Health Beneficial Effects of Moomiaii in Traditional Medicine

Abstract

raditional medicine (TM) that developed over the years within various societies consists of medical experimental knowledge and practices, which apply natural methods and compounds for general wellness and healing. Moomiaii as a pale-brown to blackish-brown natural exudate is one of the natural compounds in traditional medicine that has been used over 3000 years in many countries of the world especially in India, China, Russia, Iran, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Kirgizstan. We reviewed all English-language studies about Moomiaii that we accessed them. In traditional medicine, many beneficial activities have been attributed to Moomiaii and to its main constituents, Humic acid and Fulvic acid, which are widely used to prevent and treatment of different diseases. Some modern scientific investigations showed that Moomiaii as a safe dietary supplement can be beneficial in various health complications. Even though the beneficial effects of Moomiaii have been confirmed in traditional and modern medicine, it seems that additional in-vitro/in-vivo studies and comprehensive clinical trials are necessary to explain the whole mechanisms of action and to determine the effective doses in various diseases. We discuss and clarify the claimed health beneficial effects of Moomiaii in some wide-spread diseases regarding its anti-ulcerogenic, immunomodulatory, antidiabetic, antioxidative and anticancer properties. [GMJ.2020;9:e1743]

Therapeutic Efficiency of Humic Acids in Intoxications

“…In a study dealing with the use of HAs in Persian, Arabic, Chinese, and Indian traditional medicine [67,68], the anti-cancer effect of HAs is described, mainly due to the antioxidant protection of cellular components, especially DNA, against the harmful oxidative influence of superoxide anion or hydroxyl radical. Likewise, the administration of HAs can be useful as a supportive treatment alongside cancer chemotherapy, where it protects tissue cells around the application of chemotherapeutics and prevents (mitigates) oxidative damage to these cells.…”

Chemical Characteristics and Biotechnological Potentials of Mumio

“…Mumio (Shilajit) is a traditional medicine used for centuries due to its therapeutic properties (Kloskowski et al, 2021;Rahmani et al 2020;Wilson et al 2011). It is a blackish-brown mineral resin found in the Himalayan and Tian Shan mountains and composed of organic and inorganic compounds (Zandraa et al 2021;Behrman and Martin 2016).…”

Shilajit potentiates the effect of chemotherapeutic drugs and mitigates metastasis induced liver and kidney damages in osteosarcoma rats

“…Wound-induced inflammation and aspirin-induced gastric lesions were found to be abrogated in rats by shilajit treatment ( Ghasemkhani et al, 2021 , Kim et al, 2021 ). Shilajit activated peritoneal macrophages and splenocytes in tumor bearing murine during different tumor growth stages ( Rahmani Barouji et al, 2020a ). Shilajit is also attributed to a number of beneficial effects against neurological disorders including Alzheimer’s disease ( Bhattarai et al, 2016 , Calfio et al, 2020 , Carrasco-Gallardo et al, 2012a , Carrasco-Gallardo et al, 2012b ).…”