Evaluation of efficacy of wet cupping [hejamat-bil-shurt] in cases of back pain [waja-uz-zahr]

Waja-uz-Zahr [Back Pain] is common articular disease, a specific type of Waja-ul-Mafasil, usually occurs due to soo-e-mizaj of that part and often associated with accumulation of fasid madda [morbid matter] at that specific part of body[1, 11]. In present randomized, open, comparative study, 30 patients with Waja-uz-Zahr received orally Unani formulation and 30 patients received wet-cupping procedure on the lower part of back. Three primary outcome measures were considered; Back Pain, Back Stiffness and Difficulty in performing Physical activities. Hejamat-bil-Shurt is more effective in the management of Back Pain, Back Stiffness and Difficulty in performing Physical activities in comparison with the oral medication

Carcinoma prevention in the light of asbab-e-sitta zarooiah a review

"Both in importance and in time, health precedes disease, so we ought to consider first how health may be preserved and then how one may best cure disease" [Galen A.D. 200]. In Unani system of medicine there is a concept of six essentials of life [Asbab-e-Sitta Zarooriah] i.e. Air, Water, Solid and Liquid diet, Activity and Repose, Sleep and Wakefulness, Retention and Evacuation. In order to maintain our health it is necessary to keep these factors at optimum level and it is also necessary in the prevention of carcinoma. A large number of carcinomas are caused or promoted by change in life style factors, controllable by society or individual or both. Tobacco use, alcohol addiction and certain dietary components arc the most well established risk factors. Carcinoma prevention can be achieved by avoiding preventable etiological factors i.e. dietary factors, occupational factors and environmental risk factors. Dietary recommendation, an education about carcinoma prevention and role of physician by focusing on such causative factors, may be effective tools in the fight against carcinoma

Evaluation of efficacy of barshasha in reducing the oral and tracheo-bronchial secretions during intra-operative period in cases of elective cholecystectomy

Barshasha is a compound Unani formulation commonly used as a tranquillizer and sedative drug by the ancient Unani physicians. In this double blind, randomised controlled trial, Barshasha was used as a sedative, tranquillizer and analgesic in the patients of Cholecystectomy. Apart from the established actions, the Barshasha in this study showed a reducing effect on oral and tracheo-bronchial secretions during operative procedures, thus preventing from the aspiration pneumonia, the most likely and hazardous complication in surgical procedures. In addition to this activity, Barshasha has shown no detrimental alterations in cardiovascular variables