Open AccessENGLINGHTNING THE HOLISTIC CONCEPT OF BAHAQ-E-ABYAZIN UNANI SYSTEM OF MEDICINE: REVIEW OF LITERATURE.
Author(s) -
Rafiya Riyaz Ahmed,
Ahmad Mahfoozur Rahman,
Asif Ansari,
Arshi Farooqui
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of unani medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0974-6056
DOI - 10.53390/ijum.v14.i2.14
Subject(s) - compendium , hippocratic oath , arabic , traditional medicine , pityriasis rosea , specialty , medicine , dermatology , history , philosophy , pathology , archaeology , linguistics , psychiatry
The study of skin, the science of dermatology, has undergone significant transformations throughout the centuries. From the first descriptions of skin diseases in Egyptian papyri and in Hippocratic writings to the first treatises on dermatology, important individuals and discoveries have marked the specialty. A comprehensive description of Amrazejild (skin diseases) is available in classical Unani literature. Ancient Greco-Arabic scholars have described Bahaq-e-Abyaz (pityriasis) in detail along with etiopathogenesis, clinical features, complications, and management in their treatises. Ancient Unani scholars have been treating Bahaq-e-Abyaz successfully since antiquity. They have mentioned and practiced a compendium of single as well as compound herbo-mineral formulations for the treatment of Bahaq-e-Abyaz. It is important to provide a historical synthesis for the medical community to recognize and understand the holistic concept of Bahaq-e-Abyaz along with the treatment as mentioned in classics of Unani medicine.