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Journal of Agricultural Science and Botany | Volume: 2
November 15-16, 2018 | Paris, France
Plant Science
Natural Products,Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicines
International Conference on
Joint Event
&
Need of revitalizing unani system of medicine
Sumbul Rehman
Aligarh Muslim University, India
T
he increasing incidences of Western Medicine’s failures
and exhaustive costs and parallel realization of traditional
medicines, unique strengths moderately powerful effects
but safety, radical cure and low costs, have set the stage for
incorporating the latter in healthcare in a big way. World Health
Organizationwhichearlier co-optedTraditionalMedicines (TMs)
just to allow some level of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), is
now looking to them for filling up Western Medicine’s serious
lacunas. However, understanding the novel character and
uniqueness of basics of TM’s is very important to rule out the
curbing disadvantages too of TMs; otherwise they will also be
takenupas that typeofmedicinewhich is useful only for handful
population without any logic behind their activity. Therefore it
is very important to know about the reason behind the utility
of TM. In Unani System of medicine, there is proper reasoning
in the method of preparation of drugs, including underlying
rationality in combination of various medicinal plants, minerals,
animals products etc.; method of drug administration; various
preservatives used; indications and contraindications of drugs
in different situations; restriction, avoidance and abstinence
of certain foods and diet (
Parhez
); known adverse drug
effect; complete drug profile beforehand; knowledge about
the adverse drug-drug or food-drug interaction; guidelines
for prescribing in extremes of age or in presence of altered
organal function or in presence of pregnancy or lactation,
etc. The above information is usually given in various Unani
Formularies and classical Unani Literatures. Moreover,
correctives (
Muslehat
) to drugs are used since a long time to
minimize some undesirable effects, which the basic and the
adjuvant constituents may produce in a normally prescribed
combination with both single and compound drugs. Drugs that
are toxic in crude formare processed and purified inmany ways
before its clinical use (
Tadbir
). In spite of the fact that, every
drug used in traditional systems of medicine may have some
side effect (
Muzarrât
), the aim of the above precautions and
reasoning, taken by well-informed and experienced physician,
was obviously to avoid any ADRs. Concept of temperament
(Mizaj) in Pharmacotherapy (Ilajbildawa) is an important part
in Unani System of Medicine (USM). So, in USM the drugs are
classified into Four 4 degrees (Darjaat-e-advia) vizIst , IInd, IIIrd
and IVth. Higher degrees according to their potency (IVth) are
more potent and likewise have more side effects/ toxic effects.
Correctives (tadbir-e-advia) are used to minimize toxicity on
the basis of temperament of drugs and its impact in minimizing
side effects by prescribing or selecting the degree of drugs as
per disease. Similarly, substitutes (abdaal-e-advia) of the drugs
are used for better efficacy as less toxic drugs are prescribed as
substitutetohigher toxicdrug indrugmanagementbasedonthe
condition, Mizaj of patient. Cost effectiveness is also considered
for better Health Economy and rational use of Unani Medicine.
Likewise Unani drugs of any origin (plant, animal or mineral)
are categorized in four degrees on the basis of temperament,
potentiality (potency) and power of effectiveness (efficacy)
which in its entirety curb adverse drug reactions. Higher the
degree, higher the adverse effects Degree α Efficacy and
Adverse effect Dose α 1/Efficacy & Potency. Higher the degree
higher is the effect but higher is the toxicity of the drug also. So,
in Unani system if we use the drug of higher degree, we reduce
the toxicity by various means as e.g: Reduce the quantity, Use it
along with some corrective agent and detoxify the drug.
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xuan-hung.nguyen@inserm.frPlant science & Natural Medicine 2018, Volume 2
DOI: 10.4066/2591-7897-C1-003