Abstract:
Over the past years, it has become more apparent that the kidneys are seriously affected by
variety of chemicals and therapeutic agents. Meanwhile, herbal medicines have shown great
potential in curing several illness and disease of human being since long; because, they are
easily available, effective and safe with few side effects.The aim of this present review is to
explore the recent experimental studies of nephro-protective plants and their bioactive
components and to explore the concept of kidney diseases in Unani medicine, and by that to
open the pathway for further studies. Data were gathered from Unani classical texts, scientific
journals and databases such as MEDLINE, PubMed, and Google scholar. In Unani classical
text there are number of single and compound drugs described by Unani Scholars for treating
kidney diseases. These are found from their clinical experience. Even though, many herbs
have been tested and have proved to improve renal diseases and even reverse its damage in
animal models, large numbers of drugs is still not in use. It is need of the hour to reveal the
concept of kidney diseases to use these drugs effectively and to prove its efficacy with the
help of modern tools. Therefore, this study will be helpful for those who are interested in
doing research in nephro-protective drugs to develop the future trials to provide safe medicine
for humanity
