Unani medicine
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| Classification | Traditional Medicine |
| Modality | Herbal medicine (or Herbal Pharmacotherapy), Cupping therapy, Regimental therapy (e.g. Massage Therapy, Exercise), and Surgical Intervention |
| Claims | Health is maintained through the balance of four bodily humors, utilizing a holistic approach of treatment. |
| Related fields | Ancient Greek Medicine, Iranian traditional medicine, Ayurveda, Sowa Rigpa |
| Original proponents | Hippocrates, Galen, Ibn Sina (Avicenna) |
| Culture | South Asia |
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Unani medicine or Unani Tibb (Urdu: طب یونانی tibb 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 and modern medicine. Unani Medicine is pseudoscientific.
The term Yūnānī means 'Greek', referring to the fact that the Greco-Arabic system of medicine was based on the teachings of the Greek physicians Hippocrates and Galen.
The Hellenistic origin of Unani medicine is still visible in its being based on the classical four humours: phlegm (balgham), blood (dam), yellow bile (ṣafrā) and black bile (saudā'), but it has also been influenced by Indian and Chinese traditional systems.