Chronology of literature on Dyslipidaemia (Dasoomat-fid-Dam and Siman-e-Mufrit): Unani perspective

Abstract

The term dyslipidemia origins from dys-+ lipid (fat) + -emia (in the blood), and essentially refers to serum lipid disorders.By definition, dyslipidemia is a disorder of lipoprotein metabolism in terms of either lipoprotein overproduction or deficiency.There is no description of dyslipidemia in classical Unani literature, many of the Unani physicians described dyslipidemia under the heading of Dasoomat-fid-Dam (Presence of fatty materials in the blood).The eminent Unani scholars considered Siman-e-Mufrit and Dasoomat-fid-Dam either as a singles disease or sequel of each others.It has been one of the major concerns of the health since time immemorial Buqrat (Hippocrates) was the first, who gave detailed description of Siman-e-Mufrit including its complication.Later on most of Unani physicians like Jalinoos, Majoosi, Ibn Rushd have described the concept of Shaham and Siman-e-Mufrit in their treatises.The aim of this paper to arrange a chronology of available literature on Dasoomat-fid-Dam and Siman-e-Mufrit in Unani system of medicine.