Asia and modern day Central Asia. Unani medicine is pseudoscientific.
The term Yūnānī means "Greek",[4][5] as the Perso-Arabic system of medicine was based on the teachings of the Greek physicians Hippocrates and Galen.[6]
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.[7] The Indian Medical Association (IMA) estimated in 2014 that approximately 10 lakh (1,000,000) quacks were illicitly practicing medicine in India out of which 4 lakh (400,000) were practitioners of Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani. The IMA regards all such practices as quackery.[8] Practitioners of any medical system, including Unani medicine, are not authorized to practice medicine in India unless trained at a qualified medical institution, registered with the government, and listed as physicians annually in The Gazette of India.[9][8] Referring to all practitioners of any medical system not so licensed, the Supreme Court of India stated in 2018 that "unqualified, untrained quacks are posing a great risk to the entire society and playing with the lives of people without having the requisite training and education in the science from approved institutions
After diagnosing the disease, treatment follows a pattern:
Treatment includes regimental therapy known as Ilaj-Bil-Tadbeer. These therapies include cupping, aromatherapy, bloodletting, bathing, exercise, and dalak (massaging the body). It may also involve the prescription of Unani drugs or surgery.
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