title: Management of non-healing leg ulcers in Unani system of medicine.
abstract: Non-healing leg ulcers are becoming a major public health problem. The high prevalence of leg ulcer directly affects patients' quality of life because it produces psychological (anxiety, depression), social and physical (amputation) handicap. Most leg ulcers become unsightly and they hardly if ever, yield to conventional treatment. Healing of an amputated part may pose a problem, hence amputation cannot be recommended without extensive pre-operative investigations. Prevalence is high among the poor, for whom expenses of surgery are not affordable. Few surgeons try skin graft but unfavourable local condition of the ulcer leads to rejection and all efforts prove futile. Keeping all these factors in mind, we have tested a Unani formulation for its ulcer healing properties; early results were surprising and in some cases unbelievable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine (Tahaffuzi Wa Samaji Tib), Kottigepalya, National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Mohd
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zulkifle
authors.forename: Abdul H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Ansari
authors.forename: Mohd
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shakir
authors.forename: Zahid
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kamal
authors.forename: M Tanwir
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Alam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000379:methods*; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy* / Q000652:urine*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011788:Quality of Life; D014945:Wound Healing
keywords: Herbal; Jali; Mizaj; Mujafif. Jazib; Quroohe Khabeesa; Tabai; Ulcer; Unani formulation