Abstract

MANAGEMENT OF IZTERAB-I-NAFSANI (ANXIETY) DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN UNANI MEDICINE: A REVIEW

Uzma Siddiqui*, Md. Akhter Hussain Jamali and Mohd. Amir

Abstract

World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency of International concern on 30th January 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic. As of 1st July, 2020, more than 10 million cases of COVID-19 and 508 055 deaths have been reported to WHO. It may be asymptomatic or symptomatic. It’s devastating consequences are stress, anxiety, and fear throughout the globe. Fear is the breeding ground for hatred and stigma in which Dimagh (brain), Qalb (heart) and Jigar (liver) become functionally impaired which proceeds towards abnormal situations one by one. Unani physicians have mentioned the essentiality of these organs for survival of life. Izterab-i-Nafsani (Anxiety) is the most common psychological disorder. Keeping the point in mind, WHO has alarmed about the consequences of the anxiety which is self-evident in the present scenario. The paper has given a detailed discussion of its management by preventive measures through balance moderation of Asbab Sitta Zaruriyya (Six essential factors) and therapeutically by using Muqawwiyat and Mufarrihat in Unani medicine.

Keywords: Vital organs, COVID-19, Izterab-i-Nafsani (Anxiety), Muqawwiyat, Mufarrihat, Unani Medicine.