Acacia arabica (babool) is the medicinal plant containing therapeutic actions used widely

1. Acacia arabica (Lam.) Willd 6/4/2020

2. VERNACULAR NAMES
Syn.: Acacia nilotica (Lam.) Delile
Family: Mimosaceae
Arabic Name: Samagh Arabi, Qarz
Urdu Name: Babul, Kikar, Mughilan, Baer jo Khur
English Name: Acacia
Other Names: Acacia Bark, Babul Bark, Wattle
Bark, Indian Gum, Black Wattle

3. PARTS USED
Leaves
Stem-bark
The extract called as
"Aqaqiya", as well as gum.
Medicinal parts are the bark,
the gum and the fruit of the
plant.

4. TEMPERAMENT
Bark and extract
cold (II) and dry (II)
Gum dry in second
order.

5. HABITAT AND PRODUCTION
The plant is indigenous to the Nile area, Ethiopia, East Africa, Angola, Mozambique,
South Africa, Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan and India.
The bark is collected from plants that are at least 7 years old and then left to mature
for a year.
Not to be Confused With: The bark of the Australian species Acacia decurrens, which
is commercially available under the same name.

6. ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS
Tannin
EFFECTS
The drug has an astringent effect.

7. PHARMACOLOGICAL
ACTIONS
Gum acacia is demulcent and emollient,
styptic, tonic and astringent (a good binder
for mixtures, tables or granules made over
heat).

8. SPECIFIC
ACTION
Powerful astringent and styptic, systemaically as well
as locally.

9. INDICATIONS AND USAGE
Unproven Uses: The drug is used as a decoction for gum disease and inflammations of
the mucous membrane of the mouth and throat (rarely used today).
Indian Medicine: Acacia is used as a decoction in the treatment of diarrhea and
vaginal secretions, and as an enema for hemorrhoids.

10. MEDICINAL USES
Gum administered in the form of mucilage in diarrhoea and
dysentery, in diabetes mellitus.
Powdered gum is used to arrest haemorrhages.
Gum is also a useful adjunct to medicines used for
pulmonary and catarrhal affections.
Fried gum is a useful nutritive tonic and aphrodisiac in
sexual debility.
Decoction of the bark is largely used as a gargle and
mouth wash in cancerous and syphilitic affections.
Also useful as local astringent douche or enema in
gonorrhoea, cystitis, vaginitis, leucorrhoea, piles etc.
It is an effective astringent tonic in chronic diarrhoea and
diabetes mellitus.

11. COMPOUND
PREPARATIONS
Hab-e-Sil,
Endemali,
Hab Awaz Kusha,
Hab-Ral,
Sunun Paost Mughilan,
Qurs Didan,
Qurs Sailan,
Qurs Silajit,
Qurs Sailan Jadid,
Hab-e-Mubarik,
Laooq Sapistan.

12. DOSAGE
Bark 5 to 7 g.,
Gum 1-3 g.,
Extract 1 g. (gum
approximately 1-1.5 g.).

13. CORRIGENT
The honey, gum and bark powder mixed together.

14. TENEDIUM
Guava-bark (Psidium
guajava Linn.).

15. PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS
Large doses taken internally can lead to indigestion and constipation.

16. COMMENTS
Continuous or regular use (as single remedy) may cause astringency and obstructions.

17. REFERENCES
PDR for herbal medicine
Indusyunic medicine (Dr Usman Ghani Khan)
Materia Medica-I (Dr Usman Ghani Khan)