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Most Popular Botanicals
In Unani Traditional Medicine

The twenty-one most-used botanicals as reported by the ten leading Unani herbal clinics of Pakistan.

Please note that while several hundred herbal substances are used in healing, these are the most used, and at that, more than two-thirds are primarily considered as nutrient herbs, or food spices, not as drugs or medicines.

Ranked by Quantity Used.

Name

Total Quantity (in kg.)
1. Terminalia species Beleric myrobalen 35,305
2. Emblica species Myrobalen 24,900
3. Ptychotis ajowan Ajowan 24,200
4. Cassia angustifolia Senna 23,610
5. Foeniculum vulgare Fennel 20,400
6. Cinnamomum zeylanicum Cinnamon 19,395
7. Sesamum indicum Sesame seed 19,290
8. Piper negrum Black pepper 18,670
9. Coriandum sativum Coriander 18,155
10. Glycyrrhiza glabra Licorice root 17,040
11. Mentha species Peppermint 15,990
12. Viola odorata Violet 13,790
13. Rosa damascena Red rose 13,325
14. Zingiber officinale Ginger root 12,420
15. Malva sylvestris Mallow Leaves 11,240
16. Adhatoda vasica Malabar nut 11,000
17. Nymphaea lotus Water lily 9,590
18. Rheum emodi Rhubarb 7,210
19. Cuminum species Cumin seed 7,435
20. Elettaria cardamomum Cardamom seed 5,220
21. Althea officinalis Marshmallow 4,050

Alphabetically By Botanical Name.

Name

Total Quantity (in kg.)
1. Adhatoda vasica Malabar nut 11,000
2. Althea officinalis Marshmallow 4,050
3. Cassia angustifolia Senna 23,610
4. Cinnamomum zeylanicum Cinnamon 19,395
5. Coriandum sativum Coriander 18,155
6. Cuminum species Cumin seed 7,435
7. Elettaria cardamomum Cardamom seed 5,220
8. Emblica species Myrobalen 24,900
9. Foeniculum vulgare Fennel 20,400
10. Glycyrrhiza glabra Licorice root 17,040
11. Malva sylvestris Mallow Leaves 11,240
12. Mentha species Peppermint 15,990
13. Nymphaea lotus Water lily 9,590
14. Piper negrum Black pepper 18,670
15. Ptychotis ajowan Ajowan 24,200
16. Rheum emodi Rhubarb 7,210
17. Rosa damascena Red rose 13,325
18. Sesamum indicum Sesame seed 19,290
19. Terminalia species Beleric myrobalen 35,305
20. Viola odorata Violet 13,790
21. Zingiber officinale Ginger root 12,420

 

Top Herbs In Western Medical Herbal Practice

The following list of herbs was compiled from a year-long survey of readers of Medical Herbalism -- A Clinical Newsletter for the Herbal Practitioner, between Spring of 1993 and Spring of 1994. Respondents were asked to rank the ten most important herbs in their practice. In Western Herbalism, only four, or less than 25% are considered as nutrient herbs.

Ranked as "Most Important" by Western Medical Herbalists.

Botanical Name

Common Name

1. Echinacea spp Echinacea
2. Hydrastis canadensis Goldenseal
3. Taraxacum off Dandelion
4. Urtica dioica Nettles
5. Panax spp.,  Eleutherococcus enticosus, etc. Ginseng
6. Crataegus oxycantha Hawthorn
7. Allium sativa Garlic
8. Valeriana off Valerian
9. Silybum marianum Milk thistle
10. Glycyrrhiza spp Licorice
11. Capsicum annum Cayenne
12. Arctium lappa Burdock
13. Mentha piperita Peppermint
14. Astragalus membranaceus Astragalus
15. Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo leaf
16. Zingiber off Ginger
17. Vitex agnus-castus Chaste berry
18. Chamomilla recutita Chamomile
19. Dioscorea villosa Wild Yam
20. Scutellaria lateriflora Scullcap
21. Hypericum perforatum St. John's Wort

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