Vol. 6, Issue 9 (2017)

Author(s):
Dr. Mohd. Shamim Akhtar, Dr. Rajesh, Dr. Mohd. Aleemuddin Quamri, Dr. Tawheed Kibriya and Dr. Md. Zeyauddin

Abstract:
Sleep has restorative function and is important for conservation of energy and growth on the other hand insomnia is a disease characterized by inadequate quantity or quality of sleep. Here mentioned and discussed importance of sleep and basic concepts of insomnia, its pathogenesis, sign-symptoms and injurious effects our health from holistic point of view supported by modern perspective insomnia is considered as a multi factorial in etiology, but primarily manifests as a result of the imbalance in the temperamental quality of the brain due to yaboosat wa hararat and secondarily due to some other medical or mantle illness in Unani system of medicine. There are four known methods of treatment viz regimenal therapy, dieto therapy, pharmaco therapy and surgery. We have described several important mods of regimenal therapy like massage annotation, Hammam, arrigation, Taghreeq and exercise as well as popular Unani pharmaco therapy recorded in authentic and reliable Unani literatures to reduce or eradicate the symptoms and complications.