Unani medicin

TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL USES Algeria. Hot water extract of the seed, mixed with Euphorbia species and a beetle, is taken orally to facilitate childbirth° °. Arabic countries. The dried seeds are used as an abortifacient in the form of a pessary in Unani medicine° . 

Arabic countries. In Unani medicine, dried plant is taken by fumigation as an abortifacient . 

TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL USES Arabic countries. Dried seeds are used externally in the form of a plaster as a contraceptive in Unani medicine. The seed oil is applied on the glans penis before coitus to prevent conception . 

The Government of India established in 1969 a Central Council for Research in Indian Medicine and Homeopathy (CCRIMH) to develop scientific research in different branches of Indian systems of medicine - Unani Medicine, Ayurveda, Siddha, Yoga, Naturopathy and Homeopa-... 

In 1995, the Government also set up a full-fledged Department of India Systems of Medicine Homeopathy (ISM H) in the Union Ministry of Health Family Welfare to further boost the development of Unani Medicine and other Indian systems of medicine. The Department of ISM H has been renamed as Department of Ayurveda, Yoga Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH). 

Cinnamon is used as an ingredient in many Ayurvedic and Unani medicinal preparations. The bark of C. zeylanicum is an aphrodisiac, anthelmintic and tonic. It is useful in the treatment of vata, biliousness, parched mouth, bronchitis, diarrhoea, itching, heart disease and urinary disease. The bark is a carminative and expectorant it is useful in hydrocoele, flatulence, headache, piles, etc. (Kirtikar and Basu, 1984). Cinnamon possesses various biological activities, such as antioxidant, antimicrobial, antidiabetic and antiallergic. 

The seeds are hot, tonic, antipyretic, anthelmintic, astringent to the bowels, cure leprosy, vata, vomiting, bronchitis, piles, remove bad taste from the mouth and are useful in heart disease (Ayurveda). In Unani medicine, the plants and seeds are considered to be suppurative, aperient, diuretic, emmenagogue and useful in dropsy and chronic cough. The leaves are useful in external and internal swelling, burns and prevent hair falling out (Kirtikar and Basu, 1984). 

Dunal have been reported in Ayurveda and Unani Medicine (India) used for the treatment of tumor and tubercular glands and besides... 

India, G.o.1.1987. Standardisation of single drugs cfUnani medicine. Part II. New Delhi Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine. 

These are mainly facial-cleansing products. Use of facial-cleansing products is not a new phenomenon, having been used by women for centuries. It was very common in Indian culture to apply an aqueous paste of turmeric and mustard seed powder to the face and body of brides before marriage to make the skin soft and clean. There are different herbal and natural paste formulations from Ayurvedic and Unani medicines, which are used to improve the facial or body skin texture. Before the development of synthetic surfactants, soap was the main product used as facial cleanser. Owing to superior mildness, products based on synthetic surfactants are preferred over soap. 

Black pepper is historically used also in traditional medicines and home remedies in India [3]. Black pepper figures in remedies in Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani medicine in India for such illnesses as constipation, diarrhea, earache, gangrene, heart disease, hernia, hoarseness, indigestion, insect bites, insomnia, joint pain, liver problems, lung disease, oral abscesses, sunburn, tooth decay, and toothaches. Black pepper was relied upon to treat specific conditions such as diarrhea and fevers, but it appears that the extensive, generalized use was to enhance the effects of many herbal remedies [3]. 

In the middle ages, various Persian scholars like Rhazes (tenth century) and Avicenna (eleventh century) wrote about the medicinal properties of splanchon, and it was adopted into Unani medicine under the name ushna. This lichen is currently interpreted as being Usnea spp. 

Razzack HMA, Fazal HMU (1993) The concept of birth control in Unani medicine. 

Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi Rebesca MA, Romie D, Johnson M, Ryan J (1994) Traditional Dene medicine part I Report. Dene Cultural Institute, Lac La Martre, NWT, Canada Richardson DHS (1974) The vanishing lichens their history and importance. Hafner, New York Rink, Lindorff JFT (1856) Help to the patients. Originally published in Greenland. Translated and reprinted by U. Sqchting in Graphis Scripta 3 24 (1990)... 

Of the famous Unani medicine practitioners, Hakim (Arabic for wise man or physician) Shareef Khan (1725-1807) wrote his hook Ilaj-ul-Amrad (Arabic for Treatment of Diseases) in Delhi during the Mongol period. Another physician, Hakim Ajmal Khan (1864—1927), was the hrst person to introduce modem research in Indian systems of medicine and under his supervision, various alkaloids, for example, ajmaline and reserpine, were isolated from Asarol (Rauwolfia serpentina). He also translated 88 Unani hooks from Arabic and Persian to the Urdu language. 

The diagnosis of diseases in Unani medicine is through examination of pulse, urine, and stool. This system observes the influence of surroundings and ecological conditions such as air, food, drinks, body movement and repose, psychic movement and repose, sleep and wakefulness, and excretion and retention on the state of health. This influence causes a dominance of one of the four humors in every human body. Unani medicine believes that it is this dominance that gives a man his individual habit and complexion, that is, his temperament. 

In short, Unanipathy aims at maintaining proper health by conserving symmetry in the different spheres of a man s life. Unani practitioners not only cure bodily diseases but also act as ethical instructors. When the equilibrium of the humors is disturbed and functions of the body arc abnormal, in accordance to its own temperament and environment, that state is called disease. Unani medicine believes in promotion of health, prevention of disease, and cure. The health of a human being is based on six essentials that have to be maintained in order to prevent diseases. The six essentials are (1) atmospheric air, (2) food and drink, (3) sleep and wakefiilness, (4) excretion and retention, (5) physical activity and rest, and (6) mental activity and mental relaxation. Another distinctive feature of the Unani system of medicine is its emphasis on diagnosing a disease through examination of Nabd (Arabic for pulse), haul (urine), and boraz (stool). 

Disease treatment in Unani medicine can follow one or more of the following methods ... 

Surgery has also been in use in this system for quite long. In fact, the ancient physicians of Unani medicine were pioneers in this field andhaddeveloped theirown instruments and techniques. 

Lohar, D.R. Protocol for Testing Guideline for Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani Medicines, Chapter 2.5.1, Government of India, Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health Family Welfare, Pharmacopoeial Laboratory for Indian Medicines, Ghaziabad, http //www.plimism.nic.in/Protocol For Testing.pdf (accessed 2 November 2014). 

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