Mohd Afsahul Kalam¹*, Amjad Saifi², Mohd Naved³ and Abdul Habib³

¹Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine, Naseembagh Campus, Habak, Srinagar, J&K, India
²Department of Moalajat, National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
³Department of Ilmul Advia, Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine, University of Kashmir, Naseembagh Campus, Habak, Srinagar, J&K, India

*Corresponding Author: Mohd Afsahul Kalam, Research Officer (Unani), Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine (CCRUM, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India), Naseembagh Campus, Habak, Srinagar, J&K, India.

Received: December 01, 2022; Published: December 30, 2022

Abstract

Pharmaceutics in Unani System of Medicine (USM) comprises of medicinal plants, animal and minerals origin materials called Mawalid-i-Thalatha. The USM literature comprises description of many animal based drugs and medications, which was written by various imminent physicians. Jund Bedastar (castoreum) is one among the drug substances obtained from animal source. It is one of the most important drugs which have profound application in pharmaceuticals. It was used by Unani physicians since age old. It is used as main ingredient in various compound formulations such as Habb-i-Jund, Habb-i-Sar‘, Roghan Jund etc. This attempt has been made to accumulate all the scattered literature in one place for easy and better understanding and to explore the importance of Jund Bedastar with special reference to the therapeutic uses, adverse effect, substitution as per Unani perspective along with its bioactive compounds and pharmacological studies.

Keywords: Unani System of Medicine; Jund Bedastar; Epilepsy; Habb-i-Jund; Paralysis; Castoreum

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Citation

Citation: Mohd Afsahul Kalam., et al. “Jund Bedastar (Castoreum): Medicinal Potential of an Animal Origin Drug of Unani Medicine". Acta Scientific Pharmaceutical Sciences 7.1 (2023): 23-32.

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