Ingredients
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C. Drugs of Mineral Origin |
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Unani Names | English Names | Chemical Composition | Actions | |
1. Aahak (Choona) | Lime, Lime stone | Calcium carbonate |
Corrosive, Haemostatic, Absorbent |
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2. Abrak (Safaid, Siyah) | Mica (Black, White), Biotite | Silicate of alumina with magnesia | Antipyretic, Anti-asthematic | |
3. Aqeeq | Agate | Silica, Silicon dioxide |
Strengthens for
vital organs, Aphrodisiac |
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4. Bura Armani (Gil-e-Armani) | Armeniac, Red Bole | Aluminum silicate, Silicate of alumina, Magnesia and Iron oxide | .....fectant & Antiseptic | |
5. Geru (Teen-e-Rumi) | Red ochre, Red earth, Ruddle, Bole rubra | Silicate of alumina and iron oxide | Haemostatic | |
6. Gil-e-Makhtoom (Multani Mitti) |
Marl, Sealing clay | Silicate of alumina, oxide of iron | Antidote, Antidiarrhoeal | |
7. Hajr-ul-Yahood (Sang-e-Yahud) |
Judaicus | Silicate of lime | Lithotriptic, Diuretic | |
8. Jawakhar | Salt of tartar, Parl ash, Potash | Potassium carbonate (Impure) | Carminative, Lithotriptic | |
9. Khabs-ul-Hadeed Zang-e-Aahan) |
Iron rust, Impure, oxide of iron, Magnetite | Iron oxide (Ferric/Ferrous oxide) | Liver Tonic, Anti-inflammatory, Haemetinic | |
10. Momyaee (Salajit, Zift Roomi) |
Mineral pitch, Asphaltum, Bitumen | Nervine Tonic, Strengthens for vital organs | ||
11. Murdar Sang | Massicot, Litharge | Monoxide of lead |
Anthelmentic,
Corrosive, Ulcer Healing Agent |
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12. Namak Hindi | Indian salt | Digestive & Carminative | ||
13. Namak-e-Sang | Rock salt | Sodium chloride | Digestive & Carminative | |
14. Namak-e-Shor (Shora, Shora Qalmi) |
Salt petre, Salt marsh | Potassium citrate (pure) |
Appetizer,
Digestive, Carminative |
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15. Namak Siyah | Black salt, Sanchar salt | Sodium sulphate mixed with sodium chloride | Digestive & Carminative | |
16. Mamak-e-Toam | Common salt, Table salt | Sodium chloride |
Digestive &
Carminative, Diuretic, Detergent |
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17. Nuqra (Chandi, Fizza) | Silver, Argentem | Strengthens for vital organs, Semen concentrative | ||
18. Naushadar | Sal ammoniac | Ammonium chloride |
Antiseptic,
Anti-inflammatory, Antidote, Expectorant |
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19. Phitkari (Shibb-e-Yamani) | Alum |
Haemostatic,
Detergent, Corrosive, Antiseptic |
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20. Samm-ul-Far (Marg-e-Mosh) |
Arsenic | White oxide of arsenic |
Nervine Tonic,
Aphrodisiac, Haemetinic |
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21. Sang-e-Jarahat | Soap stone, Talc, Steatites | Hydrated magnesium silicate | Haemostatic, Astringent | |
22. Shingraf (Hingula) | Cinnabar | Compound of mercury and sulphur | Nervine Tonic, Healing Agent for Ulcers | |
23. Tankar (Suhaga) | Borax | Sodium borate (Decahydrate) | Laxative, Corrosive, Diuratic | |
24. Tutiya (Kabood) | Blue vitroil | Copper sulphate | Ulcer Healing Agent, Astingent, Nervine Tonic | |
25. Tutiya-e-Sabz (Hira Kasees, zaj-e-Asfar) |
Green vitriol |
Sulphates of
iron (Iron sulphate, Ferrous sulphate) |
Anthelmintic, Astringent, Haemostatic | |
26. Zahar Mohra (Haj-us-Sam, Fad ZaharMadani, Hajr-ul-Bahr) |
Bezoar stone, Mineral stone, Serpentine |
Antidote,
Strengthens for vital organs, Antipyretic, Haemostatic |