Review Article
Year: 2022 | Month: July | Volume: 9 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 489-494
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20220752
Concept and Management of Bahaq (Pityriasis Versicolor) in Unani medicine - A Review
Farzana Akhter1, M. A. Quamri2, Sabreena Bashir3
1PG. Scholar, Department of Amraz-e-Jild-wa-Tazeeniyat, National Institute of Unani Medicine, Kottigepalya, Magadi Main Road, Bengaluru, 560091, Karnataka
2HOD, Department of Amraz-e-Jild-wa-Tazeeniyat, National Institute of Unani Medicine, Kottigepalya, Magadi Main Road, Bengaluru, 560091, Karnataka
3PG. Scholar, Department of Amraz-e-Jild-wa-Tazeeniyat, National Institute of Unani Medicine, Kottigepalya, Magadi Main Road, Bengaluru, 560091, Karnataka
Corresponding Author: Farzana Akhter
ABSTRACT
Pityriasis versicolor also called Tinea versicolor (Bahaq) is a superficial fungal infection of the skin characterized by hypo or hyperpigmented macules or patches on upper trunk and neck. Most commonly affects adolescents and young adults.According to Unani system, it is humoral disease characterized by alteration in the quality or quantity of phlegm or black bile, resulting in hypo or hyperpigmentation. The treatment of bahaq has been extensively studied in Unani medicine by ancient scholars such as Rabban Tabarī, Zakariya Razi, Ibn Sina, Ajmal Khan and various others have described drugs single as well as compound formulations for its treatment. This review paper is intended to highlight the concept and various treatment methods of Unani in the management of Bahaq
Keywords: Pityriasis versicolor, Tinea Versicolor, Bahaq, Unani medicine.
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