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CONCEPT OF DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE II (ZIABETUS SHAKRI QISM-E-SANA) IN UNANI SYSTEM OF MEDICINE: AN OVERVIEW

*Dr. Rahnuma Shaukat Ali Shaikh, Dr. Zakir Ali Khan, Dr. Mohammad Ali Ansari, Dr. Khan Sadiqa Mohammad Hadis and Dr. Farheen Anjum Qayyum Khan

ABSTRACT

Diabetes is one of the top killer diseases of mankind. Although it affects all the sect of society, its impact is mainly on affluent society. The today?s description of diabetes has almost stabilized, which mainly revolves around the role of pancreas, insulin, and its peripheral resistance along with other causes, to a lesser extent; however, this description needs reconsideration. The accelerating burden of the disease reveals that even the recent remarkable advancement in medical sciences does not have a justifiable answer to tackle and cease its ever-increasing load; therefore, there is a need of time to rethink about the preventive strategies, line of treatment, management, and all aspects of diabetes. Unani system of medicine is the oldest system, which has an entirely different and promising concept to understand all aspects of diabetes and offer a range of drugs to counter this disease. Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases involving carbohydrate, lipid, and protein metabolism. It is characterized by persistent hyperglycemia which results from defects in insulin secretion, or action or both. Diabetes mellitus has been known since antiquity. In the 2nd century AD Aretaeus of Cappadocia provided the first accurate description of diabetes, coining the term diabetes, while in 17th century Thomas Willis added the term mellitus to the disease, in an attempt to describe the extremely sweet taste of the urine.

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