Abstract:
In Unani tibb, many ailments (e.g.skin diseases, jaundice, asthma) are attributed to on impure status of blood caused by changes in the humours and the treatment is attempted with a class of drugs described as 'blood purifiers'. Such theories are viewed with skepticism by allopathic medicine. It is suggested that the reasons for this attitude lie primarily in the differences of the terminology used by exponents of Unani tibb and those of the allopathic system of medicine and that if blood impurities are equated with infective agents (allergens, toxins etc) and Musaffi khoon with the pharmacological properties of various medicinal plants, the 'terminology gap' between Unani tibb and allopathic medicine will be reduced.
Page(s):
72-84
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Hamdard Medicus, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Year: 1985