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POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF UNANI HERBS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF OBESITY AND ITS RELATED COMORBIDITIES – A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Sabiha Fatima*, Mohd Shahid, Danish Mand, Shagufta Parveen and Iram Naaz

Abstract

Obesity should be viewed as an underlying risk factor for chronic diseases. Thus the potency of clinical management of obese patients depends on the total risk profile. Despite of high prevalence of the disease and its negative consequences on health, there is no availability of safe and effective treatment in conventional medicine. Unani physicians have mentioned numerous regimens and measures for managing obesity that can have therapeutic effects so as to prevent and combat this disease. This review aimed to survey the literature covering the Unani herbs with anti-obesity activity, and to re-evaluate the available scientific data.

Keywords: Obesity, Unani, herbs, comorbidities, management.