Jaundice ( Yarqān Asfar)

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  • It is yellow discoloration of body skin.
  • It is caused either by excessive production or reduced excretion of bile, Waram-i Kabid (Hepatitis), Sudda-i Majārī-i Marāra (Biliary duct obstruction) and Ihāla al-Dam ila’l-Safrā’ (Haemolysis). It may also be drug induced.
  • It is characterized by yellow discoloration of skin and eyes, yellowish urine and stool, except when it is caused by biliary duct obstruction (Whitish stool); pain in right hypochondrium, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, excessive thirst, bitterness of taste, gastric pain and flatulence after food intake, constipation and generalized itching.
  • It is yellow discoloration of body skin.
  • It is caused either by excessive production or reduced excretion of bile, Waram-i Kabid (Hepatitis), Sudda-i Majārī-i Marāra (Biliary duct obstruction) and Ihāla al-Dam ila’l-Safrā’ (Haemolysis). It may also be drug induced.
  • It is characterized by yellow discoloration of skin and eyes, yellowish urine and stool, except when it is caused by biliary duct obstruction (Whitish stool); pain in right hypochondrium, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, excessive thirst, bitterness of taste, gastric pain and flatulence after food intake, constipation and generalized itching.
  • Oral administration of the mixture of juice of leaves of radish 32 ml., Maghz-i Falūs Khiyār Shambar (Fruit pulp of Cassia fistula, Linn.)  24.5 ml., Tukhm-i Bathwa (Seed of Chenopodium album, Linn.) 3.5 gm. and Sibr (Aloe vera, Linn.)  500mg..
  • Oral administration of decoction of peel of radish prepared in donkey milk.
  • Oral administration of decoction of Masūr (Lens esculenta, Moench.), prepared in vinegar.
  • Joshānda-i Halayla
  • Oral administration of ‘Usāra-i Afsantīn (Extract of Artemisia absinthium, Linn.).

Compound drugs:

Qurs-i Zarishk 4 pills of 1 gm. each with Murawwaqayn/ Sikanjabīn Bazūrī.
Qurs-i Kāfūr 7 pills of 1 gm. each
Qurs-i Ghāfis 7 pills of 1 gm. each with 144 ml. of ‘Arq-i Gāozaban.
Sharbat-i Rewand 24-48 ml.
Sharbat-i Afsantīn 24-48 ml.
Sharbat-i Nīlofar 24- 48 ml.
Sharbat Dīnar 24-48 ml.
Sikanjabīn Laymūnī 12-24 ml.
‘Arq-i Kāsinī 60 ml.
  • Oily diets
  • Aghziya Qabiza-The foods which produce constipation.
  • Aghziya Ghalīza- Dry and viscous foods such as dry date, ‘Adas Musallam (Lens esculenta, Moench.), etc. These are of two types i.e. Mahmūda (that produces good humour) and Ghayr Mahmūda (that produces morbid humour).
  •     Complete physical and mental rest.
  •     Fasd-i Bāslīq (Bloodletting through basilic vein)
  •     Fasd-i Usaylim (Bloodletting through Usaylim vein)
  •     Hijāma (Cupping) below right shoulder.
  •    Hammām (Bath);It is bathing, medically used for producing dryness, compactness, moistness and rarefaction in the skin/body.

 

  •   Mā’ al-Sha‘īr- Barley water.
  •   Mā’ al-Jubn-Goat milk is boiled and a sour substance is added to it,so that the suspended albumins are clotted and  seperated from the liquid       component. It is then filtered and whey is obtained.
  •   Cucumber
  •   Juice of vegetables of cold temperament.
  •   Juice of leaves of radish.
  •   Watermelon juice
  •   Pomegranate juice at empty stomach.