EVALUATION OF EFFICACY OF UNANI PHARMACOPOEIAL FORMULATION DABIDULWARD IN TASHHAMUL KABID (NAFLD) - A PRELIMINARY STUDY
Maqbool Ahmad Khan, *Najmus Sehar, Mohammad Naime and Jamal Akhtar
ABSTRACT
Fatty liver is acknowledged as fatty liver disease or hepatic steatosis. It is a reversible condition wherein large vacuoles of triglyceride fat accumulate in liver cells via the process of steatosis (i.e abnormal retention of lipids within a cell). It is normal to have some fat in liver but in the condition of fatty liver more than 5-10% of liver weight is fat. NAFLD is a spectrum of liver disease that ranges from simple fatty infiltration of the liver parenchyma (steatosis) to fat with inflammation (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; NASH). The term Tashhamul Kabid is used for fatty lever disease in Unani System of Medicine. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Unani pharmacopoeial formulation „Majoon Dabidulward? in the treatment of NAFLD. Patients were advised to take orally 7 grams of Majoon Dabidulward with water twice daily before the meal for 21 days. After treatment, it was observed that associated symptoms of fatty liver including abdominal tenderness, nausea, anorexia, general weakness and ultrasonography report were significantly reduced (p
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