HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF SHAQEEQA (MIGRAINE) WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CONTRIBUTION OF GRECO-ARAB PHYSICIANS
AbstractThe current practice of medicine indebted much to the knowledge and achievements of the past. It is really surprising that far back Greco-Arab physicians were aware of the various diseases and scientifically mentioned them. Most of the knowledge is still in practice. Modern days practice relies on the fundamentals proposed by them. In the classical text of Unani Medicine, headache is described in detail. The Shaqeeqa (a migraine) is described nearly in all classical text of Unani medicine as a disease entity includes definition, etiopathology, clinical feature, and treatment.
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696-700
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English
IJP
M. S. Alam *, M. S. Khan and M. Tarique
Department of Moalajat, National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bangalore, India.
sarfrazaligarh@gmail.com
13 September 2014
21 October 2014
29 October 2014
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.IJP.1(11).696-00
01 November 2014
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