1Department of Tahaffuzi wa Samaji Tib (Preventive and Social Medicine), Younis Fazlan Unani Medical College, Kunj Keda, Maharashtr, India, 2Department of Amraze Niswan wa Ilmul Qabalat (Obstetrics and Gynecology), National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 3Department of Ilmul Saidla (Pharmacy), National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 4Departm...

BACKGROUND Unani Medicine, also called "Unani-tibb", has a long and impressive record in India based on the grecoarabic medicine and teachings of Hippocrates, Galen and Arab physicians. Its main principle is the maintenance of equilibrium among the various aspects of the body, made up of four elements, different temperaments, simple and compound organs, and four humours. METHODS The main bibl...

Department of Amraze Niswan wa Qabalat (Obstetrics and Gynecology) 1 , National Institute of Unani Medicine, PG Institute of Research, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Department of Ilmus Saidla (Pharmacy) 2 , National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Department of AYUSH 3 , Bangalore, Karnataka, India Department of Imul Advia (Pharmacology) 4 , Al Farooq Unani Medical Colleg...

Unani system of medicine is one of the oldest systems of medicine and existence of this system till now itself is an evidence of validity of its principles. However, the essence of any science is progress based on a continuous quest for new knowledge through research, development and newer applications. Unani medicine too should not be exception to this. With the same objective, Government of I...

The Unani system of medicine is an age-old, time-tested system of medicine dating back 5000 years to Greece. Like any other form of medical science, Unani medicine strives to find the best possible ways by which a person can lead a healthy life with the least or zero sickness. Unani scholars believe that diseases can be kept at bay by using clean and fresh water, breathing clean air and consumi...

at present, liver transplantation remains the only curative option for the patients with cirrhosis and end-stage liver diseases. the survival rate and recurrent diseases remain the major issues in the patient post-transplantation. unani medicine is one of the oldest traditional systems of medicine which has been treating chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis (talayyaful-kabid) for centuries. the...

conclusions our results suggested that many of the designed questions according to the literature’s mizaj identification indices had satisfactory reliability and the final ten-item questionnaire could discriminate the different groups of mizaj, therefore, this can be used as the first version of a brief self-report mizaj estimating scale. objectives the present study aimed to design a prelimina...

Unani system of medicine is very much practiced in the countries of South Asia such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Srilanka. Unani system owes its origin in Greece where Hippocrates propounded this medical art of treatment. An introductory analysis about the Unani system of treatment is divulged in this text to understand its conceptual features. The governments of the region have drawn the...

The concept of Iksir-e-Badan (Elixir) in Unani System of Medicine dates back to time immemorial and the connotation itself derived from an Arabic word “Al-Iksir”. Some selected advia (single & compound drugs, either plant, animal or mineral origin) are described under its caption. Iksir-e-Badan (Aab-e-Hyat/Maddatul-Hayat/Rasayana/Elixir) is defined as “One who obtains perpetuity, regains youth,...

Hemiplegia is complete or nearly complete paralysis on one side of the body. Hemiplegia constitutes the main somatoneurological disorder in about 90% of patients with stroke. Its incidence increases markedly with advancing age. The objective of the study was to enable individual patients to achieve their full potential and to maximize the benefits from dalak (massage), riyazat (exercise) and Un...