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Unani description of Tukhme Karafs (Seed of Apium graveolens Linn) and its Scientific reports

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Dept of Ilmul Advia, HMS Unani Medical College Tumkur, Karnataka, INDIA
  • 2 Dept of Ilmul Advia, AKTC, Aligarh, UP, INDIA
  • 3 Dept of Ilmul Advia, NIUM, Bangalore, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Biological Sci., Volume 2, Issue (11), Pages 88-93, November,10 (2013)

Abstract

Apium graveolens Linn commonly known as salad and Karafs in Unani literature, belongs to the family Apiaceae. Karafs is used in many diseases and is considered asone of the best diuretic and lithotriptic according to Unani literature.

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