CONTRIBUTION OF UNANI MEDICINE IN HEALTH AND DISEASE: A REVIEW

Unani Medicine has done the great job for Health and disease. Although its contribution had started from 3000 BC but its scientific shape was given by Hippocrate. Herophilus, Erasistratus, Aristotle and many other Unani Atibba play very important role in the development of Unani Medicine. The world first institute of Unani Medicine was school of Alexanderia which has also done a great job. In Rome this medicine started a military medicine first time in the world and also contribute in single drugs. But its golden era was in Arab world and Undulus from 700 AD to 1500 AD. Maximum research and development were happened in these periods. Many Atibba like Razi, Ibn Sina, Ibn Hitam, Isa Kahal, Abul Qasim Zahrawi and Ibn Nafie etc has done a great job. In India Unani Medicine is contributing from 12thcentuary to till date continuously.