Contemporary drug development [CDD] to substantiate the efficacy of Unani medicine

ABSTRACT

Unani System of Medicine holds that the restoration of equilibrium of various elements and faculties of the human body depends on six essential factors called Asbab-e-Sitta-e-Zarooriya, which are called essential factors, for the reason that if anyone of those is withdrawn, life becomes at risk, sooner or later, and their adequate availability and utilization will ensure health, any derangement in their adequacy will lead to disorders. It is generally believed that herbs are safer than the pharmaceutical drugs, as they are obtained from natural sources and resources. In Unani system, herbs have been used since time immemorial as primary Health Care for the treatment of various ailments. The herbal medicine has been largely used in developing countries and is also increasingly used among the western countries for various ailments ranging from cosmetics to cancer. Research works have been carried out in quantitative as well as qualitative terms on herbal medicine at advance levels to provide safe and best remedies to the patients without any side effect, but Unani Medicine is intensely required for making deliberation on heavy metals for addressing its quality and safety profile for its prolong use in the light of traditional disposition without any obstacle