ETHNO-MEDICINAL, PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION ON RAʿI IBL (HELICTERES ISORA LINN.) -A PERSUASIVE UNANI MEDICINAL PLANT
Abstract
Herbal Medicines are being used since time immemorial in organized and unorganized form such as tribal, native & folk forms. Raʿi Ibl (Helicteres isora) is a medical plant used in Unani System of Medicine, which grows in Central and Western India, Peninsula and Ceylon as far as west Jammu, eastward to Nepal, Bihar and Bengal. It is commonly known as Altwaallatu/ Kisht ba’r Kisht/ Deer’s Horn. It is also known as Marorphali due to screw like appearance of its fruit. Fruit are useful in intestinal disturbances such as colic, griping of bowels, flatulence and diarrhea in children.
H. isora is a rich source of antioxidants, carbohydrates, protein, fiber, calcium, phosphorus and iron. Active phyto-constituents include gallic acid, caffeic acid, vanillin and p-coumaric acid. It has Mulattif (Demulscent), Qabiz (Astringent), Muhallil (Resolvent), Mushil-i Balgham (Phlegmagogue), Mufatteh-i Sudad (Deobstruent), Jali (Detergent) and Daf-i Sumoom (Antidote) properties and used in Ziabetus (Diabetes), Zaheer (Dysentery), Falij (Paralysis) Waja-ul Meda (Gastralgia), Deedaan-i Ama’a (Helminthiasis) and Suql-i Meda (Heaviness and fullness of stomach) in Unani Medicine. The medicinal plant has been evaluated for antioxidant, antibacterial and anti-plasmid, anti-diarrheal, anticancer, antinociceptive, hypolipidaemic, hepatoprotective and wormicidal activities etc.
Keywords:
Raʿi Ibl, Marorphali, Helicteres isora L., Unani Medicine, Anti-diarrheal
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