A CASE STUDY OF UNANI DRUG SAFOOF-E-KHAS WITH ROGHAN NEEM IN THE TREATMENT OF PSORIASIS

*Maqbool Ahmad Khan, Mohd. Tariq, Fareha Sumaya and Mohd. Naime

ABSTRACT

The ancient physicians not only discovered the psoriasis disease but they also put brightness to this disease, its cause, sign and symptoms that often lead to rthe decreased quality of life. Starting from the from the books of Buqrat, Jalinoos to Ibn Sina, Hakeem Shareef Khan and hakeem Ajmal Khan have detailed description in their treatise for discussion on this disease and cover all aspects of treatment such as oral and local and is well described in ancient classical literature of Unani medicine. They discovered and discussed the cause and used different single drugs and compound Unani formulations to treat this problem. The ancient physicians in their citation for precision in the management of psoriasis discovered almost all sub-types of disease right from plaque psoriasis to guttate psoriasis. Its treatment is still highly efficacious, safe and in many ways better than conventional system. In this case report details of a patient having psoriasis vulgaris are discussed who took allopathic treatment for the disease and was diagnosed as untreatable by allopathic system and was admitted in the hospital and given Unani treatment. During his treatment remarkable changes occurred due to power of Unani medicine. The details are as follows.

Keywords: Psoriasis, Neem, Unani system of Medicine.