Urticaria ( Sharā)

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  • It is a condition in which flattened rashes appear abruptly on the skin.
  • It is caused by exaggeration in Hād Damawī, Balghamī and Sawdāwī Bukhārāt (Sanguine, phlegmatic and choleric vapours of strong nature).
  • It is characterized by abrupt appearance of reddish distressing itchy rashes during day time (if caused by sanguine vapours) or whitish rashes during night (if caused by phlegmatic vapours) or blackish rashes with mild itching (if caused by choleric vapours).
  • It is a condition in which flattened rashes appear abruptly on the skin.
  • It is caused by exaggeration in Hād Damawī, Balghamī and Sawdāwī Bukhārāt (Sanguine, phlegmatic and choleric vapours of strong nature).
  • It is characterized by abrupt appearance of reddish distressing itchy rashes during day time (if caused by sanguine vapours) or whitish rashes during night (if caused by phlegmatic vapours) or blackish rashes with mild itching (if caused by choleric vapours).
  • Oral administration of Lu‘āb-i Behīdāna (Cydonia oblonga, Mill.), Shīra-i ‘Unnāb (Zizyphus vulgaris, Lamk.), Shīra-i Sandal (Santalum album, Linn.) along with Sharbat-i Nīlofar (If caused by sanguine vapours).
  •  Local application of mixture of Roghan-i Gul, vinegar and ‘Arq-i Gulāb on the body, (if caused by sanguine vapours).
  • Local application of paste of Gerū (Red earth) and Phitkarī (Alum), (If caused by sanguine vapours).
  •  Oral administration of decoction of the following drugs for Tanqiya-i Balgham in the dose of 10.5 gm (if caused by phlegmatic vapours).

           Halayla (Terminalia chebula, Retz.) 1 part, Turbud (Ipomoea turpethum, Br.) ½ part

  • Oral administration of Gulqand and Sikanjabīn along with ‘Arq-i Gulāb and ‘Arq-i Mako (if caused by phlegmatic vapours).
  • Local application of the paste of Ārd-i Jaw (Flour of Hordeum vulgare, Linn.), Tukhm-i Karafs (Apium graveolens, Linn.) and vinegar, (if caused by phlegmatic vapours).
  • Joshānda-i Aftīmūn (if caused by choleric vapours)
  • Joshānda-i Halayla (if caused by choleric vapours)
  • Oral administration of powder of Ajwā’in (Trachyspermum ammi, Sprague.) 10.5 gm. and sugar 17.5 gm. to be taken in morning at empty stomach in the dose of 10.5 gm.

Compound drugs:

Itrīfal Shāhtra 7-12 gm. in morning at empty stomach or at bed time along with Arq-i Chobchīnī 144 ml.
Itrīfal Aftīmūn  9 gm.at bed time along with Arq-i Chobchīnī 144 ml..
‘Arq-i Shāhtra 60-144 ml.
Qurs-i Kāfūr 3 gm.
  • Spicy and pungent diets
  •  Sweet dishes
  • Fasd-i Haft Andām (Bloodletting through Haft Andām) (if caused by sanguine vapours)
  • Hammām (Bath)-It is bath, medically used for producing moistness/dryness/compactness/rarefaction in the skin/body.
  • Mā’ al-Jubn (if caused by choleric vapours)-Goat milk is boiled and a sour substance is added to it, so that the suspended albumins are clotted and separated from the liquid component. It is then filtered and whey is obtained.
  • Vinegar
  • Butter milk
  • Pomegranate juice