In Sanskrit it is called as Bshpika, Kalajaji, karavi, Kunchi, Kunchika, Kunjika Musavi, Sthulajarika, Upakuncharika, Sushavi, Krishna-jiraka, Upakunchika. In Unani its name is Kalonji, Shoniz and in Urdu it is called as Kalonji.

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis among older adults. It is also one of the most common causes of physical disability among adults. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a long-term chronic disease characterized by the deterioration of the cartilage in joints which results in bones rubbing together and creating stiffness, pain, and impaired movement. The pharmaco therapy can be associated with serious side effects and high costs. Now a day’s herbal medications have shown the potential for safe and effective management of arthritis and Unani medicine can provide an alternate therapy for Osteoarthritis. Suranjan Shireen-out of several herbal drugs in Unani Medicine is a potent and safe antiarthritic drug this has been proved in many in-vivo and in-vitro studies. Suranjan Shireen is effective against Arthralgia, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Gout. I have summarised the various clinical studies in this article to prove the therapeutic potentials of the Suranjan-shireen and Talkh with its Unani aspect to help the future scientist to explore this drug through clinical trial for treatment of various forms of OA specially in growing old age population.

The world has seen a pandemic which disrupted the life. Till now there are aftershocks of the COVID-19 such as Omicron instilling fear among individuals. Healthcare staff is on alert specifically the nurses has suffered a lot mentally due to this issue by developing fatigue. The study conducted during deadly 3rd COVID-19 wave. The data were collected by developing the questionnaire of the previously validated measures related to the variables under study from nurses working in the intensive care unit, critical care unit and floor wards of COVID-19 at Services Hospital, Lahore. A total of 140 questionnaires were used for data analysis. The study used Statistical Package for Social Sciences for frequency and descriptive statistics. Whereas, the outcomes of fear of COVID-19 were assessed by using the latest Smart Partial Least Squares software which allows to assess the complex research frameworks. The results of the study revealed that the fear of COVID-19 results in poor quality of life among nurses and fatigue. Resilience among nurses can reduce the negative consequences but did not get the statistical support.

The average human life expectancy has increased in recent times, so there is more focus on aging, age-related disease, and geriatric care in society. Older malnourished adults are more likely to have poorer health outcomes, longer hospital stays, and increased mortality, so there is a need to provide a nutritious and healthy diet to the old age population.Recent studies have shown that some medicinal herbs are effective in the intervention or prevention of aging-associated neurological disorders. Unani System of Medicine is one of the old traditional medicines in the world providing health care to humanity for centuries successively through natural safe, effective, and economic herbal medicine.Diets recommended for the old age population have been highlighted in this article with special emphasis on the traditional diets mentioned in the USM for geriatric care. There is a need to explore USM for better care of old age population and to find out an effective, safe, and economic treatment for old age diseases like Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, etc.