Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: January | Volume: 7 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 392-396
Efficacy of Sufoof-e-Kabab Chini (Piper cubeba) in Hypertension Induced Chronic Kidney Disease – A Case Report
Khan Ishrat Jahan1, Siddiqui Aafreen2, M.A. Quamri3, M.A. Siddiqui4
1P.G. Scholar, 2Lecturer, 3Reader, 4Professor,
Dept. of Moalajat (Medicine), National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India-560091.
Corresponding Author: Khan Ishrat Jahan
ABSTRACT
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) has been recognized as a major health problem worldwide with rising incidence, pronounced morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis, prevention and management of CKD have acquired great importance for health providers. This abstract is a case report of 47 years old male patient diagnosed with Hypertension induced CKD stage 3b presented with altered serum creatinine level which was unable to revert back to normal levels with the conventional medical therapy. After taking basic parameters, Sufoof-e-Kabab chini (Piper cubeba) was given for 42 days. It was observed that there was a significant improvement in subjective symptoms as well as in objective parameters. No adverse effects were observed during and after the study. Based on observations, it is pretended that Sufoof-e-Kabab chini may prove to be effective in management among non-dialysis dependent CKD patients.
Keywords: Kabab Chini; (Piper cubeba); CKD; Serum Creatinine; Unani; case report
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