History of Unani Medicine

Among the great medical traditions of the world, Unani and Islamic medicine have left an indelible imprint upon the practice of healing. Unani medicine, the Arabic name for “Greek” medicine, is a heterogeneous mixture of medical practices from many different cultures. It begins, if anything can said to have a beginning, with the ancient practices of Paleolithic hunter-gatherers and Mesolithic nomads that roamed northern Africa and the Arabian peninsula, probably not too dissimilar from the modern-day Bedouins.