Unani-tibb or Unani Medicine also spelled Yunani Medicine (juːˈnɑːni/; Yūnānī in Arabic, Hindi-Urdu and Persian) means "Greek Medicine", and is a form of traditional medicine widely practiced in South Asia. It refers to a tradition of Graeco-Arabic medicine, which is based on the teachings of Greek physician Hippocrates, and Roman physician Galen, and developed into an elaborate medical System by Arab and Persian physicians, such as Rhazes, Avicenna (Ibn Sena), Al-Zahrawi, and Ibn Nafis.
Unani medicine is based on the
concept of the four humours:
Phlegm (Balgham), Blood (Dam), Yellow
bile (Ṣafrā') and Black
bile (Saudā')
Etymology
The word Unani or Yunani has its
origins in the Greek word Ἰωνία (Iōnía) or Ἰωνίη (Iōníe), a place name given to
a Greek populated coastal region of Anatolia.
History
Though the threads which comprise
Unani healing can be traced all the way back to Claudius Galenus of Pergamum, who lived in the second century of the Christian
Era and also to Ancient Iranian Medicine, the basic knowledge of Unani medicine as a healing system
was developed by Hakim
Ibn
Sina (known as Avicenna in the west) in
his medical encyclopedia The Canon of Medicine. The time
of origin is thus dated at circa 1025 AD, when Avicenna wrote The
Canon of Medicine in Persia. While he was primarily influenced by Greek
and Islamic medicine,
he was also influenced by the Indian
medical teachings of Sushruta and Charaka.
Unani medicine first arrived in
India around 12-13 century CE with establishment of Delhi
Sultanate (1206-1527 CE) and Muslim rule over
North
India and subsequently flourished under Mughal
Empire. Alauddin
Khilji (r. 1296-1316) had several eminent
Unani physicians (Hakims) in his royal courts In the coming year this royal
patronage meant development of Unani practice in India, but also of Unani
literature with the aid of Indian Ayurvedic physicians.
Asia
Fortunately, Unani classical
literature consists of thousands of books across the world, contains vast
knowledge and mention of experiences on all aspects of medicine. According to
Unani medicine, management of any disease depends upon the diagnosis of disease.In
the diagnosis,clinical features i.e. signs, symptoms,laboratory features and
mizaj( temperament)are important.
Any cause and or factor is countered
by Quwwat-e- mudabbira-e- badan (the power of body responsible to maintain
health) the failing of which may lead to quantitatively or qualitatively
derangement of the normal equilibrium of akhlat( humors ) of body which
constitute the tissues and organs. This abnormal humor leads to pathological
changes in the tissues anatomically and physiologically at the affected site of
the body and exhibits the clinical manifestations.
After diagnosing the disease, Usoole
ilaj (principle of management) of disease is determined on the basis of
etiology on the following pattern.
- Izalae sabab (elimination of cause)
- Tadeele akhlat (normalization of humors)
- Tadeele aza (normalization of tissues/organs)
All these elaborations were built on
the basic Hippocratic
theory of the four humours.
The theory postulates the presence of blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile
in the human body. Each person's unique mixture of these substances determines
his Mizaj(Temperament). a predominance of blood gives a sanguine temperament; a
predominance of phlegm makes one phlegmatic; yellow bile, bilious (or
choleric); and black bile, melancholic. Whan these humours are in balance, the
human system is healthy and whan it is imbalance which can result in disease.
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