Medicine & Surgery
Unani medicine in India
13th c. CE onwardIndo-Islamic physiciansUnani tibb textsPan-Indian / unspecified
1200
A Greco-Arabic medical system that took root and developed in India.
- Dated
- 1200–1299
- As scholars put it
- 13th c. CE onward
- Originator
- Indo-Islamic physicians
- Source text
- Unani tibb texts
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Medicine & Surgery
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Derived from Galenic medicine.
Fair to say
A historical medical system; clinical efficacy is a separate question.
Path to modern innovation
Still practised and studied.
Transmission
Now officially recognised under AYUSH.
References
- 1Standard histories of Unani
Further reading
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