Concept of Hemiplegia (Falij-e-Nisfi) in Unani System of Medicine: A Comprehensive Review

Authors

  • Humera Kausar
  • Shah Fasal
  • Rehana Alvi

Abstract

Falij is derived from an Arabic word Falj which literally means splitting into halves. It is the paralysis of a longitudinal half of the body starting either below the neck, sparing head & face or covering the entire longitudinal half of the body from head to toe. It is analogous with Hemiplegia occurring due to stroke. There are almost 4.7 million stroke survivors in the United States, and approximately 780,000 new or recurrent strokes occur per year. Sudda and Imtila both are important risk factors for paralysis. When applied to motor function, paralysis means loss of voluntary movement due to interruption of one of the motor pathways at any point from the cerebrum to the muscle fibre. A lesser degree of paralysis is spoken of as paresis, but in everyday medical parlance, paralysis may stand for either partial or complete loss of function. Sudad and Imtila both are produced due to excessive or abnormal diet, physical inactivity, alcohol drinking and cold weather. Paralysis occurs mostly in extremely cold weather; sometimes it occurs due to rage of Imtila as it occurs in spring; and sometimes it occurs in people aged around fifty years, inhabiting in southern cities due to descent of Nawazil from their heads, as most of them are affected with Imtila ur Ra’as. In the Unani system of medicine, Falij is considered as Maddi Marz. Maddi Marz by definition of Unani Medicine is treated by unique methods of Tanqia and Ta’deel. The aim of this review is to make masses aware of the common ailment and to highlight the basic concepts of falij in Unani system of medicines.

 

Keywords: Falij, Tanqia, Imtila, Ta’ deel


Cite this Article

Humera Kausar, Shah Fasal, Rehana Alvi. Concept of Hemiplegia (Falij-e-Nisfi) in Unani System of Medicine: A Comprehensive Review. Research & Reviews A Journal of Pharmacology. 2019; 9(2): 37–41p.


Downloads

Published

2019-09-30

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2019)

Section

Review Article

License

Declaration and Copyright Transfer Form

(to be completed by authors)

I/ We, the undersigned author(s) of the submitted manuscript, hereby declare, that the above manuscript which is submitted for publication in the STM Journals(s), is not published already in part or whole (except in the form of abstract) in any journal or magazine for private or public circulation, and, is not under consideration of publication elsewhere.

  • I/We will not withdraw the manuscript after 1 week of submission as I have read the Author Guidelines and will adhere to the guidelines.
  • I/We Author(s ) have niether given nor will give this manuscript elsewhere for publishing after submitting in STM Journal(s).
  • I/ We have read the original version of the manuscript and am/ are responsible for the thought contents embodied in it. The work dealt in the manuscript is my/ our own, and my/ our individual contribution to this work is significant enough to qualify for authorship.
  •  I/We also agree to the authorship of the article in the following order:

Author’s name                                    

 

1. ________________

2. ________________

3. ________________

4. ________________

 

We  Author(s) tick this box and would request you to consider it as our signature as we agree to the terms of this Copyright Notice, which will apply to this submission if and when it is published by this journal.