Antenatal Care (Tadabeer-E-Haamla) in Unani Medicine

Authors

  • Atiya Khan
  • Malik Itrat

Keywords:

Antenatal care, Tadabeer-e-Haamla, Unani medicine

Abstract

Systematic care of women during pregnancy is called antenatal care. Good care during pregnancy is important for the health of the mother and the development of the unborn baby. Ideally, the care should begin soon after conception and continue throughout pregnancy. There are potential benefits from some of the elements of antenatal care, and these benefits may be most significant in developing countries where morbidity and mortality levels among reproductive-age women are high. The primary aim of antenatal care is to achieve at the end of pregnancy a healthy mother and healthy baby. Every science, tradition, therapy has tried to make the process safe, less painful, and successful. Unani medicine being the ancient scientific medicinal systems of the world has a significant contribution in the field of human reproduction and after thousands of years; the principles are constant and still can be utilized to find solutions to the increasing problems connected with the future progeny. In various Unani texts, the comprehensive explanation of antenatal care is mentioned under the heading of “Tadabeer-e- Haamla.” There is a detailed description about presumptive and definitive signs of pregnancy, dietary regimens and lifestyle during pregnancy. Unani literature records numerous single and compound formulations for general wellbeing and management of common ailments during pregnancy. In this paper, the authors have tried to highlight the strength of Unani medicine in antenatal care

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Published

2015-09-07

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2015)

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