Neela Thotha (Copper sulphate): An important mineral drug of Unani medicine to be used in the management of various ailments

Neela Thotha (Copper sulphate) is a mineral origin drug in Unani system of medicine (USM). Chemically, it known as copper sulphate that formulated CuSO4. It used by various scholars to manage different ailments effective and safe manner Mufrad (single) Murakkab (compound) form viz. Amrad Jild (skin disease), Chashm (eyes diseases), Nizam Hadm (GIT Tansuliya (sexually transmit Dimag (brain Tanffus (respiratory disease) Poisoning certain substances. A review was done bibliographic database from ScienceDirect, Medline, PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Ebsco Publishing's Electronic Databases, Scirus. Search using key words ‘Neela Thotha’, ‘Copper ’, ‘Tootiya’, ‘CuSO4’, literature also collected the renowned text book Khazain-ul-Advia, Mohit-e-Aazam, Makhzan-ul-Mufradat, Mufradat-e-Azizi standard conventional books Indian Medicinal Plants, Parikh’s Textbook Medical Jurisprudence Forensic Medicine Toxicology. In considered poisonous substance characterized colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, severe headache, albuminuria, dyspnoea, circulatory failure, coma death avoids its use human being. While USM after proper detoxification ailments. formulations have been claimed be useful management this article authors an attempt explore properties several ailments.
 Keywords: Thotha; Tootiya; CuSO4; Copper sulphate;