Aisha Perveen

• MD- Ilmul Advia (Pharmacology)
• Senior Research Fellow at RRIUM Patna

Diabetes is one of the top killer diseases of mankind. Although it affects all sectors of society, its impact is mainly on the affluent society. Today’s description of diabetes has almost stabilised, which mainly revolves around the role of the pancreas, insulin, and its peripheral resistance, along with other causes, to a lesser extent; however, t...

Background and Objectives: Unani Medicine is mainly based on the drugs collected from plant sources. These drugs are time-tested, but their availability has become a challenge. Rapid industrialization and overpopulation have resulted in mindless exploitation and destruction of these drugs, and as a result, many species have become endangered. There...

Unani system of medicine (USM) is a complete system, encompassing all aspects and all fields of medical care; from nutrition, drug and hygiene to psychiatric treatment. It traditionally uses various techniques including diet, herbal drugs, manipulative therapies, surgery, etc. Thousands of plant-origin drugs as single or compound formulations...

Unani system of medicine (USM) is known for its holistic approach to tackling health and health-related states. Unani medicine addresses both animate and inanimate; it is famous for its unique concepts which are still very efficacious and cost-effective in solving complex health-related problems. It is only because the therapy, managing tools or dr...

Dill seed Oil is strongly advocated by a number of Unani Physicians in neuralgia and muscular pain. Despite tremendous advancement in medical science every prevailing pain relieving regimen available these days are only short-term. So the classical popular regimens of Unani System of Medicine (USM) i.e., massage with Dill Seed Oil (Roghane shibbat)...

In the Unani system of medicine the word “Bars” is used for Vitiligo. It has been defined as a common skin disease in which white spots appear on different parts of the body. Apart from physical annoyance Bars certainly inflicts tremendous psycho-social stress on the individual. Cosmetically patches of Bars create emotional imbalance, especial...

Cerebrasthenia (Du‘f al-Dimāgh), loss or invalidity of intelligence (Batlan-i Aql), Humq and Nisyān, etc., are described as amnesia and dementia in the Unani system of medicine (USM). The causes of these diseases are the predominance of Burūdat (coldness) and Rutūbat (moistness) in most cases. Inflammation and injury to the brain and accumulation o...

Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is widely used as a drug to promote health and fight disease from ancient times. In countries like India and other Asian countries, saffron is used very frequently in various alternative systems of medicine including the Unani System of Medicine, Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine, as it is considered bitter, acri...

Frozen shoulder is a common condition in which the articular shoulder capsule swells and stiffens, restricting its mobility. Key characteristics are gradual onset of shoulder stiffness, pain especially at night, and restriction in movement of the shoulder. It is generally diagnosed clinically or with the help of imaging technique. Conservative trea...

he objective of the study was to determine the efficacy of Dry Cupping Therapy (DCT) in Waja-al-Mafasil (joints pain). After qualifying inclusion and exclusion criteria; 27 subjects were selected on convenient sampling basis; out of which 13 patients (Group A) were given medicines i.e. Safoof-e-Suranjan, Majoon-e-Suranjan and Raughen-e-Suranjan alo...

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Background Unani concept of therapeutic interchange, despite having immense practical aspect, has not been touched upon in a coherent way by most of the Unani scholars except Razi (Rhazes 865–925 AD), who took the concept plausibly and framed rules for alternate drug prescription at the time of unavailability of the drugs of choice. Objective The...

Gul-e-Surkh (Rose flower) is the Persian name for the Rosa damascena Mill. In Unani system of medicine Rose flower is used for medicinal purposes. Ibn Sina considers Gul-e- Surkh as one of the best drug for liver. Rose flower in various doses form and/or in combination with many other drugs are indicated in various disease. It is commonly being use...

In this presents study to discover the disease patterns by using statistical approach on institutional database. This study, help to know about the number of patients attended in OPD with different ailments for every year. By the help of data mining technique, the study is designed to discover the patterns and hidden relationships in dataset. Actua...

Luk (Laccifer lacca Kerr) is an animal-origin drug with possible contraceptive properties. Objective: Antiovulatory activity was performed on mature female Wistar rats by cyclic administration of Luk (Lac). The animals were divided into 4 groups of six each, one control group and three test groups (A, B and C). The control group received 1 ml 0.5%...

Luk (Laccifer lacca Kerr) is an animal origin drug with possible contraceptive properties. Objective: Antiovulatory activity was performed on mature female Wistar rats by cyclic administration of Luk (Lac). The animals were divided into 4 groups of six each, one control group and three test groups (A, B and C). Control group received 1 ml 0.5% carb...

Unani (Greco-Arabian-Indian) System of Medicine (USM) is one of the classic and prestigious therapies in the Indian system of medicine. It offers a full range of medication through natural products. Various plants and their parts & products are the main sources of drugs in USM. Black pepper is the commonest drug being used for a range of diseas...

ABSTRACT Neck pain become a public health problem, its accelerating prevalence and devastating side effect is exerting substantial load on national’s wealth; because its impact is more on productive population (adult working age people). Although it was a hospital based observational study; done for the intervention purpose. But here in this pap...

For thousands of years, the seeds, oils, extracts and whole plant whole of. Kalonji (Nigella sativa) has been used as an anticancer agent by Unani, Ayurveda and the Chinese system of medicine that has originated from the Arab, India, Bangladesh and China, respectively. Unani literature is full of indications of Kalonji for numerous diseases; Es...

Historical evidences prove that the success and failure of civilization depends upon its distance from the water resources. Those which lies near the rivers and sea cost flourishes well. Examples are Mesopotamian civilization (Euphrates & Nile river), Indian valley civilization (river Ganga) etc. Right from the human evolution better say evolution...

In this article, the authors describe the complete clinical aspects of Bars (Vitiligo) with the main emphasis on its Line of treatment (Usoole Ilaj) given in Unani System of Medicine. It is clear that ancient Unani physicians were very acquainted with the disease Bars. A thorough description of the disease in Unani literature can be traced. Usoo...

Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum) is an annual plant in the family Leguminosae. It is a well-known spice frequently encountered in the cuisines of the Indian subcontinent. In the Unani (Greco-Arabic-Indian) system of medicinal plant is known by the name of "Hulba" and the leaves of the plant are known as "Barge Hulba". It is cultivated in every...

The present study was carried out to elucidate the potential of, methanol extract of Lycopus europaeus plant on antitussive activity in albino mice. The methanol extract (yield 12.5% w/w with respected to dry powdered plant material) was selected for all experimental procedure. Antitussive activity of the methanolic extract of Lycopus europaeus (Le...

Various medicinal plants and their extracts are extensively advocated by the Unani physicians for the alleviation of pain. A range of therapeutic oils are available and indicated for the management of pain. Dill seed Oil is one of the best drugs used for the alleviation of musculoskeletal and neuralgic pain. Conventional pain relieving regimens ava...

While there is much debate on how to treat neck pain either acute or chronic, the prevalence of it is increasing day by day. Various treatment modalities are being tried/used these days to counter this challenging situation. Allopathic drug therapies, other non-invasive techniques, invasion and surgical procedures and a long list of analgesic, anti...

Various medicinal plants and their extracts are extensively advocated by Unani physicians for the alleviation of pain. A range of therapeutic oils are available and indicated for the management of pain. Dill seed Oil is one of the best drugs used for the alleviation of musculoskeletal and neuralgic pain. Conventional pain relieving regimens availab...

Abstract Unani and Arab (700-1200 AD) physicians wrote about the medicinal properties of Lac in their books. Basically Lac is Indian origin drug, so they were confused earlier about the exact source and wrongly described it as plant origin drug, but were well versed with its medicinal properties and uses. All the great Unani physicians like Zakaria...

Plant origin drugs play very important role in the prevention and treatment of diseases and it becomes popular day by day due to its low cost and less side effect. Unani medicine is an oldest system of traditional medicines, in which 80% plant origin drugs are used. Gulnar (flower of Punica granatum Linn) is very important drug which has been used...

Plants are one of the most important sources of medicine. Today a large number of drugs in use are derived from plants. The important advantages claimed for therapeutic uses of medicinal plants in various ailments are their safety being economical, effective and their easy availability. Because of these advantages medicinal plants have been widely...

Massage is one of those terms, which are easily understood then expressed. Throughout the history massage has been used not only by sick but also by the healthy people for therapeutic, restorative as well as preventive purposes. Massage is probably one of the oldest healing therapies known to mankind. The message of massage is universal: you can us...

Every system of medicine strives for the betterment of humanity in its own way. The Indian systems of medicine which include Unani as one of the systems are based predominantly on their own concepts given by Renaulds Greek, Roman, Persian and Arabian Scholars. The Unani System of Medicine (USM) is one of the ancient medicines ever practised in the...

Antioxidants are substances that may protect cells from the damage caused by unstable molecules known as free radicals; free radicals damage may lead to cancer and other diseases. Some of the example of antioxidants are like β-carotene, lycopene, Vit. C, E & A and other substances which are found in variety of fruits, vegetables, algae (spirulina)...

Unani (Greco-Arabian-Indian) system of medicine (USM) is one of the ancient but effective modes of treatments and still prevails in major parts of the world with different names. In recent eras, it is mainly practised in the Indian sub-continent with different names like, Unani medicine, Eastern medicine, Arabic medicine, Prophetic medicine etc. It...

Obesity is one of the leading preventable causes of death cosmopolitan, with increasing incidence in adults and children, become a dangerous public health problem of the present century. Obesity is a pathological condition in which excess body fat has accumulated in the body to the extent that it starts exerting adverse effects on the body leading...

Due to awareness of people and their choice choose treatment modules Unani system of medicine along with other alternative therapies regaining popularity and emerging as the mainstream treatment choice. According to the Unani system of medicine, most diseases especially chronic ones are due to an imbalance in the humors. So to treat these diseases...