Integrating Asbab e Sitta zarooriyah in the Holistic Management of Menopausal women: A Unani and contemporary perspective

Abstract

Background: There is a need for comprehensive, holistic care because the menopausal transition is a complicated physiological phase that is frequently treated in modern medicine with a symptom-centric approach. By controlling environmental, nutritional, and lifestyle factors, unani medicine, which is based on the fundamental premise of Asbab-e-SittaZarooriyah (The Six Essential Factors), provides an organised framework for maintaining health and managing disease.Objective: This review compares traditional Unani wisdom with current scientific findings in order to critically evaluate the philosophy of Asbab-e-SittaZarooriyah and investigate its potential as a comprehensive model for addressing menopausal symptoms.Methods: A narrative review was carried out, combining data from contemporary biomedical literature obtained from sources like PubMed and Google Scholar with material from old Unani texts (such those by Al-Razi and Ibn Sina). Among the most important search terms were