A REVIEW OF SINUSITIS IN THE UNANI MEDICINE

Sinusitis is one of the commonest allergic manifestations all around the world. Among Indians this disease is more widespread than diabetes, asthma or coronary heart disease and one in eight Indians suffer from chronic sinusitis. The prevalence of the disease as a result of respiratory allergy is constantly increasing and is recognized as a major public health burden that causes major illness and disability worldwide. In unani system of medicine, no direct description of the clinical entity is available but symptoms, up to a greater extent are similar to Nazla and Zukam as described by ancient unani scholars. Therefore, this paper aims at reviewing the classic unani literature for better understanding of disease condition and effective management