What is Unani?
What is the History
behind Unani?
Essencial of Unani?
What are the Diagnose
and Treatment?
Unani Medicines?
What is Unani?
Unani
Medicine is based on the Greece philosophy.
According to Basic Principals of Unani the body
is made up of the four Basic elements i.e. Earth,
Air, Water, Fire which have different Temperaments
i.e. Cold, Hot, Wet, Dry. After mixing and interaction
of four elements a new compound having new temperament
comes into existence i.e. Hot Wet, Hot Dry,
Cold Wet, Cold Dry. The body have the Simple
and Compound Organs which got their nourishment
through four Humours i.e. Blood, Phlegm, Yellow
Bile, Black Bile. The humour also assigned temperament
as blood is hot and wet, Phlegm is cold and
hot, yellow bile is hot and dry and black bile
is cold and dry.
Brief History of Unani
Unani
medicine in India was introduced in 1351AD by
Arabs. The first known Hakim was Zia Mohd Masood
Rasheed zangi. Unani Medicine soon got acceptance
by the masses due to its efficacy and nontoxicity
of the drugs.
The
Unani system of medicine owes, as its name suggests,
its orgin to Greece. It was the Greek philosopher-physician
Hippocrates (460-377 BC) who freed Medicine
from the realm of superstition and magic, and
gave it the status of Science. The theoretical
framework of Unani Medicine is based on the
teachings of Hippocrates. After a number of
other Greek scholars enriched the system considerably.
They were
Galen (131-210 AD)
Rhazes (850-925 AD)
Avicenna (980-1037 AD) contributed their best
to give it what it is today.
Unani
Medicine got enriched by imbibing what was best
in the contemporary system of traditional medicine
in Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Persia, India, China
and other Middle East and Far Eastern countries.
During 13th and 17th century Unani Medicine
has its hey-day in India. Among those who made
valuable contributions to this system in the
period were, to name only a few, Abu Baker bin
Ali Usman Kashani, Sadruddin Damashqui Bahwa
bin Khwas Khan, Ali Geelani, Akbar Arzani and
Mohammad Hashim Alvi Khan.
Essencials Of Unani?
Health
is a state of Body in which there is equilibrium
in the Humours and functions of the body are normal
in accordance to its own temperament and the environment.
When the equilibrium of the Humours is disturbed
and functions of the body are abnormal ,in accordance
to its own temperament and environment, that state
is called Disease. Unani medicine believes in
Promotion of Health , prevention of diseases and
cure. Health of human is based on the six essentials
(Asbabe Sitta Zaroorya) if these are followed
health is maintained otherwise there will be diseases.
Six
essentials are
1.Atmospheric
Air
2.Drinks and Food
3.Sleep and Wakefulness
4.Excretion and Retention
5.Physical activity and rest
6. Mental activity and Rest.
Diagnose and Treatment
Diagnosis
- Diseases are mainly diagnosed with the help
of Pulse (Nabz), physical examination of
the Urine and Stool. Also, patients are examined
systematically to make the diagnosis easy as spot
diagnosis with the help of simple, modern gadgets.
Treatment-Diseases
are treated in the following ways
- Ilajbil
Tadbeer (Regimenal Therapy)
- Ilajbil
Ghiza ( Dietotherapy)
- Ilajbil
Dava (Pharmacotherapy)
- Ilajbil
Yad ( Surgery)
1.
Ilajbil Tadbeer(Regimenal Therapy):-Some drugless
regimens are advised for the treatment of certain
ailments i.e. Exercise, Massage, Hamam(Turkish
Bath), Douches(Cold and Hot) and the Regimen for
Geriatrics.
2.
Ilajbil Ghiza(Dietotherapy):-Different diets are
recommended for the patients of different diseases.
3.
Ilajbil Dava (Pharmaco-therapy):- The basic concept
of treatment is to correct the cause of the disease
that may be Abnormal temperament due to
- Environmental
factors
- Abnormal
humours either due to internal causes or external
causes which may be pathogenic micro-organism,
through (a)drugs of opposite temperament to
the temperament of the disease that is called
Ilaj-bil-zid or (b) drugs of similar temperament
as of the temperament of the disease that is
called as Ilaj-bil-misl
The drugs
used are mostly of the Plant origin. Some drugs
of Animal and Mineral Origin are also used. Patients
are treated either by single drugs (crude drugs)
or by compound drugs (formulations of single drugs).
There are
two types of compound drugs used in the treatment
of the diseases i.e. Classical compound drugs
which are in use for the hundreds and thousands
years and Patent/Proprietary compound drugs which
have been formulated by the individuals or institutions
as per their research and experiences.
Unani Medicines
Sharbat Rooh-Afza
|| Safi || Cinkara || Roghan Badam Shirin || Sualin
|| Pachnol || Joshina || Joshanda || Hamdogen
|| Hamdard Gripe Water || Kulzam || Hamdard Special
Chyawanprash || Ghaza Husn Afza || Zamad Shabab
|| Safuf Mohazzil || Masturin || Mahwari ||Supari
Pak || Hamdoroid || Dolabi || Aujai || Zulamla
|| Roghan Amla Khas || Hamdard Balm || Hamdard
Marham || Khamira Abresham Hakim Arshad Wala
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