Samn Mufrat (Obesity )

Overweight and obesity are of medical concern due to excessive fat accumulation.

For adults, WHO defines overweight and obesity as follows:

• overweight is a BMI greater than or equal to 25; and
• obesity is a BMI greater than or equal to 30.

Body mass index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height that is commonly used to classify overweight and obesity in adults. It is defined as a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of his height in meters (kg/m²).

BMI provides the most useful population-level measure of overweight and obesity as it is the same for both sexes and for all ages of adults. However, it should be considered a rough guide because it may not correspond to the same degree of fatness in different individuals.

For children, age needs to be considered when defining overweight and obesity.

It is caused by Sū-e Mizāj (Morbid temperament), that leads to excessive and abnormal accumulation of humours that should be evacuated,

The obese person remains susceptible to epilepsy, paralysis, bronchial asthma, cholera, syncope and Hummiyāt Muharriqa.

It may be associated with abortion and sterility (Male & Female).

 According to WHO:

• Worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975.
• In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight. Of these over 650 million were obese.
• 39% of adults aged 18 years and over were overweight in 2016, and 13% were obese.
• Most of the world's population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight.
• 39 million children under the age of 5 were overweight or obese in 2020.
• Over 340 million children and adolescents aged 5-19 were overweight or obese in 2016.

Usūl-e Ilāj (Principles of treatment):

*Tajfīf-eBadan (Desiccation)

*Tahzīl (To induce weight loss)

*Taqlīl-e Ghizā (To reduce the quantity of food)

 

Ilāj bil-Dawā (Pharmacotherapy):

Single drugs:

*Oral administration of washed Luk (Lac) 3 gm. with vinegar on

empty stomach in morning.

*Oral administration of vinegar on empty stomach in morning.

*Oral administration Zira Siyāh for forty days on

empty stomach in morning.

 

Compound drugs:

Safūf Muhazzil: 5-7gm: 5 gm in morning, orally

Dawā ul-Luk:  3.5-4.5 gm.

Itrīfal Saghīr:  12 gm. at bedtime

Jawārish Kamūni:  10gm at bed time

Jawārish Falāfilī:  3 gm. after meal.

Arq Zeera: 50-75ml twice a day orally

Safūf Muhazzil and Dawā ul-Luk are contraindicated in women of fertile age group.

Unani drugs should be taken only on the advice of registered unani Doctors