Abstract

ATTEMPT TO MANAGE UTERINE FIBROID BY UNANI MEDICINE: A CASE REPORT

*Misba Naim and Wajeeha Begum

Abstract

Uterine fibroids are the most common, non-cancerous tumors in women of reproductive age and the second most common reason in women of childbearing age undergo surgery. This tumor is also a significant cause of pelvic pain, menorrhagia, abnormal uterine bleeding, infertility and pregnancy complications. The current definitive treatment is hysterectomy besides myolysis, myomectomy, uterine artery embolization and thermal ablation which have their own limitations and side effects. Challenge lies in treating it by medicines without side effects. Unani system of medicine can help in this as an effective therapy. Salae-rehm is described in details along with its management in old classical texts. Sal’at, a type of warme balghami, is of two types- sal’ate saleema and sal’ate khabeesa. Thus, the uterine fibroids (Sal’ate rehm) come under the category of sal’ate saleema means benign tumor. It has been also mentioned that viscous phlegm (balgham) is the cause behind these sal’at. The management includes avoid those foods which produces phlegm. The large fibroid should be dissolved by the medicines which have muhallile waram (resolvant), munzije balgham and qabiz (astringent) property. The present paper describes the concept of uterine fibroid and successfully managed case of uterine fibroid with Unani formulations.

Keywords: Uterine fibroid, salae rehm, munzij, menorrhagia.