Abstract

Alcohol is a predominant factor in about 60 types of diseases and injuries worldwide. Almost 5.1% of all deaths occurring universally are attributed to consumptions of alcohol (WHO 2014). There is a progressive trend as being witnessed in the form of increase in youth addiction to alcohol consumption. Hence, there is an urgent need to pursue this chronic problem and to device an enduring solution. Consumption of alcohol leads to a proportionate increase in malnutrition in addition to clinical manifestation like fatty liver, wernicke’s encephalopathy etc. Alcoholics required to be integrated into the mainstream society by providing suitable rehabilitation. In the due course of rehabilitation, alcoholics suffer from severe withdrawal symptoms and gastritis. On the basis of extensive perusal of research reports regarding the clinical benefit of nigella sativa, there is a substantial avenue to explore and to augment knowledge on the healing benefits of the herb.

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