Medicine, Unani

"Medicine, Unani" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A modified Greco-Arabic medical system flourishing today as unani medicine. It was the product of Arab physicians and scholars captivated by Greek philosophy, science, and medicine. It is practiced today in India and Pakistan, largely as a type of herbal medicine. (From Magner, A History of Medicine, 1992, p136)

Descriptor ID

D019367

MeSH Number(s)

E02.190.488.510.500

I01.076.201.450.654.510.500

I01.076.201.450.654.745

K01.400.552.643.500

Concept/Terms

Medicine, Unani

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Medicine, Unani".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Complementary Therapies [E02.190]
Medicine, Traditional [E02.190.488]
Medicine, Arabic [E02.190.488.510]
Medicine, Unani [E02.190.488.510.500]
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Anthropology [I01.076]
Anthropology, Cultural [I01.076.201]
Culture [I01.076.201.450]
Medicine, Traditional [I01.076.201.450.654]
Medicine, Arabic [I01.076.201.450.654.510]
Medicine, Unani [I01.076.201.450.654.510.500]
Medicine, Unani [I01.076.201.450.654.745]
Humanities [K]
Humanities [K01]
History [K01.400]
History of Medicine [K01.400.552]
Medicine, Arabic [K01.400.552.643]
Medicine, Unani [K01.400.552.643.500]

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