Witnessed by: Unani
Wild onionweed (Asphodelus tenuifolius), of the Asphodelaceae family. Small tufted annual herb with hollow rush-like leaves and starry white flowers; native range: sandy plains and fallow fields of North Africa, the Mediterranean and northwest India. Globally recognized as piyazi · tukhm-e-piyazi in Urdu, piazi in Hindi, and wild onionweed · onion weed in English. The part used is seed. Small, angular, dark seeds, mucilaginous and faintly bitter.
In this cross-tradition database, we analyze how this substance operates across world medicine systems — tracking its traditional tastes, temperatures, tissue affinities, post-digestive effects, and planetary correspondences across Ayurveda, Unani, and Western herbalism.
WILD ONIONWEED
IDENTITY
Name
- Common
- wild onionweed
- Scientific name
- Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav.
- Family
- Asphodelaceae
Form
- Part used
- seed
PROPERTIES
Nature
Taste
how the plant declares itself on the tongue
- Unani
- bitter · mucilaginous
Temperature
- Unani
- hot
PRACTICE
Virtue
Actions
- Unani
- mudir-e-baul (diuretic) and a resolvent applied to the skin
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