The way medical knowledge has spread across the globe over time is fascinating. Now, of course, the internet makes things easy — that’s why the mRNA technology that produced two of the major COVID vaccines could be developed so quickly. Throughout recorded history, the Ancient Greek tradition was the most influential source of medicial studies — its influence is comparable to the Internet during the Ancient and Medieval time periods. As evidence, take this manuscript in Urdu from 1868 CE.
It is a book that focuses on “Unani medicine,” a traditional form of healing developed in the Muslim world but using a blending of traditions. “Unani” means “Greek,” and indeed Unani medicine takes a cue from Hippocrates and his ideas about humors needing to be balanced to produce good health.
In the Medieval period, Ibn Sina (980-1037) developed Unani healing with his book _The Canon of Medicine_, which became a standard textbook in Medieval schools for centuries. He stressed the importance of medical training, writing “an ignorant doctor is the aide-de-camp of death.” Today, most Unani practitioners are Muslim people living in Southeast Asia. Their practice is frequently compared to the Indian Hindu medical system of Ayruveda. One can study Unani medicine as a form of natural healing at different schools in India, advertising itself as a holistic approach.
Source(s): @greekmedicine.net/history/Unani_Medicine.html. wikipedia.
