Renal tonics (Muqawwi-e-Gurda) mentioned in Unani medicine with recent advancements-a review

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