Department of Kulliyat (Basic Principles of Unani Medicine), National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Department of Tahaffuzi wa Samaji Tib (Preventive and Social Medicine), National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol. 2021 Mar 15;33(3):235-241. doi: 10.1515/jbcpp-2020-0296.
The rising episodes of deadly heat waves have intensified the need for a heat protection strategy. The Unani system of medicine offers ways to stay healthy in different climatic conditions. Hence, this article aims to discuss the applicability of health protection measures suggested by Unani scholars for hot weather conditions in the light of current researches. The manual literature survey of classical Unani texts was conducted to collect information on health safety measures for hot weather. A substantial search of scientific databases such as "Google Scholar" and "Medline" for proposed measures in combination with "heat-stroke", "heat exhaustion" and "heat rash" was also conducted to identify their possible activity in heat-related illnesses. The guidelines for summer seasons in the classical Unani literature are described under the title tadābīr-i-mavsam. Unani scholars have discussed in detail the pathophysiological effects of heat and the measures to stay healthy by regulating the body system through lifestyle, diet and herbs. Most of the measures proposed by them are backed up by evidences. However, some measures have not yet been evaluated for their therapeutic or prophylactic efficacy in heat-related illnesses. On the basis of findings, the authors advocate the adoption of evidence-based measures and propose further investigation of those measures that are not well supported by the evidence or have not yet been evaluated.
致命热浪的频发加剧了对热保护策略的需求。 顺势疗法医学系统提供了在不同气候条件下保持健康的方法。 因此，本文旨在根据当前研究讨论顺势疗法学者针对炎热天气条件提出的健康保护措施的适用性。 通过对古典顺势疗法文本进行文献综述，收集有关炎热天气下健康安全措施的信息。 还对科学数据库（如“Google Scholar”和“Medline”）进行了大量搜索，以结合“中暑”、“热衰竭”和“热疹”来搜索提出的措施，以确定它们在与热相关的疾病中的可能活性。 古典顺势疗法文献中描述了夏季的指南，题为 tadābīr-i-mavsam。 顺势疗法学者详细讨论了热的病理生理学影响以及通过生活方式、饮食和草药调节身体系统来保持健康的措施。 他们提出的大多数措施都有证据支持。 然而，一些措施尚未针对与热相关的疾病进行治疗或预防效果进行评估。 根据研究结果，作者主张采用基于证据的措施，并建议进一步调查那些没有得到证据充分支持或尚未得到评估的措施。
