Bhat Shabir Ahmad, Rather Shameem Ahmad, Islam Naquibul
Department of Moalajat, Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine, Naseem Bagh, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Asian J Urol. 2022 Apr;9(2):109-118. doi: 10.1016/j.ajur.2021.05.008. Epub 2021 May 29.
Conventional treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) like 5alpha-reductase inhibitors and invasive surgery are associated with some obvious side effects. Conversely, evidence, though limited, has shown that alternative medicines are safer and have potential to improve the lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and quality of life in addition to improving sexual dysfunction in patients with BPH. The current article aimed to include an overview of BPH, different ways of its management, and particularly its appreciation in Greco-Arab (Unani) system of medicine, one of the alternative medicinal systems.
PubMed, Scopus, ScienceDirect, Web of Sciences, Google Scholar databases and classical texts of Greco-Arab medicine were searched for data collection.
In Unani system of medicine, BPH, traced under the headings of Waram unuq al-mathana (bladder neck swelling) and Insidad majra-i-mathana (bladder outlet obstruction), has been managed for centuries with herbal medicines yet demanding a comprehensive scientific validation. Among the herbs, , , , and are worth mentioning.
For achieving the goal of LUTS-free ageing men, and safer and cost-effective future management of BPH, Unani herbal medicine could hopefully prove beneficial.
良性前列腺增生（BPH）的传统治疗方法，如5α-还原酶抑制剂和侵入性手术，都伴有一些明显的副作用。相反，尽管证据有限，但已表明替代药物更安全，除了改善BPH患者的性功能外，还有改善下尿路症状（LUTS）和生活质量的潜力。本文旨在概述BPH、其不同的治疗方式，特别是在替代医学体系之一的希腊-阿拉伯（尤那尼）医学体系中对它的认识。
检索了PubMed、Scopus、ScienceDirect、科学网、谷歌学术数据库以及希腊-阿拉伯医学的经典文献以收集数据。
在尤那尼医学体系中，BPH归类于“Waram unuq al-mathana（膀胱颈肿胀）”和“Insidad majra-i-mathana（膀胱出口梗阻）”条目下，几个世纪以来一直使用草药进行治疗，但仍需要全面的科学验证。在这些草药中，[此处草药名称缺失]值得一提。
为了实现老年男性无LUTS的目标，以及更安全、更具成本效益的BPH未来治疗，尤那尼草药有望被证明是有益的。
