Internal Medicine: Open Access
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Department of Tashreehul Badan, University of Aligarh Muslim, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Publications

• Short Communication   
  Concept of Dhaat Syndrome in Unani System of Medicine: A Review
  Author(s): Mohammad Anas and Abul Faiz*
  
  The term “Dhat” was derived from songskrito and the ancient Vedic depiction of body fluids called “dhatus” and among the seven different body fluids (dhatus) mentioned in Veda; semen is perceived to be most precious one. First of all Indian doctor Narendra Wig coined the term Dhat syndrome in 1960 and described it as being characterized by vague psychosomatic symptoms of fatigue, weakness, anxiety, loss of appetite, guilt, and sexual dysfunction, attributed by the patient to loss of semen in nocturnal emission, through urine or masturbation. Several local terms have come to imply the passing of semen in urine as “dhatu rog” and named also as “jiryan.” Ayurvedic scholars regard semen loss as a severe illness, leading to physical debilitation, ill health, thereby promoting herbal and dietary therapies. In Unani system o.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2165-8048.21.11.344

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