Open AccessA REVIEW ON DIAGNOSTIC VALUES OF SWEATING IN UNANI MEDICINE: A UNIQUE FEATURE OF SKIN
Author(s) -
Azizur Rahman,
Mohd Zulkifle,
Aumir Rasool,
Mohammad Aslam
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of biological and scientific opinion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2321-6328
DOI - 10.7897/2321-6328.091137
Subject(s) - medicine , workload , feature (linguistics) , intensive care medicine , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , operating system
Sweating is a physiological phenomenon to eliminate the waste as well as excess matter from the body. Importance of sweating was discussed thousands of years back in Greek Arab system of medicine under the heading of Tareeq or Arq. In this system of medicine, abundant literature is available regarding sweating and its significance. Regime and diaphoretic drugs used to induce therapeutic sweating are described. Actually physis of body works continuously to manage everything. Ancient Greek Arab scholars explained that the sweating occurs for cleansing of blood or to reduce the workload of other excretory organs. They also described the importance of sweating as a regime in different diseases. Literature related to sweating is in scattered manner in classical books. Present paper is an effort to compile the relevant literature.