Witnessed by: Unani
Red behmen (Salvia haematodes), of the Lamiaceae family. Perennial sage with a basal rosette of large wrinkled leaves and tall whorled spikes of blue-violet flowers; native range: southern and southeastern Europe, chiefly the Balkans and Greece, on dry meadow and open stony ground; carried east through the Persian drug trade into the Indian Unani market. Globally recognized as behman surkh in Persian, bahman ahmar in Arabic, behman surkh in Urdu, and red behen, red behmen, meadow clary in English. The part used is root. A reddish-brown, somewhat woody root, wrinkled lengthwise.
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.
RED BEHMEN
IDENTITY
Name
- Common
- red behmen
- Scientific name
- Salvia haematodes L.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
Form
- Part used
- root
PROPERTIES
Nature
Temperature
- Unani
- hot & dry (2nd degree)
Affinity
where in the body it travels
Organs / channels
- Unani
- heart · brain
PRACTICE
Virtue
Actions
- Unani
- muqawwi-e-qalb (cardiac tonic), mufarrih (exhilarant), muqawwi-e-dimagh (nervine tonic), muqawwi-e-bah (aphrodisiac), muqawwi-e-badan (general tonic)
Cautions
- Contraindications
- hot temperaments and hot conditions
- Toxicity
- no significant toxicity on record at the customary dose
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