Book Reviews : A. K. Warder, An Introduction to Indian Historiography, Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1972, pp. 196, Rs. 36

Majumdar, Abhik

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“…Root and Rhizome: Root of Indian Rhubarb is darker, inferior in arome, coarser and untrimmed, is not decorticated [28] . Roots are thick woody 24 and very stout [11,13,26] .…”

Section: Stemmentioning

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“…The older star-spots frequently show mucilage cavities in the phloem just within the cambiform tissue [16] . Cortex cells has starch, grane, tannins, calcium oxalate, yellow colour substance which is 90% insoluble in alcohol but soluble in water [27][28][29] . The star-spots arise as a result of the development in the pith of supernumerary concentric bundles having phloem towards the centre and xylem externally.…”

Section: Microscopicmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…R. emodi is distributed in the Himalaya, Kashmir, Pakistan, Himachal Pradesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Kangra, Kullu, Kumaon and Sikkim etc. at altitude of 3300 to 5200 meter [11,17,28] . R. officinale (medicinal rhubarb) and R. palmatum (Chinese rhubarb) is distributed in the adjacent territory of south east Tibet, North-West China and Assam.…”

Section: Geographical Origin and Distributionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…So Chinese Rhubarb known as various name East Indian, Turkey, Russian Rhubarb etc. [4,28] . The drug (Revand chini) obtained from both wild and cultivated plants.…”

Section: Geographical Origin and Distributionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is reported that all the species of Rhubarb have some toxins viz: Oxalic acid, tannic acid etc. [28,[37][38] . Rhubarb leaves are also poisonous, which cause symptoms like nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, weakness, dyspnoea, burning of mouth, throat and internal bleeding.…”

Section: Toxicity Of Rhubarbmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Revand Chini (Chinese rhubarb): A review on historical and unani classical prospect

Azhar¹,

Anjum²

2019

Int. J. Unani. Integ. Med.

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Revand Chini (Chinese Rhubarb) in Unani medical system is in used since antiquity. Many Unani scholars had mentioned this drug in his treatises. The father of Chinese agriculture and medicine Shen -Nung, Unani scholar Desqooridous (Dioscorides) also mentioned under the name of Huang-Hang and Rha or Rheon respectively in his books. It comes to Bukhara during 114 BC during trading form Northern China. Ibn-e-Sina also mentioned this under the name of Ribas (Riwas) and in Ayurveda firstly it is mentioned under the name of Amlavetes by Revan' in Arqe-Prakash. In this paper the historical, botanical description of the drug is mention along with the action and uses mentioned in unani classical literature.

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“…Root and Rhizome: Root of Indian Rhubarb is darker, inferior in arome, coarser and untrimmed, is not decorticated [28] . Roots are thick woody 24 and very stout [11,13,26] .…”

Section: Stemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Microscopicmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Geographical Origin and Distributionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…So Chinese Rhubarb known as various name East Indian, Turkey, Russian Rhubarb etc. [4,28] . The drug (Revand chini) obtained from both wild and cultivated plants.…”

Section: Geographical Origin and Distributionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Toxicity Of Rhubarbmentioning

confidence: 99%

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