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 the centuries,to the extent that today it is commonly used.  The Unani system of medicine was founded on the principles propo- unded by Galen,a Greek practi- tioner.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 medi- cal 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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