Unani Herbal Drugs: A Ray of Hope for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus
Keywords:
Diabetes Mellitus, Ziabetus Shakari, Gurmarbooti, Hulba, Tukhm-e-Hayat, JamunAbstract
Diabetes Mellitus is a major challenge of 21st century in health care system. This chronic and incurable Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) is largely preventable but remains responsible for millions of deaths annually and many life-threatening complications across the globe. No country, rich or poor, is immune to this disease prevailing epidemically. In Unani System of Medicine it is commonly described as Ziabetus Shakari which is caused mainly by the derangement of temperament of kidneys. As the people are becoming aware of the potency and side effects of synthetic antidiabetic drugs available globally, there is an increasing curiosity in the natural product therapies with a basic approach towards the nature. Unani Medicine also possesses many single as well as polyherbal formulations that have long been using to manage diabetes mellitus. Keeping in view of the significant effects of antidiabetic drugs mentioned in Unani classical literatures, it was aimed to present an overview on some of the Unani herbal drugs namely Gurmarbooti, Hulba, Tukhm-e-Hayat and Jamun which are mentioned in classical literatures as antidiabetic agents and are still in the practice effectively.
How to cite this article:
Rauf A, Khalique A. Unani Herbal Drugs: A Ray of Hope for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus J Integ Comm Health 2019; 8(2): 21-26.
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