In 'Unani Medicine in the Making', Kira Schmidt Stiedenroth examines the contemporary institutions and practices of Graeco-Islamic healing in India. Drawing on interviews with practitioners, clinical observations, and Urdu sources, the book focuses on Unani's multiplicity, scrutinizing apparent tensions between the understanding of Unani as a system of medicine and its multiple enactments as Islamic medicine, medical science, or alternative medicine. Ethnographic details provide vivid descriptions of the current practices of Unani in India and invite readers to rethink the idea that humoral medicine is incommensurable with modern science. Ultimately, the book also discusses the relationship of Unani with Muslim communities, examining the growing practice of Prophetic Medicine in Urban India and the increasing representation of Unani as Islamic Medicine.
New Look to Phytomedicine: Advancements in Herbal Products as Novel Drug Leads is a compilation of in-depth information on the phytopharmaceuticals used in modern medicine for the cure and management of difficult-to-treat and challenging diseases. Readers will find cutting-edge knowledge on the use of plant products with scientific validation, along with updates on advanced herbal medicine in pharmacokinetics and drug delivery. This authoritative book is a comprehensive collection of research based, scientific validations of bioactivities of plant products, such as anti-infective, anti-diabetic, anti-cancer, immune-modulatory and metabolic disorders presented by experts from across the globe. Step-by-step information is presented on chemistry, bioactivity and the functional aspects of biologically active compounds. In addition, the pharmacognosy of plant products with mechanistic descriptions of their actions, including pathogenicity is updated with information on the use of nanotechnology and molecular tools in relation to herbal drug research. - Compiles up-to-date information on the chemotherapeutics used in the treatment of infective and metabolic disorders - Presents advancements in the discovery of new drugs from plants using molecular and nanotechnology tools - Examines detailed information on the use of herbals agents in cancer, HIV and other ailments, including diabetes, malaria and neurological disorders
Examining the world of popular healing in South Asia, this book looks at the way that it is marginalised by the state and medical establishment while at the same time being very important in the everyday lives of the poor. It describes and analyses a world of ‘subaltern therapeutics’ that both interacts with and resists state-sanctioned and elite forms of medical practice. The relationship is seen as both a historical as well as ongoing one. Focusing on those who exist and practice in the shadow of statist medicine, the book discusses the many ways in which they try to heal a range of maladies, and how they experience their marginality. The contributors also provide a history of such therapeutics, in the process challenging the widespread belief that such ‘traditional’ therapeutics are relatively static and unchanging. In focusing on these problems of transition, they open up one of the central concerns of subaltern historiography. This is an important contribution to the history of medicine and society, and subaltern and South Asian studies.
A useful book on the Graeco-Arab medical system of 'Unani' based on the balance of the humours in the body. Also has an informative chapter on home remedies.
As an alternative form of medicine, Unani has found favour in India. These Unani practitioners can practice as qualified doctors in India, as the government approve their practice. Unani medicine is very close to Ayurveda. Both are based on theory of the presence of the elements (in Unani, they are considered to be fire, water, earth and air) in the human body. According to followers of Unani medicine, these elements are present in different fluids and their balance leads to health and their imbalance leads to illness. Government have exclusive department of Indian system of medicine inclusive of Unani under Health ministry and several states have department and institutions to ensure the proper regulation and development of Unani medicine in India. Herb gardens, nursery of medicinal plants, experimental and field scale cultivation are the major initiatives taken for the improvement of medicine. Skin disease, liver disorder, sexual disturbances, pulmonary, sinus and communicable diseases are the major effective treatment achieved areas for Unani. Tremendous progress has been registered in the development of modern medicine. Yet, medicinal plants continue to be an important source of drugs throughout the world. Unani medicine is one of them, plant as a source of drugs of much more important for the developing countries. This book majorly deals with the, habitat, description, procedure and time of collection, chemical constituents, method of processing, therapeutic uses of medicinal plants. This book also constitutes the list of institutes of Unani medicines, list of college of Unani medicines in India, world importers of natural medicine. This publication is one of its kinds which clearly indicate the usefulness of Unani medicine, shows how the plant secrets, preserve the natural secrets/ hormones/ juices which ultimately uses in Unani system of medicine. This book is most informative and useful for students, Research scholars and scientist. We hope this book will achieve the long standing demand of herbal chemists. TAGS Handbook on Unani Medicines with Formulae, Processes, Uses and Analysis Unani Medicine in India, Process of Arabic & Yunani Medicine, Unani tibb, Arabian medicine, Islamic medicine, Animal Origin Drugs Used in Unani Medicine, Formulae of Unani Medicine Products, Medicinal Plants of Yunani Medicines, Ayurveda Medicines, Siddha Medicine, Medicinal Plants from Siddha System of Medicine, Medicinal Plants Used in Ayurveda, Yunani and Siddha, Medicine and Medicinal Plants Ayurveda, Aatrilal (Ammi Majus), Formulae of Azaraqi (Strychnos Nux-Vomica), Baqla (Vicia Faba), Process of Bazrulbanj (Hyoscyamus), Formulae of Chobchini (Smilax China), Formulae of Dudhi, Dudhi Khurd (Euphorbia Thymifolia), Process of Fifil Siyah (Piper Nigrum), Gaozaban (Borago Officinalis), Habbun Neel (Ipomoea Nil), Formulae of Halela Siyah (Terminalia Chebula), Formulae of Heel Khurd (Elettaria Cardamomum), Formulae of Inderjeo Talkh (Holarrhena Antidysenterica), Process of Ispand (Peganum Harmala), Process of Karanj (Pongamia Pinnata), Process of Karnab (Brassica Oleracea), Formulae of Khella (Ammi Visnaga), Mako (Solanum Nigrum), Formulae of Mundi (Sphaeranthus Indicus), Narjeel Daryaee (Lodoicea Maldivica), Process of Panwad (Cassia Tora), Formulae of Sambhalu (Vitex Negundo), Turbud (Operculina Turpethum), Cupri Sulphas, Process of Potassii Nitras, Process of Sodii Carbonas Impure, Formulae of Zincum, Zinci Oxidum, Formulae of Animal Flesh, Process of Mel, Urine, Snake Venom, Process of Ostrea Edulis, Process of M. Trianthema, Viverra Civetta, Chelonia, Bombyx Mori, Formulae of Stannic Sulphidum, Silicum, Process of Plumbi Oxidum, Process of Makaradhwaja, Formulae of Adamas, Preservation and Storage, Habitat, Method of Processing, Powdered Drug, Morphology
This superbly illustrated A-Z guide to modern and traditional Indian herbal remedies brings together information from numerous authoritative sources in the form of a highly structured and well-written reference work. Entries for each medicinal plant describe classical Ayurvedic and Unani uses, compare modern findings and applications, together with their pharmacology and therapeutic principles in an evidence-based approach. Information sources include: German Commission E, US Pharmacopoeia/National Formulary, and the WHO. The resulting work highlights the potential of Indian herbs for Western medicine by placing findings on a scientific platform. Over 200 full-colour photographs and 50 drawings illustrate the plants. Includes ayurvedic herbal drugs More than 150 general and more than 500 plant species are covered Easy-to-use and highly structured entries Detailed information on traditional use and modern evidence-based medical application
