Unani Med

1. Unani Medicine
Hannah Presher
Complementary and
Alternative Medicine
Fall 2015

2. Definition
• Unani uses holistic and balanced approach
• Encompasses diagnosis and restoration of health
• Uses the body’s natural forces of recupreation
• Theory of naturals (combination of humans and nature)
• (Micozzi, 469)
• Abdelhamid’s article "Unani medicine, part I“
• Unani comes from Greek term Ionian, which means
"things-Greek“
• Unani medicine is derived from Greek, Arabic, and
Persian knowledge
• The primary sources of medical text that were translated
into this current form of medicine, however, were Greek
• (Abdelhamid, 24)

3. Use
• Unani is used maintain health, prevent disease,
and treat disease
• This involves diet and exercise to maintain
health and prevent sickness
• Divided into two different concepts: (1) the
management of healthy bodies, and (2) the
management of sick bodies (Micozzi, 477)
• Can involve medication, but only when
absolutely necessary, as it is the second choice of
treatment (Micozzi, 479)

4. Influence
• Prerequisite to modern medicine in the West
following the Arab-Muslim decline
• Contributed comprehensive compendia and
encyclopedic books
• Widespread practice and teaching in not only
the West, but many areas of the world
• (Micozzi, 480)

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