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Unani medicine, the Glossary

Unani or Yunani medicine (Urdu: طب یونانی tibb yūnānī) is Perso-Arabic traditional medicine as practiced in Muslim culture in South Asia and modern day Central Asia.^[1]

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Healthcare in Pakistan
History of medieval medicine

Abu Bakr al-Razi

Abū Bakr al-Rāzī (full name: label),, often known as (al-)Razi or by his Latin name Rhazes, also rendered Rhasis, was a Persian physician, philosopher and alchemist who lived during the Islamic Golden Age.

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Alauddin Khalji

Alauddin Khalji (علاء الدین خلجی), born Ali Gurshasp, was a ruler from the Khalji dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate in the Indian subcontinent.

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Ancient Greek medicine

Ancient Greek medicine was a compilation of theories and practices that were constantly expanding through new ideologies and trials. Unani medicine and Ancient Greek medicine are Pseudoscience.

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Annoyance

Annoyance is an unpleasant mental state that is characterized by irritation and distraction from one's conscious thinking.

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Avicenna

Ibn Sina (translit; – 22 June 1037 CE), commonly known in the West as Avicenna, was a preeminent philosopher and physician of the Muslim world, flourishing during the Islamic Golden Age, serving in the courts of various Iranian rulers.

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Ayurveda

Ayurveda is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. Unani medicine and Ayurveda are history of medieval medicine and Pseudoscience.

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Biopiracy

Biopiracy (also known as scientific colonialism) is the unauthorized appropriation of knowledge and genetic resources of farming and indigenous communities by individuals or institutions seeking exclusive monopoly control through patents or intellectual property.

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Central Asia

Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.

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Central Council of Indian Medicine

Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) was a statutory body under the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India between 1971 and 2021.

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Charaka

Charaka acharya was one of the principal contributors to Ayurveda, a system of medicine and lifestyle developed in ancient India.

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Delhi Sultanate

The Delhi Sultanate or the Sultanate of Delhi was a late medieval empire primarily based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent, for 320 years (1206–1526).

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Galen

Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus (Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; September 129 – 216 AD), often anglicized as Galen or Galen of Pergamon, was a Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher.

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Government of India

The Government of India (IAST: Bhārat Sarkār, legally the Union Government or Union of India and colloquially known as the Central Government) is the central executive authority of the Republic of India, a federal republic located in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories.

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Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman

Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman is an Indian scholar of Unani medicine. Unani medicine and Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman are history of medieval medicine.

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Hamdard Pakistan

Hamdard Pakistan, is a Pakistani unani medicine company which is based in Karachi, Pakistan.

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Higher Education Commission (Pakistan)

The Higher Education Commission (colloquially known as HEC) is a statutory body formed by the Government of Pakistan which was established in 2002 under the Chairmanship of Atta-ur-Rahman.

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Hippocrates

Hippocrates of Kos (Hippokrátēs ho Kôios), also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician and philosopher of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine.

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Humorism

Humorism, the humoral theory, or humoralism, was a system of medicine detailing a supposed makeup and workings of the human body, adopted by Ancient Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers. Unani medicine and Humorism are history of medieval medicine.

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Indian campaign of Alexander the Great

The Indian campaign of Alexander the Great began in 327BC and lasted until 325BC.

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Indian Medical Association

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) is a private, national voluntary organisation of physicians in India.

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Iranian traditional medicine

Iranian traditional medicine (ITM) (tebbe sonnati-e irāni), also known as Persian traditional medicine, is one of the most ancient forms of traditional medicine. Unani medicine and Iranian traditional medicine are history of medieval medicine.

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Islam in South Asia

Islam is the second-largest religion in South Asia, with more than 650 million Muslims living there, forming about one-third of the region's population.

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Medicine

Medicine is the science and practice of caring for patients, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health.

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Medicine in the medieval Islamic world

In the history of medicine, "Islamic medicine" Also known as "Arabian medicine" is the science of medicine developed in the Middle East, and usually written in Arabic, the lingua franca of Islamic civilization. Unani medicine and medicine in the medieval Islamic world are history of medieval medicine.

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Ministry of Ayush

The Ministry of Ayush, a ministry of the Government of India, is responsible for developing education, research and propagation of traditional medicine and alternative medicine systems in India.

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Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia.

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Names of the Greeks

The Greeks (Έλληνες) have been identified by many ethnonyms.

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National Council for Tibb

National Council for Tibb (قومی طبی کونسل) is a body corporate, established under section 3 of The Unani, Ayurvedic and Homoeopathic Practitioners Act, 1965, to promote the Unani, Ayurvedic and Homoeopathic system of medicine. Dawn (newspaper), Published 19 August 2016, Retrieved 28 February 2023 It is responsible for developing curriculum, education and examination of Tibb-e-Unani and Ayurveda and for registration of Tabibs/Hakims and Vaids who passed the examination.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Pakistan Medical and Dental Council

Pakistan Medical and Dental Council is a statutory regulatory authority that maintains the official register of medical practitioners in Pakistan.

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Pharmacy Council of Pakistan

The Pharmacy Council of Pakistan; acronym PCP) is a professional body for accreditation of pharmacy education and regulation of pharmacy profession in Pakistan. It was established under Pharmacy Act, 1967 to protect, promote and maintain the health, safety and wellbeing of patients and the public. In addition, this council accredits pharmacy schools and colleges in Pakistan to ensure that the required standard of studies is met before it grants its approval.

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Phlegm

Phlegm (phlégma, "inflammation", "humour caused by heat") is mucus produced by the respiratory system, excluding that produced by the throat nasal passages.

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Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture

Project of History of Indian science and civilization (PHISPC) is a project initiated by the Centre for Studies in Civilizations under the editorship of Professor D. P. Chattopadhyaya in India.

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Pseudoscience

Pseudoscience consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that claim to be both scientific and factual but are incompatible with the scientific method.

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Qarshi University

Qarshi University (QU) (Urdu) is a project of Qarshi Foundation; a non-profit welfare organization funded by the Qarshi family.

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Quackery

Quackery, often synonymous with health fraud, is the promotion of fraudulent or ignorant medical practices.

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Sushruta

Sushruta (lit) is the listed author of the Sushruta Samhita (Sushruta's Compendium), a treatise considered to be one of the most important surviving ancient treatiseson medicine and is considered a foundational text of Ayurveda.

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Traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. Unani medicine and traditional Chinese medicine are history of medieval medicine and Pseudoscience.

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Traditional Knowledge Digital Library

The Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) is an Indian digital knowledge repository of the traditional knowledge, especially about medicinal plants and formulations used in Indian systems of medicine.

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Traditional medicine

Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous medicine or folk medicine) comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within the folk beliefs of various societies, including indigenous peoples, before the era of modern medicine.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unani_medicine

Also known as Medicine, Unani, Tibb yunani, Unaani, Unani, Unani (Ionian), Unani Tibb, Unani-tibb, Yunani, Yunani medicine.

Unani medicine, the Glossary

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Healthcare in Pakistan

History of medieval medicine

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