Abstract

HAJAR UL YAHOOD (JEW’STONE) ANTI-UROLITHIATIC UNANI MINERAL DRUG – REVIEW

*Mustehasan and Misbahuddin Azhar

Abstract

Hajar ul yahood is well known mineral Unani drug used for the treatment of urolithiasis. Hajar ul yahood is having Mufattit-e-Hasat (Lithortriptic) and Mudirr-e-Baul (Diuretic) property. It is used to treat Hasat-e-Kulya (Renal calculus), Ehtebas-e-Baul (Anuria), Usr-ul-Baul (Dysuria) due to its action mentioned above. Unani classical literature was searched for its complete description viz. temperament, actions, therapeutic uses, and dosage etc. For toxicological studies, pharmacological activities, and clinical trials carried out to prove the importance of Hajar ul Yahood computerized databases such as Medline, Pubmed, Ovid SP, Google Scholar and Science-direct were searched. From above review we can conclude that chemical composition, in vitro mechanism of action and clinical efficacy and safety of Hajar ul Yahood in the treatment of urolithiasis is established. Even its formulation “Kushta Hajar ul Yahood” is found to be safe in animals study. To benefit the mass clinical trial on larger sample size may be conducted.

Keywords: Hajar ul Yahood, Urolithiasis, Lapis judaicus, Unani medicine, Jew’stone