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Unani Style of
Medicine
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Gem Theraphy
 "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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