  unani-tibb or unani medicine also spelled yunani medicine (; yÅ«nÄnÄ« in arabic, hindustani, pashto and persian) is a form of traditional medicine practiced in middle-east & south-asian countries. it refers to a tradition of graeco-arabic medicine,unani medicine in india: its origin and fundamental concepts by hakim syed zillur rahman, history of science, philosophy and culture in indian civilization, vol. iv part 2 (medicine and life sciences in india), ed. b. v. subbarayappa, centre for studies in civilizations, project of history of indian science, philosophy and culture, new delhi, 2001, pp. 298-325an introduction to graeco-arabic medicine. which is based on the teachings of greek physicians hippocrates and galen, and developed into an elaborate medical system in middle age era by arabian and persian physicians, such as rhazes (al-razi), avicenna (ibn sena), al-zahrawi, and ibn nafis. unani medicine is based on the concept of the four humours: phlegm (balgham), blood (dam), yellow bile (á¹¢afrÄ') and black bile (saudÄ').<ref name=ka/ ==etymology== the word unani or yunani has its origins in the greek word á¼¸ÏÎ½Î¯Î± (iÅnÃ­a) or á¼¸ÏÎ½Î¯Î· (iÅnÃ­e), a place name given to a greek populated coastal region of ionian sea. ==history== though the threads which comprise unani healing can be traced all the way back to ancient iranian medicine, the basic knowledge of unani medicine as a healing system was developed by muslim scholar hakim ibn sina (known as avicenna in the west) in his medical encyclopedia the canon of medicine.unani medicine in india during 1901â1947 by hakim syed zillur rahman, studies in history of medicine and science, ihmmr, new delhi, vol. xiii, no. 1, 1994, p. 97-112arab medicine during the ages by hakim syed zillur rahman, studies in history of medicine and science, ihmmr, new delhi, vol. xiv, no. 1-2, 1996, p. 1-39 the time of origin is thus dated at circa 1025&nbsp;ad, when avicenna wrote the canon of medicine in persia. while he was primarily influenced by greek and islamic medicine, he was also influenced by the indian medical teachings of sushruta and charaka.[http://www.salaam.co.uk/knowledge/hakeems.php exchanges between india and central asia in the field of medicine 
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