Volume : 7, Issue : 6, June - 2018

CLINICAL EFFICACY OF HIJAMAH BIL SHART (WET CUPPING) IN POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME: A RESEARCH ARTICLE

Arsheed Iqbal, Afroza Jan, Md. Sheeraz, Haider Ali Quraishi, Arjumand Shah, Huma, Raheem A

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-IN">Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is the commonest endocrinopathy along with women of reproductive age with a ballpark prevalence of about 4 to 12%. It is an enduring multisystem genetic disorder and is traditionally first noticed in puberty as menstrual irregularities and weight gain.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The management of PCOS is bounded by many controversies. The option of treatment depends upon the symptoms the patient presents with. There is a capacity for alternative management of the disease. In Unani system of Medicine Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is mentioned under the headings of Amenorrhea, Obesity and other phlegmatic disorders. (Eminent Unani physicians have attributed <i>Marz Akyas Khusyatur</i> <i>Rehm </i>(Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) with Clinical features like amenorrhea, obesity,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>oligomenohoea as phlegmatic disorder). Zakaria Razi (860-925AD) described that women with PCOS can present with the clinical features of amenorrhea, hoarseness of voice and hirutism.Unani physicians attributed <i>Marz Akyas Khusyatur Rehm </i>(Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) todominance of <i>Balgham </i>(phelgm). Different treatment modalities have been proposed to resume normal menstrual flow as it is considered to be the root cause of many ailments. One such mode is through <i>Hijamah mae shurt </i>(wet cupping therapy). <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>