Kidney disorders have always remained a major area of concern for Unani Scholars since a long time. Well known is the fact that kidney perform several important functions whether it is formation of urine or elimination of nitrogenous substance from the body.Kidney is an important organ that performs several important functions in the body viz, excretion of waste products resulting from protein metabolism, regulation of acid base balance by excretion of H+ ions (acidification) and bicarbonate ions, regulation of salt water balance by hormones secreted both intra and extra-renally, formation of...

Osteoarthritis(OA) is a disease in which all structures of the joint have undergone pathologic change, often in concert. The pathologic sine qua non of disease is hyaline articular cartilage loss, present in a focal and initially, non-uniform manner. This is accompanied by increasing thickness and sclerosis of the subchondral bony plate, by outgrowth of osteophytes at the joint margin, stretching of the articular capsule, mild synovitis in many affected joints and weakness of joint-bridging muscles. OA at global level is accounting for 3.0% of total Years lived with disability (YLD).In Unani...