Abstract
Unani System of Medicine takes entire constitution of the individual and lifestyle into account for prescribing treatment. It provides radical and safe cure for various chronic and lifestyle disorders. USM incorporates ´Ilāj bi’l Tadbīr (Regimenal therapy) as a treatment plan as well as the modification in Asbāb Sitta Ḍarūriyya (six essential factors) through certain interventions. Natūl therapy, also known as therapeutic irrigation is one of the classical and effective method in regimenal therapy, which refers to pouring or dripping of liquid slowly and steadily over a body part from a pre-fixed height. Usually decoctions of drugs and medicated oils are used for this purpose. Natūl is done with a purpose of acceleration of process of Tanqiya Mawād-i-Fāsida (evacuation of morbid materials), Imāla-e-Mawād (diversion of matter) and Ta’dīl Mizāj-i-Aʻḍāʼ (normalization of morbid temperament). It also works by local absorption of medicines at the site. The benefits achieved are the combination of neurological effects, psychological effects and pharmacological actions of the procedure and the drugs used. It is specifically useful as an adjuvant treatment in the management of nervous system disorders like headache, insomnia, migraine, amnesia, melancholia, vertigo, epilepsy etc; and also in various other disorders like cystitis, mastitis, arthralgia etc. These therapeutic effects are achieved either by kayfiyāt (quality) of liquid or the constituents of the formulation used in the procedure. Natūl therapy also exhibits analgesic effect, thereby, suppressing musculoskeletal problems such as wajaʻal-mafāṣil (osteoarthritis), wajaʻal-ẓahr (low backache), wajaʻal-aẓlāt (myalgia), ʻirq al-nasā (sciatica), etc. The need of the hour is to further evaluate these age-old prescriptions on modern parameters, thus, highlighting its clinical importance in light of classical Unani literature. Keywords: Natūl, ´Ilāj bi’l Tadbīr, Sakūb, Tadbīr, Unani, Joshānda
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