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Descriptor English: Medicine, Unani
Descriptor Spanish: Medicina Unani
Descriptor medicina unani
Scope note: Sistema médico greco-árabe modificado, hoy floreciente y que se conoce como medicina unani. Fue producto de médicos árabes y de estudiosos cautivados por la filosofía, la ciencia y la medicina griega. Se practica hoy en día en la India y en Paquistán, fundamentalmente como fitoterapia. (Traducción libre del original: Magner, A History of Medicine, 1992, p136)
Descriptor Portuguese: Medicina Unani
Descriptor French: Médecine unani
Entry term(s): Unani Medicine
Tree number(s): E02.190.488.510.500
I01.076.201.450.654.510.500
MT1.388.510.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019367
Scope note: Unani Medicine is a modified Greco-Arabic medical system that originated in Greece. It is based primarily on the principles proposed by Hippocrates and Galen and was enriched by several Arab and Persian scholars, such as Avicenna. Unani Medicine is based on the Hippocratic theory of the four humors and the seven components. (Glossary of Complementary Medicine Terms of the Social Health Insurance - ESSALUD, p. 23). Unani Medicine is based on its philosophical principles and the Hippocratic concept of the balance of the four humors: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. It amalgamates the knowledge of contemporary traditional medicine systems from Egypt, India, Iraq, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Syria, and other Asian countries. It provides dietary, lifestyle, and pharmacological interventions to maintain health and prevent disease. It treats diseases by modifying essential and non-essential external and internal factors with various modes of dietary therapy, regimen therapy, pharmacotherapy, and surgery. (World Health Organization. Benchmarks for the practice of Unani Medicine [Internet]. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022, p. 1. Available from: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/351478)
Annotation: specify geographic term only if relevant
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
EC economics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MT methods
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
Entry Version: MED UNANI
DeCS ID: 33099
Unique ID: D019367
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Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Medicine, Unani - Preferred
Concept UI M0028822
Scope note Unani Medicine is a modified Greco-Arabic medical system that originated in Greece. It is based primarily on the principles proposed by Hippocrates and Galen and was enriched by several Arab and Persian scholars, such as Avicenna. Unani Medicine is based on the Hippocratic theory of the four humors and the seven components. (Glossary of Complementary Medicine Terms of the Social Health Insurance - ESSALUD, p. 23). Unani Medicine is based on its philosophical principles and the Hippocratic concept of the balance of the four humors: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. It amalgamates the knowledge of contemporary traditional medicine systems from Egypt, India, Iraq, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Syria, and other Asian countries. It provides dietary, lifestyle, and pharmacological interventions to maintain health and prevent disease. It treats diseases by modifying essential and non-essential external and internal factors with various modes of dietary therapy, regimen therapy, pharmacotherapy, and surgery. (World Health Organization. Benchmarks for the practice of Unani Medicine [Internet]. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022, p. 1. Available from: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/351478)
Preferred term Medicine, Unani
Entry term(s) Unani Medicine



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