Handbook on Unani Medicines with Formulae, Processes, Uses and Analysis

Book excerpt: 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