Melancholia a Psychiatric Disorder Described in Unani System of Medicine: Its Similarities and Differences with Depression
Melancholia is a Latin transcription of the Greek word melaina chole, which in ancient Greece mainly meant “biliousness,” and was also used, in medical speech “to signify insane or anxious conduct. In Unani system of medicine, Melancholia is classified into three categories according to the site aff...
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| description | Melancholia is a Latin transcription of the Greek word melaina chole, which in ancient Greece mainly meant “biliousness,” and was also used, in medical speech “to signify insane or anxious conduct. In Unani system of medicine, Melancholia is classified into three categories according to the site affected by the disease. Persian scholars, including Rhazes, Ahmad bin Mohammad Tabri, Haly Abbas, and Avicenna, have given a detailed description of this disorder as a disease. Avicenna, in his treatise, The Canon of Medicine (Al-Qanun Fittib) has defined it as a kind of disorder in which imagination and judgment are so perverted that the victims become very sad and fearful. Some surveys were performed on Unani literature about melancholia and depression. The books consulted were mainly The Canon of Medicine (Al-Qanun Fittib), The Complete Book of the Medical Art (Kamil Sana), College (Kitabbul Kulliyat), Kitabul Umda Fil Jarahat, Tib Akbar. This study is constructed on a scrupulous overview of writings, compositions, and publications on melancholia and depression using internet sources like Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Google Scholar, Medline. There are numerous similarities between melancholia, a disease described in Unani system of medicine, and present-day depression, described in the conventional system of medicine. There are also a few differences between the two. Unani scholars were aware of psychiatric disorders and the concept is a collaborative effort of both ancient and conventional systems of medicine. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-554f9c1760024f648b31f2ae49f98ac22023-04-08T08:42:03ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesJournal of Research on History of Medicine2251-886X2023-02-01121273449022Melancholia a Psychiatric Disorder Described in Unani System of Medicine: Its Similarities and Differences with DepressionMuzafar Din Bhat0Asgar Nazir1Husain Ahmad2Shabnum Wani3Firdous Najar4M.D., Assistant Professor Department of Moalajat (Medicine), National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bangalore, IndiaM.D., PG Scholar Department of Moalajat (Medicine), National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bangalore, IndiaM.D., PG Scholar Department of Moalajat (Medicine), National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bangalore, IndiaM.D., PG Scholar Department of Moalajat (Medicine), National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bangalore, IndiaM.S., Assistant Professor, Department of Jarahiyat (Surgery), National Institute of Unani, Medicine Bangalore, IndiaMelancholia is a Latin transcription of the Greek word melaina chole, which in ancient Greece mainly meant “biliousness,” and was also used, in medical speech “to signify insane or anxious conduct. In Unani system of medicine, Melancholia is classified into three categories according to the site affected by the disease. Persian scholars, including Rhazes, Ahmad bin Mohammad Tabri, Haly Abbas, and Avicenna, have given a detailed description of this disorder as a disease. Avicenna, in his treatise, The Canon of Medicine (Al-Qanun Fittib) has defined it as a kind of disorder in which imagination and judgment are so perverted that the victims become very sad and fearful. Some surveys were performed on Unani literature about melancholia and depression. The books consulted were mainly The Canon of Medicine (Al-Qanun Fittib), The Complete Book of the Medical Art (Kamil Sana), College (Kitabbul Kulliyat), Kitabul Umda Fil Jarahat, Tib Akbar. This study is constructed on a scrupulous overview of writings, compositions, and publications on melancholia and depression using internet sources like Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Google Scholar, Medline. There are numerous similarities between melancholia, a disease described in Unani system of medicine, and present-day depression, described in the conventional system of medicine. There are also a few differences between the two. Unani scholars were aware of psychiatric disorders and the concept is a collaborative effort of both ancient and conventional systems of medicine.https://rhm.sums.ac.ir/article_49022_df9f5c03d6eac5177cbe6c9f2c2c1259.pdfmelancholiadepressionunani system of medicinemedicatrix naturaeanxiety |
| spellingShingle | Muzafar Din Bhat Asgar Nazir Husain Ahmad Shabnum Wani Firdous Najar Melancholia a Psychiatric Disorder Described in Unani System of Medicine: Its Similarities and Differences with Depression Journal of Research on History of Medicine melancholia depression unani system of medicine medicatrix naturae anxiety |
| title | Melancholia a Psychiatric Disorder Described in Unani System of Medicine: Its Similarities and Differences with Depression |
| title_full | Melancholia a Psychiatric Disorder Described in Unani System of Medicine: Its Similarities and Differences with Depression |
| title_fullStr | Melancholia a Psychiatric Disorder Described in Unani System of Medicine: Its Similarities and Differences with Depression |
| title_full_unstemmed | Melancholia a Psychiatric Disorder Described in Unani System of Medicine: Its Similarities and Differences with Depression |
| title_short | Melancholia a Psychiatric Disorder Described in Unani System of Medicine: Its Similarities and Differences with Depression |
| title_sort | melancholia a psychiatric disorder described in unani system of medicine its similarities and differences with depression |
| topic | melancholia depression unani system of medicine medicatrix naturae anxiety |
| url | https://rhm.sums.ac.ir/article_49022_df9f5c03d6eac5177cbe6c9f2c2c1259.pdf |
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