Knowra Unani medicine Unani medicine Unani medicine is a traditional medical system rooted in Greco-Arabic medicine. It explains health through bodily temperaments and balance among blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile.
Humorism : A medical theory that explains health and illness through the balance of bodily fluids. Unani medicine adapts this ancient framework into its account of bodily balance.
Unani diagnosis : The assessment of health and illness in Unani medicine through symptoms, pulse, urine, and other observations. Practitioners use these assessments to infer temperament and humoral disturbance.
Hippocrates : An ancient Greek physician traditionally regarded as a founding figure of Western medicine. Hippocratic writings supplied influential ideas about humors, environment, and regimen.
Unani pharmacopoeia : A body of standards and descriptions for medicinal substances and preparations used in Unani medicine. Pharmacopoeial standards identify and regulate ingredients used in Unani formulations.
Ayurveda : A South Asian medical system that explains health through bodily constitutions and balances among three doshas. Ayurveda also uses constitutional balance, but its dosha framework differs from Unani humors.
Four humors : The four bodily fluids—blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile—used in ancient medicine to explain health and temperament. Their balance is central to Unani explanations of health and disease.
Ilaj bil Tadbeer : Unani treatment through regimen and physical methods, including exercise, massage, bathing, and dietary adjustment. Regimental therapy seeks to restore balance by changing bodily habits and conditions.
Galen : A Greek physician and author whose medical theories shaped medicine for centuries across Europe and the Middle East. Galenic theories became a major foundation for Unani humoral medicine.
Unani medicine in India : The practice, teaching, and regulation of Unani medicine within India's healthcare and educational systems. India is a major center for contemporary Unani institutions and clinical practice.
Traditional Chinese medicine : A Chinese medical system involving concepts such as qi, yin and yang, and the five phases. Its account of bodily balance uses a distinct conceptual tradition from Unani humoral theory.
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