Abstract: Lifestyle Disorders (LSD) pose a widespread challenge, often stemming from poor dietary choices, insufficient physical activity, alcohol consumption, and smoking. These behaviours contribute to serious health issues such as cardiovascular disease (hypertension and heart attack), chronic respiratory ailments (COPD & Asthma), Diabetes, and cancer. These conditions fall under the category of non-communicable Diseases (NCD), as they are not directly transferable between individuals. In India, 66% of NCD-related deaths in 2019 were reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), accounting for 41 million deaths globally, or 74% of total fatalities.
According to Unani medicine, lifestyle disorders emerge from a prolonged imbalance in Asbab-e-Sitta Ḍarūriyya (six essential factors). Numerous factors, including unhealthy eating habits, a sedentary lifestyle, obesity, stress, anxiety, inadequate sleep, smoking, and alcoholism contribute to the development of these diseases. Unani medicine emphasizes on distinctive combination of Asbab-e-Sitta Ḍarūriyya, that play a crucial role in preventing and managing various lifestyle disorders. These factors include atmospheric air, dietary habits, rest and physical activities, psychological activities and rest, sleep patterns and wakefulness, and eliminations and retentions. This paper explores the pathogenesis of Lifestyle disorders produced by due imbalance in Asbab-e- Sitta Ḍarūriyya.
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