Dawa ul Misk Motadil Sada a Classical Unani Formulation for Khafaqān (Palpitation)

Fouzia Bashir¹ , Jamal Akhtar² , Nighat Anjum³ , Shah Alam⁴ , Asim Ali Khan⁵

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Vol.6 , Issue.6 , pp.13-22, Dec-2019

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Abstract :
Unani System of medicine is one among the oldest systems that prevails till date with its efficient drugs derived from animal, plant and mineral resources. Over 2400 years ago, the father of medicine Hippocrates practiced it; however His medicine included a great deal of ancient Egyptian medicine as well as important components of the ancient Mesopotamian traditions. In modern medicine, Palpitation is described as an uncomfortable awareness of one’s own heartbeat and is a clinical entity with varied etiology ranging from benign causes to serious arrhythmias. In Unani system of medicine, the modern equivalent term for palpitation is Khafaqān. A large number of drugs, single and compound formulations, have been mentioned in the context of the treatment of Khafaqān. Dawa ul Misk Motadil Sada is one of the most reputed poly pharmaceutical preparations of Unani system of Medicine used in Khafaqān, as cardiac tonic in arrhythmia and as general tonic.

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Dawa ul Misk Motadil Sada, Palpitation, Unani Medicine

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