Ifra Abdul Qaiyyum

• BUMS MD (Medicine)
• National Research Institute of Unani Medicine for Skin disorders

Infertility is a chronic illness that causes not only medical but also creates social, mental and financial burden on the couples and their families. Infertility is defined as failure to conceive within one or more years of regular unprotected coitus (intercourse). Infertility is a global problem in the field of reproductive health. It affects appr...

The implementation of halal certification in Muslim-owned dining establishments in Malaysia faces various obstacles. This research aimed to analyze and investigate these challenges. The study used the DEMATEL approach with the integrated single-valued neutrosophic normalized weighted Bonferroni mean (SVNNWBM) to identify and understand the interrel...

Hajr al-Yahud (Lapis judaicus) is a stone used in Unani Medicine under Advia Ma'dani (mineral drug), which is also known as Judas stone. Chemically it is silicate of lime. It is used for the treatment of various diseases like renal stone, anuria, dysuria, retention of urine, ulcers, per rectal bleeding etc. because of its activities like lithotript...

Borax is a mineral origin drug belongs to traditional system of medicine. It is a color less, translucent monoclinic crystalline with irregular shape. Chemically it is composition of boric acid and sodium. Its important component is Boron. It is also called as Sodium biborate. Borax contains 11.3% boron. Turkey is the largest source of borax about...

Laqwa (facial palsy) is the most common cranial nerve motor neuropathy and it results in a characteristic facial distortion that is determined in part by the nerves branches involved. In majority of cases the cause is idiopathic. Rabban Tabri has originally described facial palsy entitled it as “Laqwa” and explained its treatment. Thousands of p...

Background and Aim: Herpes zoster (shingles) is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and is pain full infection prevalent worldwide. The inappropriate and delayed treatment causes prolongation of the disease with debilitating symptoms and postherpetic neuralgia. Combination therapy has shown a reduction in pain, burning, and arrest of the pro...

Case: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) or Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) is one of the highly mortality rate diseases all over the world due to excessive use of conventional medicine like NSAIDS and anti-tubercular drugs with unknown etiology. In conventional system of medicine treatment is Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) consist of dialysis and kidney tr...

The Unani System of Medicine (USM) is one of the traditional systems of medicine that deals with plants. Plants are large source of medicine. JIRJEER (Eruca sativa) is one of the plant origin drugs, has been used for various therapeutic purposes in USM. It contains Erucic acid (major contain), oleic acid, linoleic acid, saturated Fatty acids, Flavo...

Falij-e-Nisfi (Hemiplegia) is a condition in which there is loss of movement and sensation in longitudinal half of the either side of the body. It is the commonest form of paralysis, occurring due to stroke or cerebrovascular accident. Stroke is the leading cause of disability worldwide and second most common cause of death. Post stroke hemiplegia...

Muqilis one of the best drugs in traditional system of medicine since ancient. It belongs to Burseraceae family, has 540 species and is found in dry area of India known as Indian bdellium. It is bushy plant 1.2-1.8 m can provide yellowish gum resin also called as gugulipid. Most commonly gum of this plant used for therapeutic and medicinal purpos...

Falij-e-Nisfi(Hemiplegia) is a condition in which there is loss of movement and sensation in longitudinal half of the either side of the body. It is the commonest form of paralysis, occurring due to stroke or cerebrovascular accident. Stroke is the leading cause of disability worldwide and second most common cause of death. Post stroke hemiplegia i...

Falij-e-Nisfi (Hemiplegia) is a condition in which there is loss of movement and sensation in longitudinal half of the either side of the body. It is the commonest form of paralysis, occurring due to stroke or cerebrovascular accident. Stroke is the leading cause of disability worldwide and second most common cause of death. Post stroke hemiplegia...

Objectives Kalaf (Melasma) is an acquired facial hypermelanism. It has direct impact on patient’s quality of life and leads to development of various personality disorders. Lack of effective treatment and recurrences have drawn the attention of researcher to find alternative treatment. This study aimed to evaluate safety and efficacy of a topical U...

Nazla-i-muzmin (Chronic rhinosinusitis) is one of the commonest diseases prevalent all around the world. In India one in eight Indian suffers from this ailment. The current medical management and surgical intervention do not provide complete cure as a result there is a need to search a better alternative drug. The main objective of this study was t...

Botanicals are the main components of prescriptions of Unani physicians in the treatment of diseases. Zaranbad (Curcuma Zedoaria) has been used for various therapeutic purposes since ancient time. It's uses as a drug mostly for the treatment of respiratory diseases such as common cold and cough (Nazla wa Zukam), anti-allergic, cough expectorant (mu...

Introduction: Kalaf (melasma) is an asymptomatic cosmetic disorder having direct negative impact on quality of life (QoL) of the affected individuals. Lack of definitive therapies and higher rate of recurrence are the prominent challenges in the management of melasma.Objective: To study the demographic, epidemiological and clinical characteristics...

Hasāh al-kuliya (Nephrolithiasis) is a common disease with a worldwide prevalence of about 12%. A 64 years old male patient, who visited the outpatient department of National Research Institute of Unani Medicine for Skin Disorder (NRIUMSD), Hyderabad, presented with complaints of mild dull pain in right flank region and burning micturition for one...

otanicals have been main components of prescriptions of Unani physicians in the treatment of diseases since time immemorial. Turmus (Lupinus albus L.) has been used for various therapeutic purposes since ancient time. It has been used as a potent drug in hyperpigmentary skin disorders such as Kalaf (melasma), Barañ (freckles), Til (moles), etc. Una...