Volume : IX, Issue : III, March - 2019

HAEMORRHOIDS AND ITS UNANI MANAGEMENT

Dr. Ruwais Hameed

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Haemorrhoids or piles are the varicosities of the haemorroidal veins. The word haemorrhoid is derived from the Greek Haema–blood and Rhoos–flowing and was originally used by the anus. Commonly it is known as piles, the pile is derived from Latin meaning a ball or a mass. In Unani literaturecauses of haemorrhoids are still unknown, but some predisposing factors may aid the disease. Haemorrhoids can be managed by different procedures such as conservative treatment, non operative or operative measures depending upon the condition and severity. Nowadays in unani practice there are so many procedures in curing piles. Therefore, it is necessary to correlate the concepts of Bawaseer in unani and conventional system of medicineare known as “Bawaseer”. It is the plural of baasoor, which means wart or polyp like swelling. Haemorrohids or piles are commonly known to plagued humankind since ancient times. On the day of the decisive battle at waterloo, Napolean Bonaparte was in pain because of a severe case of thrombosed haemorrhoids which impaired his battlefield conduct. Although it has been stated that 50% of the population will experience symptomatic haemorrhoid disease at some point in their lives, the peak incidence of symptomatic disease seems to be between the ages of 45–65 years exact

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HAEMORRHOIDS AND ITS UNANI MANAGEMENT, Dr. Ruwais Hameed INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-3 | March-2019

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