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Major specialties of Unani medicine

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  Major specialties of Unani medicine Unani medicine is based on the concept of humoral theory. This is the first theory of scientific medicine and practiced for over 2500 years. According to this theory, there are four humours in the body. These humours are Blood (daam), phelgum (bulghum), yellow bile (safra), and black bile (sauda). In Unani medicine, all the phenomena of health and disease are described in this theory. There are three basic modalities of treatment in the Unani system of medicine. These are – Ilaj Bil Tadbeer wo Taghjiya (Regiminal Therapy and diet therapy) Ilaj Bil Advia (Pharmacotherapy) Ilaj Bil Yaad (Therapy with manual intervention like Surgery) Unani medicine is subdivided into several specialties. Few other major specialties and departments of Unani medicine are follows – 1.      Kulliyat-e-tibb (Principle of medicine): it is a fundamental branch that provides the basis for the study of Unani medicine as it deals with the go...
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Ajzaay-e-Tarkeebiya / Constituents of drugs

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  Constituents (Ajzaay-e-Tarkeebiya) of drugs Every living organism is made up of several organic and inorganic components, that have their own physical and chemical properties.   Hence almost all drugs of plant and animal origin (Nabati wo Haywani) are basically of composite composition (Murakkab-ul-Qua). Based on medicinal use, Unani scholars have divided the constituents of plants and animal drugs into the following types. Components of plants and animal drugs: 1.       Carbohydrates (shakariyat): These are the sweet components of plant and animal-origin (Nabati wo Haywani) drugs. 2.       Proteins (lehmiyat): These are complex organic components found in both Nabati wo Haywani advia. 3.       Fats (shehmiyat): The oils and fats of plant and animal drugs are categorized in this group. Various types of fat-soluble constituents are also found in it. For example Roghan-e-bedanjeer, ghee, fi...
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  Zeequn Nafas    / Bronchial Asthma Bronchial Asthma, known as Zeequn Nafas /Dama/Rabw in Unani System of Medicine, is a Balghami (phlegmatic) disease caused by accumulation of thick viscid Balgham (phlegm) in the lung airways leading to ‘Usr al-Tanaffus (difficulty in breathing). Iläj bi’l-Dawä’ (Pharmacotherapy) Single drugs Züfä Khushk (Hyssopus officinalis ) Tukhm Katän (Linum usitatissimum.) Irsä (Iris ensata Thunb.) Kurkum (Curcuma longa Linn.) Kalonjé (Nigella sativa Linn.) Isbaghol (Plantago ovata Forsk.) Unñul (Urginea indica Kunth.) Püdéna (Mentha arvensis Linn.) Compound drugs ·          Habbe Zeequnnafs : Dose: one pill thrice a day with honey or luke warm water. Route of administration: oral   ·          Lauq Katan : Dose: 5 to 10 gm thrice a day Action: Act as expectorant. Route of administ...
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