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Persian Lilac

Description: bakain   Description: bakain dodi

BOTANICAL NAME:

  • Melia azedarach

FAMILY:

  • Meliaceae

SYNONYM(S):

  • Melia sempervirens

URDU NAME:

  • Bakain

REGIONAL NAME:

  • Bengali: Ghoranim, Mohanim
  • Persian: Azadedarakhat
  • Pashto: Bakyana
  • Sanskrit: Akshadru, Mahanimba
  • Sindhi: Bakayun, Drek
  • Arabic: Ban
  • Punjabi: Bakain
  • Chinese: Lien Chou
  • Baluchistan: Bakain
  • Hindi: Bakain, Dharek

UNANI/TIBBI NAME:

  • Ban, Bakayan

ENGLISH NAME:

  • Persian Lilac

HABITAT:

  • It is common throughout in Pakistan, along road sides,
  • In garden and grows upto an elevation of 5000 ft.

DESCRIPTION:

  • A tree attaining the height of 10-12 m
  • Leaves pinnate, ovate or lanceolate, serrate, glabrous on the upper and lower surface
  • Fragrant lilac flowers.
  • Drupe ellipsoid globose with four seeds

PART USED:

  • Fruit, Flowers and Leaves

TASTE:

  • Bitter

TEMPERAMENT:

  • Hot 2°, dry 2°

PERIOD OF OCCURRENCE:

  • Flowers are appearing around March. The tree fruits in May.

PROCEDURE & TIME OF COLLECTION:

  • The fruits are collected when nearly ripe and dried

CONSTITUENTS:

  • Azaridine
  • Resin
  • Tannins
  • Bakayanin
  • Meliotannic acid
  • Benzoic acid
  • Margosin
  • Bakayanic acid

SUBSTITUTES:

  • Tuj/cassia lignea (cinnamonum cassia blume)
  • Javitri/mace (myristica grafrancs)
  • Majeeth/madder (rubia cordifolia )

ACTIONS AND USES IN UNANI SYSTEM OF MEDICINE:

Pharmacological action:

  • Deobstruent
  • Resolvent
  • Alexipharmic
  • Tonic

Therapeutic uses:

  • It is used in leprosy and scrofula

DOSES:

  • 7 g

CORRECTIVES:

  • Anisoon/Anisi (pimpinella  anisum )

IMPORTANT UNANI FORMULATIONS:

  • Hab Narkachur
  • Hab Mussafi Khun
  • Hab Bavaseer
  • Majoon Dard-e-Raham

ASTROLOGY:

  • Sun

 
By Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences