan, Punjab

DESCRIPTION:

• An erect, slender, hairy or glabrous fragrant perennial herb, 15-30 cm high.
• Leaves are roundly ovate, acute or sub obtuse, toothed & hairy
• Shortly petioled or sessile.
• Flowers ellipsoid slightly keeled, pale yellow

PART USED:

• Leaves, flowering tops and stems

TASTE:

• Aromatic, somewhat bitter

TEMPERAMENT:

• Hot 2°, dry 2°

PERIOD OF OCCURRENCE:

• Propagated from January to February

PROCEDURE & TIME OF COLLECTION:

• Can be harvested thrice a year in June, September and November

CONSTITUENTS:

• Essential oil
• Stearoptin
• Menthol
• Camphor
• D-cavone
• Carvene
• D-sylvestrine
• Citronollol

SUBSTITUTES:

• Gandana/Shallot (allium ascalonicum)

ACTIONS AND USES IN UNANI SYSTEM OF MEDICINE:

Pharmacological action:

• Aromatic
• Carminative
• Stimulant
• Antispasmodic
• Stomachic
• Emmenagogue
• Refrigerant
• Diuretic

Therapeutic uses:

• It is useful in diseases of the liver and spleen, joint pains,
• Jaundice, asthma, and in vomiting

DOSES:

• 3-6 g

CORRECTIVES:

• Kateera/tragacanth (stercula urens)

IMPORTANT UNANI FORMULATIONS:

• Majun nankhwah
• Majun fotinji
• Majun sangdana murgh
• Majun khaddar
• Majun baladur
• Lubub kabir
• Laooq motadil
• Qurs podina
• Arq hazim
• Arq podina
• Zimad ushuq
• Sikanjbin nana
• Safuf nana
• Ruh-e- podina

ASTROLOGY:

• Mars