Effect of Unani Pharmacopeial Formulation Damavi on Iron Profile in Cases of Anaemia

Priyanka Verma

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Anaemia is decrease in red blood cells or haemoglobin in blood; its frequency is around 2.36 billion i.e. 33% in 2015. Important symptoms associated include paleness of skin, weakness, shortness of breath, poor ability to exercise, etc. Many Unani formulations are used for treating anaemia but in this study, Tab. Damavi was used to see its effect on iron profile. This study was carried out at Regional Research Institute of Unani medicine, New Delhi. For this, 32 female patients in the age group of 18–65 years attending OPD were selected with 8–11 g/dl of haemoglobin with or without the following signs and symptoms which include pallor, weakness, fatigue, and dyspnoea. After completion of study, data obtained was analyzed statistically, significance level of p <0.05 was used. Post treatment there was improvement in iron profile and complete blood count which includes increase (p<0.05) in iron (26.84%), ferritin (71.56%), transferrin saturation (34.20%), haemoglobin (16.83%), hematocrit (10.3%), mean corpuscular volume (7.47%), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (13.13%) and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (3.93%) while total iron binding capacity decreases (p>0.05) by 7.19%. No adverse event is reported as kidney and liver function tests were normal. This shows that Tab. Damavi is not only safe, it also help in improving iron profile, by increasing haemoglobin or relieving anaemia.

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