SAKBEENAJ (FERULA PERSICA WILLD.): AN IMPORTANT DRUG OF UNANI SYSTEM OF MEDICINE

Since ancient times, the plant Ferula Persica Willd (Family - Apiaceae), also known as sakbeenaj, has been utilized in traditional medicinal system to cure a variety of ailments.Its descriptions as a Detergent,purgatives,diureticand emmenagoguein ethnomedical literature demonstrate the plants range of biological and pharmacological properties.It is used to treat Dīq al-Nafas (bronchial asthma), Bawāsīr (Hemorrhoid) and Hasāh al-kulya (renal-stone).