Family: Polypodiaceae
Arabic Name(s): Sha'rul Tabbar, Lahiyatul Hammar
Urdu Name(s): Pershiaoashan, Hansraj, Persiao-shan, پرسیاؤشاں، ہنسراج
English Name(s): Maiden Hair Fern
Parts Used
Leaves, above-ground parts.
Quality/Temperament
Warm and dry in first-order/normal or balanced in warmness and dryness.
Functions and Properties (Pharmacological Actions)
Resolvent, demulcent, concoctive for phlegm and atrabile, expectorant, deobstruent, detersive, diuretic, anticatarrhal, emmenagogue.
Specific Action
Concoctive, expectorant, and purgative for bile and atrabile, anticatarrhal.
Medicinal Uses
Being concoctive and expectorant useful in pleurisy, acute pneumonia, influenza, bronchitis, and asthma. In fevers due to excess phlegmatic humour used as concoctive with other suitable drugs. Being diuretic and emmenagogue given for expelling the placenta. As detersive and desiccative applied on sores, ulcers, alopecia, alopecia furfuracea, for this purpose bruised to powder and applied on oral sores, stomatitis, pustules and boils of children. Resolves hard swellings, scrofulous glands, and other local inflammations. Burnt into ashes, the herb has been regarded as effective when hairs are washed with it in headache and insanity (of temporary origin). Mostly its decoction is used in Unani medicine and not used alone because it brings desiccation.
Compound Preparations
Matbookh Bukhar, Laooq Sapistan, Sherbet Mudir Tams, Sherbet Ustukhudus, Sherbet Faryad Ras, Sherbet Kaknaj, Sherbet Mushil.
Dosage
5 to 10 g.
Corrigent
Pistacia lentiscus Linn. and flowers of Viola odorataLinn.
Tenedium
Viola odorataLinn. (Banafsha), Glycyrrhiza glabraLinn.
Comments
Described as harmful if administered to patients suffering from spleen disorders. Regular use may cause dessication.
