Historical account of endocrinal disorders in Unani medicine.
The Greco-Roman panorama and The Mediaeval panorama
Unani medicine
endocrinology
glands
Journal
Journal of basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology
ISSN: 2191-0286
Titre abrégé: J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9101750
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 Feb 2021
08 Feb 2021
Historique:
received:
30
07
2020
accepted:
29
08
2020
pubmed:
9
2
2021
medline:
17
3
2022
entrez:
8
2
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Hippocratic doctrine of four humors and qualities is implicated to be a pioneer of modern endocrinology because of the concept of dyscrasia. Imbalance in humors causes disease. Unani scholars were aware of endocrinological disorders like endocrinologic syndrome (i.e., association of amenorrhea and galactorrhoea in a non-pregnant woman), castration, contraceptives techniques, infertility, obesity, diabetes etc., and also their mode of remedy, albeit with a phenomenological approach. Their understanding of the symptoms and signs related to endocrinologic syndromes, which were explained in detail in the recent account of the endocrine system, is presented here with historical chronology. The survey was carried out from the literature of the Unani system of medicine, and the same was analyzed from the observations reported in various indexed journals and reputed books. The paper details the account of endocrinologic syndrome from the Greek era to the end of the medieval ages.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33550777
pii: jbcpp-2020-0231
doi: 10.1515/jbcpp-2020-0231
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1013-1019Informations de copyright
© 2021 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston.
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