Syed Farhanda Farooq

• MD Scholar at Regional research institute of Unani Medicine

Background and Prevalence: Constipation is a significant public health issue in India, with prevalence ranging from 16% to 37%. Herbal medicines are traditionally used in India for various ailments, including constipation. Herbal Medicine Usage: The WHO estimates that 80% of people globally rely on herbal medicines for primary health care due to th...

Greeco-Arabic medicine is demonstrated through the Unani medicinal system, which originated in ancient Greece under Hippocrates in the fourth and fifth centuries B.C. The contributions of Arabian and Persian philosophers including Rhazes, Avicenna, Al-Zahrawi, and Ibn Nafis permitted this medical tradition—which was based on the theories of Greek p...

Constipation is defined as a condition characterized by difficult or infrequent bowel movements, or the sensation of incomplete defecation. Constipation is difficult to characterize exactly because there are so many different normal bowel patterns. Most people have at least three bowel movements per week; however, the diagnosis of constipation is n...

Nardostachys jatamansi DC, commonly referred to as 'Balchar', is a perennial herb within the Valerianaceae family, locally known as "Jatamansi" or "Sumbul-ut-teeb". This species is indigenous to the Himalayan Mountain range, with its habitat extending across China, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Systematic Review Article Khan et al.; J. 48 and Myanmar, thri...

Macrotyloma uniflorum, commonly known as 'horsegram,' is an annual erect herb belonging to the Fabaceae family. Locally referred to as 'kūlthi or hābbūl qilt. It is cultivated in India for Horse feeding purposes and can be found growing from near sea level to 1800m. In traditional Unani Medicine, the seeds and roots of Macrotyloma uniflorum are uti...

Piper nigrum is a perennial climbing shrub from Piperaceae family. Piper nigrum is native of the Indo-Malaysian region. Fruits of the piper (Filfil Siyāh) are used in Unani Medicine for the treatment of asthma, dyspepsia, piles, flatulence, skin diseases, respiratory diseases, toothache, fevers, and leukoderma. It is also used as carminative, liver...

Background and Prevalence: Baras (Vitiligo) is an autoimmune pigmentation skin disorder with multiple predisposing and triggering factors, characterized by white macules that increase in its size Vitiligo affects approximately 0.5-2% of the world's population. According to the Unani system of Medicine, Baras is caused due to weakness of Quwwa-e-Mug...