The Story of Three Generations
Mehran Dawakhana is the heritage of three generations of art, experience and expertise in the field of Herbal Medicine. Though Hakeem Muhammad Usman was the founder of this humble herbal pharmacy, his father was also a well-known hakeem of Badin, a remote town in Sindh province of Pakistan.
The founder of Mehran Dawakhana, Hakeem Muhammad Usman, was very keen in Tibb-e-Unani, and completed graduation in Tibb with distinction (awarded Gold Medal) from Azam Tibbia College, Hyderabad. He started practicing Hikmat from 1965 in Badin. He realized the need of quality medicines for local people at affordable prices. In this regard, Mehran Dawakhana (Mehran Herbal) was formally registered in 1971 as the only manufacturer in Badin for Unani Medicines.
Hakim Mohammad Usman was an expert in Nuskha Naweesi (Presrciption writing) of Unani medicine. Using his knowledge and clinical experience, he started manufacturing some of the very effective products on small scale. Some of these products are still in use. Hakim Mohammad Usman was very open minded in the sense that he never hide his prescriptions and knowledge from others and always used to write down the information on papers so that others can be benefited. He produced a number of Hakeems during his period and transferred the knowledge practically to them.
Now Mehran Dawakhana is run by his sons who are graduates of Hikmat and modern pharmaceutical sciences.