The aim of the present paper is to provide information regarding the therapeutic uses and scientific studies carried out on Adiantum capillus-veneris Linn. The key words used for the literature search were Adiantum capillus-veneris, Parsioshan, physico chemical, phytochemical and pharmacological study. The search was carried out through Unani classical books, ethno botanical literature and Goog...

The Clinical utility of the famous Unani Formulation, Marham Dakhlion was tested in a population of 100 patients. The medicine was found effective in 80% of the cases and no side effects were also observed.

Nearly two hundred Ayurvedic drugs of plant origin have bee introduced in he Unani material medica, the names of most of the drugs have been adopted from Indian languages per se.

This article is a translation work of some portion of Islami Tibb. written by Rehber Farooqui. It deals with the state of medicine during the reigns of the two kings of Nizam dynasty. viz . Nawab Afzeluddaula Behadur and Nawab Mir Mehboob Ali Khan Behadur , the Fifth and the Sixth Nizams respectively. In this period medical department along with the other departments came into existence. The Un...

Jarab (Scabies) is an itchy dermatosis caused by human mite Sarcotes scabiei. It usually involves inter digital spaces of hands and the flexor surface of the wrists. In severe infection, the dorsal surface of the elbows, anterior axillary folds, female breasts, periumblical area, genital area and buttocks are involved. Night itching in particular and secondary infection with postulation and lic...

Miskitaramashia is a special single drug in Unani system of medicine and it has been identified as Lallemantia royleana (Wall) Benth. Of the family Labiacae. Its pharmacognostical characters hava also been reported here.

Sharbat-e-Unsul, a Unani medicine was found to cure zeequn - nafasbalghami or "difficulty in breathing due to narrowing or obstruction of air passage". The drug did not cause any adverse effect.

with the Indian Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicines (IASTAM) organized an interactive meeting at NBRI on December 6th, 2004 to mark the visit of Professor Edwin L. Cooper, Founding Editor-in-Chief of eCAM and Professor of Comparative Neuroimmunology, Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Neurobiology and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California,...

Withania somnifera Dunal commonly known as Asgandh or Ashvaganadha is one of the most potent aphrodisiacs used in traditional systems of medicine. It is common herb found throughout the dried and subtropical parts of India. The root and leaves of plants are used for medicinal purposes. In traditional systems of medicine particularly Ayurveda and Unani the plant is thought to possess anti-inflam...

Unani Medicine (Greeko Arabian Medicine) is bestowed with a vast literature of gynaecologicaland endocrine afflictions like hirsutism. Hirsutism is characterized by excessive terminal hair growth in female like male. Despite various treatment modalities available such as mechanical, cosmetic and pharmacological, not a single remedy is effective competently to ameliorate it. Although many studie...