Methods of health promotion and disease prevention in Unani medicine.
Health promotion
Unani medicine
prodromal symptoms
public health
temperament
Journal
Journal of education and health promotion
ISSN: 2277-9531
Titre abrégé: J Educ Health Promot
Pays: India
ID NLM: 101593794
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
17
10
2019
accepted:
15
02
2020
entrez:
5
10
2020
pubmed:
6
10
2020
medline:
6
10
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Better preventive care is a prerequisite to foster community health and in reducing the unnecessary burden on the health-care system. The Unani System of Medicine has given due emphasis on preventive care. This article aims to discuss the health promotion and disease prevention approaches in Unani Medicine. A manual literature survey of classical Unani texts such as The findings of the literature survey revealed that Unani physicians have advocated the personalized and predictive approaches for maintaining health and preventing diseases. Personalized approach mainly centers on the temperament of an individual. By determining an individual's temperament, Unani physician can tell what is adequate or not adequate for the individual. While in the predictive approach, correct knowledge of prodromal symptoms is a prerequisite to predict the future developments in the human body and recommending the appropriate preventive measures accordingly. These approaches present interesting perspectives in the field of promotive and preventive care and are of much relevance in the present scenario. Unfortunately, the lack of efficacy studies is a limiting factor in their application. Hence, effective protocol must be developed to provide evidence-based data and to give grounds for their widespread usage.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Better preventive care is a prerequisite to foster community health and in reducing the unnecessary burden on the health-care system. The Unani System of Medicine has given due emphasis on preventive care. This article aims to discuss the health promotion and disease prevention approaches in Unani Medicine.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
METHODS
A manual literature survey of classical Unani texts such as
RESULTS
RESULTS
The findings of the literature survey revealed that Unani physicians have advocated the personalized and predictive approaches for maintaining health and preventing diseases. Personalized approach mainly centers on the temperament of an individual. By determining an individual's temperament, Unani physician can tell what is adequate or not adequate for the individual. While in the predictive approach, correct knowledge of prodromal symptoms is a prerequisite to predict the future developments in the human body and recommending the appropriate preventive measures accordingly.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
These approaches present interesting perspectives in the field of promotive and preventive care and are of much relevance in the present scenario. Unfortunately, the lack of efficacy studies is a limiting factor in their application. Hence, effective protocol must be developed to provide evidence-based data and to give grounds for their widespread usage.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33015201
doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_618_19
pii: JEHP-9-168
pmc: PMC7497120
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Pagination
168Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Education and Health Promotion.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
There are no conflicts of interest.
Références
Anc Sci Life. 2013 Oct;33(2):119-22
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