Unani medicine is one of the oldest healing systems in the world, originating from ancient greece and later refined by arab and persian scholars. Unani medicine interacted with indian buddhist medicine at the time of alexander's invasion of india. Delve into the rich history of unani medicine with hakim ajmal khan.
Unani medicine, one of the oldest systems of traditional healing, has its roots in ancient greece and has flourished in the indian subcontinent. Unani medicine is substantially based on ibn sina’s the canon of medicine (11th century). The origins of unani medicine are found in the doctrines of the ancient greek physicians hippocrates and galen.
Unani medicine (also called tibb e unani) is a traditional system of medicine originated in greece, influenced by the ancient science of ayurveda and became part of traditional arabic and islamic medicine. It was introduced to india centuries ago and has since become a significant part of the country’s traditional medicine. Unani system of medicines originated in greece and is based on the teaching of hippocrates and galen. Learn about its origins, evolution, and impact on contemporary health practices.
There was a great exchange of knowledge at that time which is visible from the similarity of the basic conceptual frames of the two systems.