More than 54 million Americans suffer from some form of arthritis and 23.7 are limited in their usual activity, primarily due to pain. The study aims highlight the concept Arthralgia potential its management Unani Medicines. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a slowly progressive condition with variable prognosis. In general, predicting prognosis patients OA difficult. However, pharmacological therapy can ...

Even today, plants remain a primary source of health care for majority of the population in the world. More than 80% population in the rural areas of the world is dependent on plant based traditional medicines including traditional systems of medicine such as Ayurveda, Unani and traditional Chinese medicine. These medical practices originated from time immemorial and established imbibing ancien...

The aqueous extract of various parts of the plant Tephrosea Purpurea (Sarphanka) has been used in Ayurvedic and Unani medicine for a variety of infective conditions (3). The plant is indigenous to North Eastern Madhya Pradesh where decoction of the root is used by the locals for treating sore throat, upper respiratory infection and infections of the lower urinary tract and is claimed to be very...

Spices are considered as sexual invigorators in the Unani System of Medicine. In order to explore the sexual function improving effect of Semecarpus anacardium an experimental study was conducted in normal male mice. The chloroform extract of Semecarpus anacardium was administered (150 mg/kg & 300 mg/kg; p.o.) to different groups of male Mice. Mounting behavior & mating performance were determi...

Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu is one of the most botanised areas of southern India. In spite of it a number of wild plants had been missed by previous collectors. In addition a number of exotics and ornamentals having importance in alternative systems of medicine like Homoeopathy and Unani have not been collected and preserved as herbarium records. The present paper lists 36 species of wild plan...