Unani medicine
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Unani medicine or Unani Tibb is a Greco-Arabic traditional medicine system practiced in areas of South Asia and Central Asia. Unani medicine uses the humoral theory of diagnosis, which predates the di
Earthenware jar containing medical preparations, India, 1801 Wellcome L0058933
Depiction of Hakim Muhammad Sharif Khan
Hakim Ajmal Khan as depicted on the stamp of India
The Minister of State for AYUSH, Shripad Yesso Naik planting a sapling at Central Research Institute of Unani Medicine, in Hyderabad (September 30, 2015)
Traditional medicine
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Traditional medicine refers to the knowledge, skills, and practices rooted in the cultural beliefs of various societies, especially Indigenous groups, used with the intent of treating illness and main
Unani medicine
…Unani medicine or Unani Tibb (Urdu: طب یونانی tibb-i-yūnānī) is a Greco-Arabic traditional medicine system practiced in areas of South Asia and Central Asia. Unani medicine uses the humoral theory of diagnosis, which predates the discovery of microbes…
Traditional medicine in a market in Antananarivo, Madagascar
Botánicas such as this one in Jamaica Plain, Boston, cater to the Latino community and sell folk medicine alongside statues of saints, candles decorated with prayers, lucky bamboo, and other items.
Curandera performing a limpieza in Cuenca, Ecuador
Sometimes traditional medicines include parts of endangered species, such as the slow loris in Southeast Asia.