Unani Style of Medicine

"This ancient medical tradition ,with its origin in the in the mediterranean world and its developement in the Middle East,was brought to India with  the  spread  of Islamic civilisation. The system came  to  India  as  a result of  muslim conquests in  the region from around the 10th century A.D. thus, an originally  transplanted medical  system, became indigenous and traditional over medical  system, became indigenous and traditional over the centuries,to the extent that  today it is commonly used.

The Unani system of medicine was founded on the principles propounded  by Galen,a Greek  practitioner. Kitab-al-shifa,the magnum  opus  of  Abu    Sina,   an Arab philosopher  and  physicist, also known as Avicenna in English.

If the four humours and the  four primary qualities were all  in  a state of mutual  equilibrium, man was   healthy. The  influence  of exterior factors such as climate, age, profession, customs, etc cause a dominance of one  of  the  four humours to be observed in   every human body. This gave  a  man  his individual habit & complexion,his "temperament",which may be sanguine, phlegmatic, choleric or milancholic.

Another characteristic feature of the Galenic system was the Aristotelian relation  between the general and the particular. What the medical textbooks contained were only the general  facts of anatomy, pathology, therapeuticcs, etc. From these general rules, physicians  had  to derive the appropriate individual  treatment  for  a  given  case  by  means  of   logical procedure, especially by the so-called analogical conclusion. This was  why  in  the Unani System it was not possible  to be a good physician without having thoroughly  learned  the rules of logic.

On the other hand ,Indian medicine  knew   of  many drugs equally efficacious but not recognised in the Unani  system. Today, the Unani system of  medicine is  practised  in  India. Thanks to the  pioneering work &    research  of  a  charitable  organization hamdard and various Tibbiya colleges located throughout the  country,this system of  medicine is in no danger of going into oblivion.

 
 


For further information please contact:
 
Central Research Institute
of Unani Medicine,
Opposite E.S.I. hospital
A.G. Colony Road,Erragadda,
Hyderabad 500 838
Andhra Pradesh
              
Regional Research Institute
of Unani Medicine,
Nawab Manzil,Guzri,
Patna 800 008
Bihar

Hamdard Research Clinic and Nursing
Home, 2/3 Asaf Ali Road,
Delhi 110 002

Majeedia Hospital,
Hamdard Hospital,
Tuuglakabad,New Delhi

Hamdard Dawakhana,
2 A/3,Asaf Ali Road,
New Delhi 110 002

Regional Research Institute
of Unani Medicine,
1,West Mada Church Street,
Royapuram,Chennai 600 001
Tamil Nadu

Regional Research Institute
of Unani Medicine,
163-164,terhi Pulia,Kursi Road,
P.O. Batha Saboli,Aliganj,
Lucknow 226 007
Uttar Pradesh                       

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