What is it?
La Unani Tib medicine is "a practice traditional medical originally Greek Arabic"; history tells that prominent arab doctors Avicenna, Maimonides and Averroes took up the teachings of, in turn, prominent doctors greek such as Hippocrates.
What do you take into account?
This medicine is based on the theory of the 4 humors (blood, phlegm, yellow bile y black bile) and in 4 elements of nature (land, a government-protected, fire y water); However, it also takes into account aspects as varied as the temperament of the person, the diet, seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter), the different food flavors (sour, oily, sweet and spicy), the temperature (cold, hot, humid, dry), the sun position and the time of day (sunrise, noon, sunset, and midnight).
What's your objective?
Each person presents a predominant mood, which is found related with its temperament and character; For example, someone sanguine is happy, someone phlegmatic is calmed down, a person choleric se annoys easily and a melancholic tends to sadness.
Therefore, the goal of Unani medicine is to balance the body's humors to toast Libra and achieve health y well-being in the organism in general. For this, the diagnosis and treatment must be completely training to which it is possible to add the physiognomy, emotions and family history of the patient.
Identification elements
|
Humour |
Adjective |
Element |
Station |
Sun position |
Flavors that balance |
Temperament |
| Blood | Bloody | Air | Spring | Amanecer | Spicy and oily | Optimistic, cheerful |
| Phlegm | Phlegmatic | Water | Winter | Midnight | Sour and spicy | Calm, indifferent |
| Yellow bile | Choleric | Fuego | Summer | Noon | Sweet and oily | Angry, irritable |
| Black bile | Melancholic | Earth | Fall | Sunset | Sour and sweet | Depressed, sleepy |
Source: Reform. Health & Wellness
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