28/10/2025
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🌍Applied Unani Book
🔴 Habbe Azraqi — Classical & Modern Insight
🥎 Mizaj (Temperament):
→ Garam o Khushk (Hot & Dry) — Darja 3
→ Acts as Muharrik-e-Asab, Muqawwi Qalb, Musakhkhin, Mufatteh
🥎Classical Uses:
✅ Laqwa (Facial palsy)
✅ Falij (Paralysis)
✅ Irqun Nisa (Sciatica)
✅ Zof-e-A’sab (Nervous weakness)
✅ Cold-type Balghami disorders — sluggish digestion, chronic cough, etc.
🥎 Unani References:
📖 Bayaz-e-Kabir — Vol II (Qarabadin section)
📖 Makhzan-ul-Mufradat — Khwaja Nazimuddin
📖 Qarabadin-e-Azam — Hakim Azam Khan
📖 Kulliyat-e-Advia — Kabiruddin
⚠️ Why it’s not suiting modern “Balghami” patients ???
Today’s Balgham is not pure cold-ratab anymore!
1️⃣Mixed Mizaj: Most cases are Balghami-Saudawi → inner dryness with outer sluggishness.
2️⃣ Lifestyle effect: Stress, caffeine, refined food → sympathetic overdrive (hidden Hararat).
3️⃣ Pseudo-Balgham: Cold outward signs but hyperactive metabolism.
4️⃣ Har Yabis drugs (like Habbe Azraqi) cause irritability, insomnia, anxiety.
5️⃣ Modern detox issues: Poor Tadbeer-e-Azraqi → mild neurotoxicity (strychnine/brucine).
🥎 Pharmacological Perspective (Applied Unani PK/PD):
🔸Tasir: Rapid diffusion into A’sab (nervous tissue)
🔸Hararat: Increases metabolism, blood flow, cardiac excitability
🔸Yubusat: Dries excess Balgham but may overdry nerves
🔸Modern parallel: CNS stimulant → boosts alertness but can induce restlessness
🥎 Contraindications / Cautions:
❌ Mixed Mizaj (Balghami + Saudawi)
❌ Hypertensive or anxious patients
❌ Insomnia, palpitations, dryness
❌ Pregnancy & lactation
🥎 Corrective / Modulated Combinations (Usool-e-Tarkeeb):
Combine with Murattib & Mulattif drugs to balance Hararat:
➡️ Arq-e-Gulab
➡️ Arq-e-Badiyan
➡️ Majun Falasfa
➡️ Majun Barshasha
⚠️ Rule: “Tadleel al-Hararat bil-Rutoobat” → Balance heat with moistening agents.
🥎 Clinical Tip: Use Habbe Azraqi as a short-term stimulant in true cold-moist phlegmatic states only.
Combine with tonics to prevent Yubusat.
Observe for early signs of neural dryness (irritability, tremor, sleeplessness).
🥎 Philosophical Reflection:
> “Drug efficacy is not absolute — it’s relational to Mizaj and Zaman.”
Unani wisdom demands adaptation — Hikmat means reapplication, not repetition.
🌿 The true Hakeem aligns classical Tasir with modern Tabi‘at.
🥎 Takeaway for Unanians
✅ Habbe Azraqi = brilliant Unani stimulant, but needs contextual use.
✅ Modern “Balgham” ≠ ancient “Balgham” → treat accordingly.
✅ Use Murattib, avoid over-stimulation.
✅ Always apply Hikmat-e-Tadbeer before Tasir.