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Unani Herbal Treatment

Unani is an Indian holistic healing therapy. Unani herbal treatments (Ilaj Bil Dawa) are based on the body's natural components. Unani specialists recommend disease and illness prevention, according to essential and non-essential factors. Unani implements Ayurvedic and other ancient healing principles. Unani advocates claim that Unani can treat any ailment.

  1. Treatments

    • Unani Hakim (therapists) evaluate a patient's constitution, temperament and humors (bodily fluids). According to Unani Herbal Healing, Unani treatments include, but are not limited to, Cupping (Mahajim), Sweating (Taareeq) and Bath Therapy (Hammam). All Unani therapies include significant herbal components.

    Herbology

    • Unani Herbal Healing explains the importance of herbal therapy. Simple herbs have active principles as well as natural antidotes that include resins, gum and vitamins, to name only a few herbal properties. These properties combine to act at a systemic level. Unani herbal therapies use the whole herb for holistic treatments. Unani herbal treatment utilizes a range of herbs and other mineral and animal elements. The Unani Herbal Clinic lists elements such as mustard oil, camphor, kalonji oil, coriander and black pepper for treatments from headaches to skin burns to cancer.

    Features

    • According to Unani Herbal Healing, herbal properties are heat, damp, cold, moist and dry. These properties cause thermal, dry, damp and moist changes in the body. An Unani herbal treatment is designed to balance the body's ailing condition. If a person has a fever, for example, cooling herbal therapy balances the body's heat and reduces the fever.

    Remedies

    • Unani practitioners prescribe kalonji oil in combination with other herbs and animal- and mineral-origins substances. Durations of treatment generally are several weeks to continuous, depending upon the ailment. Unani Herbal Clinic recommends a warming blend of hot water, honey and kalonji oil for 40 days to treat asthma and allergies. Unani Herbal Clinic treats arthritis with a mixture of vinegar, honey and kalonji oil. Unani treats serious diseases, such as cancer. Unani patients with intestinal, blood and other cancers drink grape juice with kalonji oil. Unani specialists treat earaches with boiled onion water or clove and mustard oils in the aching ear.

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