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  about unani
Unani medicine believes that diseases can be kept at bay by the use of clean and fresh water, breathing clean air and consuming fresh food.
Thus, the basic principles of Unani is that of the four humours represented in the human blood.
According to the Unani discipline as it stands today, the human body is composed of 7 natural and basic components called 'Umoor e Tabaiyah' which are responsible for maintenance of health.
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  Unani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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, the basic knowledge of Unani medicine as a healing system was collected by Hakim Ibn Sina (known as Avicenna).
While Unani was influenced by Islam, Ayurveda is associated with Vedic culture.
Unani medicine is not to be confused with Chinese medicine found in parts of Hunan province.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Unani   (420 words)

  
 Alternative Healing System - Unani Tibb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Unani Tibb is part of the culture of the Indian subcontinent, and is practiced widely in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and other countries.
In clinical practice, while the disease of the patient is diagnosed on the basis of the derangement of different humors, the assistance of some modern laboratory tests such as blood, stool, and urine examination, and examination of blood pressure is taken to confirm the diagnosis and to assess the severity of the disease wherever necessary.
In Unani Tibb, diagnosis of a disease is based upon knowledge of the patient's inherent temperament and his present temperament in the disease state which is a result of disturbance in his humors.
www.indiangyan.com /books/healthbooks/HealingSystem/unanitibb.shtml   (2530 words)

  
 Medicinal Systems Unani
Unani system of Medicine (Unanipathy) which originated in Greece is based on the principles propounded by Galen, a Greek practitioner.
Unani Medicine established that disease was a natural process and that symptoms were the reactions of the body to the disease.
Unani believes that it is this dominance which gives a man his individual habit and complexion i.e his temperament.
www.webindia123.com /medicine/systems/unaniindex.htm   (469 words)

  
 Ayurveda, Alternate Medicines, Unani Medicines, Nature Cure Centre Therapy Alternatice,herbal ...
Though unani and aurveda systems are very much effective, we do not live in the past we have combined the ancient unani tradition with the latest clinical research to formulate products which you can really trust.
Unani, the ancient science of health which, propagates its cure with the help of plants, herbs, fruits, trees, roots and sot.
The unani treatment being carried out are systematic programs that help to achieve the perfect balance that is requested for perfect health, so that the body is free from disease and the mind is free from stress.
www.unaniherbalist.com /unani_ayurveda_unani_medicine_unaniayurveda_unani_treatment.htm   (663 words)

  
 Hakeem vaid hakeem vaidh hakim tabeeb tabeeb tabib Chikitsalaya chikitsalaya chikitsak
The Unani system of medicine owes as its name suggests its origin to Greecen It was the great Greek philosopher-physician Hippocrates (460-377 B.C) who freed medicine from the realm of superstition and magic, and gave it the status of science.
Treatment in unani system of medicine, According to Hakeem Hashmi, is done mainly through diet control for simple disease in the initial stages followed by the administration of single drugs, failing which compound preparation may be administrated.
The unani herbalism, which developed over a periods of millennia by physicians like Hakeem Hashmi who devoted their entire life in search of useful herbs, wandering all over the thickets and mountains of the sub-continent, had imbibed the practices adopted by the locals and tribals from various regions.
www.beautygirls.org /about_hashmi.html   (1268 words)

  
 Unani cure center for unani herbalism,unani medicine exporter,herbs exporter,unani herbalism.
In India unani system of medicine was introduced by the Arabs and soon it took form roots in the soil.
Unani system is based on the Hippocratic theory that a perfect balance of "Arkhan" (elements), "Akhlat" (humor) and "Mijaz" (temperament) helps the body and mind healthy.
Treatment in the unani system of medicine is done mainly through diet control for simple diseases in the initial stages followed by the administration of single drug, failing which compound preparation may be administered.
www.hashmi.com /unani_herbalism1.html   (783 words)

  
 Unani Medicine - Effective, Inexpensive, Easily Available   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Unani system follows the humoural theory which postulates the presence of four humours in the body: dam (blood), balgham (phlegm), safra (yellow bile) and sauda (fl bile), a parallel to kapha, vata and pitta, the three doshas in ayurveda.
Since in Unani, health and disease depend upon the equilibrium or imbalance between the four humours, a thorough examination of the pulse is undertaken to determine which humour is dominant at the time.
Unani now forms an integral part of the national health care delivery system, and is recognised by the WHO as one of the alternative system of medicines.
www.lifepositive.com /Body/traditional-therapies/unani.asp   (2045 words)

  
 infoholix.net - Unani - Complementary Alternative Medicine International Directory
Unani System of Medicine or Unani Tibb, which originated in Greece, is based on the principles proposed by the philosopher and physician Hippocrates.
Unani believes in the humoral theory that maintains the presence of four humours -Dam (blood), Balgham (phlegm), Safra (Yellow bile) and Sauda (fl bile) in the body.
Unani Herbalism, this is derived from Hippocrates theory and these are pure herbal medicines and doesn’t contain any intoxicating drugs.
www.infoholix.net /category.php?mId=69   (1160 words)

  
 Herbalism- Ayurvedic medicine,Unani Medicine,Herbal Medicine,Unani System of Medicine,Herbal Treatment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
During the British rule Unani system of medicine suffered a setback due to withdrawal of State patronage, but continued to be practised as the masses reposed faith in the system.
According to the principles and philosophy of Unani Medicine, disease is a natural process, its symptoms are the reaction of the body to the disease, and the chief function of the physician is to aid the natural forces of the theory.
Unani system of medicine recognises the influence of surroundings and ecological conditions on the state of health of human beings.
www.dehlvi.com /herbalism.html   (2492 words)

  
 Unani Medicine
Unani medicine is an ancient form of medicine first developed by the Greeks in 460 BCE.
Unani philosophy believes that the body is made of 3 parts: a solid part (termed 'organs'), a liquid part (termed 'humours'), and a gaseous part (termed 'pneuma').
There are some unani hakims (physicians that practice unani medicine are referred to as 'hakim') that ascribe equal weight to all 3 parts of the body in the cause of disease, but these hakims are in the minority.
endeavor.med.nyu.edu /~desait01/unanihistory.html   (711 words)

  
 YAHIND DISCUSSION FORUM
Unani medicine also known as hikmat is ancient greek medicine that has been practiced for 6000 years.(unani is an Arabic spelling of Ionian, meaning Greek).
Unani Tibb was developed by the Greek physician Hippocrates (460-377 B.C) from the medicine and traditions of the ancient Greek and Mesopotania.
Unani remedies are available for all kind of diseases but most of them prefer to approach an unani physician in Chronic conditions.
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 International Institute of Islamic Medicine(IIIM)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
UNANI Medicine, as said earlier, is based on the principles put forward by Hippocrates and exploited asssimalated by the Medeaval Muslim Physicians.
Hippocrates was the first person to establish that disease was a natural process, that its symptoms were the reactions of the body to the disease, and that the chief function of the physician was to aid the natural forces of the body.
Experimental cultivation of some Unani drug plants to study their yield, adaptability and response to verbalization, watering, spacing and manuring, is being carried out at the Council’s centres at Aligarh, Lucknow, Madras and Srinagar.
www.iiim.org /iiimim.html   (3764 words)

  
 Unani Tibb- Medicine of the Greeks - Ummah.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Unani Tibb, the foundation of a good part of modern medicinal practice, is an amalgam of several systems of medicine and healing primarily based in Greek Hippocratic Humoral Theory.
Unani practitioners were not only physicians, they were often greatly distinguished scholars, mathematicians and philosphers as well.
Today, Unani Tibb is still being practiced widely in India and Pakistan and is taught as a branch of medicine at the Hamdard University in Kurachi, where research continues on botanical therapies and plant chemistry.
www.ummah.net /forum/showthread.php?t=2096   (715 words)

  
 Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Unani system of medicine is one of the oldest system of medicine in the world it is still popular and practiced in Indian sub continent and other parts of the world.
The Arabs have introduced Unani medicine in the Spain in the patronage of Spanish Ruler, many scholars contributed a lot to Unani Medicine for instance 1.
Unani Medicine soon got acceptance by the masses due to its efficacy and nontoxicity of the drugs.
indianmedicine.nic.in /html/unani/unani.htm   (1443 words)

  
 Management of Cerebral Palsy with a Unani formulation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Unani Medicine is based on Hippocratic theory of four humours "Dum" (blood); "Safra" (bile); "Balgham" (phlegm); and "Sauda" (fl bile) and four proximate qualities of the matter hot, cold, moist and dry.
Unani medicine also emphasizes the power of self-preservation and a Holistic approach to take care of specific structural and functional abnormalities.
The description of Cerebral Palsy in the classical literature of Unani medicine is available but in separate terminology's as "Humuq" and "Balahat" the latest terminology has been evolved as "Falij-e-Dimaghi" and the management has been mentioned up to some extent accordingly.
www.udaan.org /multimode/unani.html   (309 words)

  
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Joseph S. Alter Unani and the Problematic Sensibilities of Modern Nationalism Focusing, very narrowly, on the “state authorized” representations of the history of Unani medicine in modern India and modern Pakistan, this paper explores the critical tension between various ideologies -- religious, scientific, nationalistic -- manifest in the historical development of medical knowledge.
The history of Unani Medicine in its true context can be defined as a body of knowledge of medicine that owes its origin to Greek in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. and later developed by Arab physicians and scholars.
Of interest here is the framing of the Conference as a platform for both ayurvedic and unani practitioners, at a time when their advocates were commonly evoking the respective classical heritages, the foundational texts and the religious and cultural moorings of these medical traditions.
www.iastam.org /Panels.doc   (1337 words)

  
 unani & diabetes
Where as the unani Hakeems say diabetes is not the end of the road.
The most important difference between, western medicine and unani treatment is that, unani therapy try to make the pancreas to once again function at a normal and their natural level.
According to the prominent unani physician & researcher Hakeem Tajuddin Hashmi, the western medicine has it's limitations as the philosophy is to treat the disease where as unani treatments are concerned that the aim is to treat the person as a whole.
www.hashmi.com /unani_and_diabetes.html   (642 words)

  
 Unani Medicine with Reference to Hamdard of Pakistan and India
Unani medicine is ancient Greek medicine that has evolved within the Muslim world for the past 13 centuries (Unani is an Arabic spelling of Ionian, meaning Greek).
Unani medicine, like Western medicine (which also arose from the Greek background) owes its origination to Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.) and his numerous followers.
Meanwhile, the original facilities in India, devoted exclusively to Unani medicine, continued to expand; under its director, Hakim Abdul Hamid, it became world famous and is likely the largest facility on earth for research and training in herbal medicine.
www.itmonline.org /arts/unani.htm   (3497 words)

  
 CONCEPT OF ISLAMIC MEDICINE
Unani medicine has been tested and used for treatment of the following conditions: cancer[77], cataract[78], conjuctivitis[79], diarrhoea[80], urinary stones[81], and leprosy[82].
Unani remedies have also been investigated for effects on tissue repair and healing[86], effects on sexual behavior[87] and effects on stress[88]
Unani medicine during the reign of Qutb Shahi dynasty.
www.e-imj.com /Vol4-No1/Vol4-No1-H2.htm   (9832 words)

  
 Cognitive benefits in CP with Unani drugs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Unani Therapy is a modern version of ancient Greek medicine, contributed heavily by Ayurveda and Rasayana Shastra of ancient India, supplemented by Arab medicine.
One of the foremost exponents of Unani Therapy is Hamdard University of India, which has taken a lead to bring it up to modern standards in scientific study and standardization of products.
The results suggest that the incorporation of Unani Neuro-restorative drugs to the Multimode Therapy regimen as a follow up, one month after completing HBOT, gave a further enhancement to the Cognitive improvement in the children treated.
www.udaan.org /multimode/unanidat.html   (392 words)

  
 Aids: Alternative Therapies for AIDS Cure
In Unani medicine, herbs are used in many different systems in different ways.
According to Hakeem Hashmi, a prominent Unani physician, the skill of the herbalist lies mainly in strengthening the body's own healing mechanism instead of suppressing or disturbing it, as modern medicine tends to do.
The Unani physicians describe that there is a special ability hidden in every individual called the defensive mechanism of the body or in the language of Unani — 'Tabiyat-e-Muddabare Badan'.
www.lifepositive.com /body/body-holistic/AIDS/hiv-aids-research.asp   (532 words)

  
 Islam Online- News Section   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Unani is Arabic for “Ionian,” which means “Greek.” It is a formal medicine that has been practiced for 6,000 years.
Also known as “hikmat,” Unani Tibb Medicine was developed by the Greek physician Hippocrates (40 – 370 B.C.) from the medicine and traditions of the ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.
Unani medicine considers many factors in maintaining health and divides the body in a number of ways to define this wisdom.
www.islamonline.net /English/Science/2002/06/article15.shtml   (1699 words)

  
 Unani   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Unani and its allied branches have rational and scientific basic principles.
According to the Unani discipline as it stands today, the human body is composed of 7 natural and basic components called 'Umoor -e- Tabaiyah' which are responsible for maintenance of health.
In short, Unani Medicine aims at maintaining proper health by conserving symmetry in the different spheres of a man's life.
www.whereincity.com /medical/unani/index.php   (610 words)

  
 UNODC - Bulletin on Narcotics - 1965 Issue 1 - 003
Arabian medicine came to be known in India as "Unani Tibbi" in view of its Greek origin.
A large bulk of the latter class are, therefore, entirely dependent on preparations which contain cannabis and/or opium for sedation, hypnosis, analgesia, binding the bowels in cases of diarrhoea and dysentery, etc. No doubt, these physicians also prescribe aphrodisiacs containing either cannabis or opium, or both.
Banning their use by the large mass of Ayurvedic and Unani physicians for therapeutic purposes may create a vacuum which may not be easily filled for a long time to come.
www.unodc.org /unodc/ru/bulletin/bulletin_1965-01-01_1_page004.html   (2026 words)

  
 unani   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Unani medicine is in fact the least known therapeutic system today.
Supposed to be an Arab medicine, unani was propagated in India by travelers from central Asia.
However, a systematic study and the curriculum on this discipline started only in the later half of 20th century till them the entire practice of unani were in the hands of traditional Hakeem like Ayurveda, unani also makes use of herbs and minerals for the preparation of drugs.
www.beautygirls.org /unani.html   (395 words)

  
 The Unani Style of Medicine Humoural Pathology
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.
This was why in the Unani System it was not possible to be a good physician without having thoroughly learned the rules of logic.
www.jaytravelindia.com /yoga/unani_medicine.html   (315 words)

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