ILAJ BIL GHIZA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS
Aisha Perveen, Shazia Jilani, Sayeda Shifa Zaidi* and Kamar Sultana
ABSTRACT
Diabetes mellitus is one of the major public health problem worldwide. Ilaj bil ghiza aimed at gaining the person’s original harmony, brought about by diabetes mellitus. Unani system of medicine provides different diet for people of different depending upon their age, built, temperament etc., diet advised for old persons is different than a young one and a pregnant woman requires different food than a non-pregnant woman. In Unani tibb anything we eat is categorized into different parts like diet, herbs, spices, therapeutics and pharmaceutics. Food is also categorized on the basis of its temperamental properties. So there are specific foods which have hot temperament, but with different levels of either dryness or moistness. As well as, there are other foods which have cold temperament, but with either dryness or moistness. In Unani Tibb, this quality is linked to the effect of different foods have on the metabolism and formation of the humours (akhlat). Hot temperament food will increase the basic metabolic rate of body and cold temperament food will have the opposite effect. In this review paper it is attempted, to summarise the role of ilaj-bil-ghiza in the management of diabetes mellitus.
Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, ilaj bil ghiza, temperament of food.
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