Unani Perspective and Recent Studies on Usr e Tams (Dysmenorrhoea)

Abstract

Usr e tams (Dysmenorrhea) is defined as painful menstrual cramps with or without any demonstrable pelvic pathology. It is stated to be the single commonest cause of the female absenteeism from school, college and workplaces that affects almost 50% of women with regular menstruation. In conventional medicine, pain and symptoms are control by giving pain killers, local heat, thiamin, vitamin E, fish oil supplements and transcutaneous nerve stimulation. Though, the pain killers have its own effects but improving menstrual health requires access to safe and effective medication. This review is aimed to assess the most salient features of usr e tams mentioned in Unani classical books such asasbab, alamath, ilmulamraz and ilaj. This review will provide comprehensive data which mentioned in Unani classical texts like Al Qanoon fit Tibb, Zakeera Kwarsham Shahi,Tibb e Akbar, Tarjuma Kamilus Sana and Al Hawi about usr e tams and further information collected from electronic data base on PubMed /Google scholar, CINHAL, EBSCO and Science Direct using keywords. Treatment modalities mentioned in Unani texts forusr e tams is easy to administer and cost effective. This over-view may help the investigators to identify the benefits of this ancient treatment method for usr e tams and to carry out further research by utilizing modern parameters to validate the Unani claims.