Raheemi Shifa Khana
Delhi and Bangalore
Delhi and Bangalore
Raheemi Shifa Khana Herbal Clinic Bangalore and Delhi is also a new chain of that ancient science of medicine which survived and revived itself after traversing lots of stages. Raheemi Shifa Khana Herbal Clinic was established by the expert diagnostician, physician of time Maulana Dr. Hakim Muhammad Idrees Habban Raheemi, MD, in 1980 AD, on the advice and instructions of his father-in-law, a true preceptor and guide Munshi Muhammad Shafi Sahib (may Allah illuminate his grave),the son of Chhajju Khan Sahib Zamindar Khuld Ashian, and his father al-Hajj Hakim Muhammad Imran Sahib (may Allah illuminate his grave),an expert Unani physician. Raheemi Shifa Khana Herbal Clinic marched ahead on the road to progress gradually. However, in 2001, Raheemi Shifa Khana Herbal Clinic was shifted to a new building in Gangondanahalli area of Bangalore City, which was inaugurated by a great spiritual personality and expert physician of the Muslim Ummah, Shah Hakim Zakiuddin Ahmad Sahib (ra), the founder and proprietor of Nizamia Dawakhana Qazi Street, Pernambut, and Khalifah and spiritually authorized disciple by Masihullah Khan Sahib Jalalabadi, and made special prayers and supplications on the occasion.
One month after the grand inauguration ceremony of the Raheemi Shifa Khana Herbal Clinic by the expert physician of the Muslim Ummah, the Government Unani Medical College Bangalore, organized an Unani camp which was inaugurated by the expert diagnostician, physician of the time Maulana Dr Hakim Muhammad Hsbban Raheemi, MD. On this occasion, the following personalities were present there: Mr Dr Mujeeb Ahmad Sahib, Principal of Government Unani Medical College, Bangalore, Vice Principal Miss Hasibun Nisa, the Islamic poet Dr Muhammad Izhar Afsar Rahimi Asa’di, Dr. Mohammad Farooque Azam Habban Qasmi, Dr. Abdur Rahman Mohsin Qasmi, proprietor Alami Dawakhana Delhi, Mr. Haji Shabbir Ahmad, Patel Bakery Bangalore, Dr. Muhammad Sufiyan proprietor Regal Medical Centre Delhi as well as twenty eight doctors and professors of Government Unani Medical College, Bangalore and other esteemed and dignified personalities of the city. In this camp,the medical check-up of two thousand people was carried out and they were supplied free medicines. From that day on, Raheemi Shifa Khana Herbal Clinic is running in that very building.
By the grace of Allah, Raheemi Shifa Khana Herbal Clinic is taken in high esteem for the sympathy, respect and encouragement towards its patients. It is popular in India and outside India due to its quality, packing as well as reasonable price and quick and timely medical assistance. Today, by the virtue of Allah, a large number of patients from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Yemen, Egypt, Iran, England, America, South Africa, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Singapore etc. visit Raheemi Shifa Khana, Bangalore and Delhi for their satisfactory treatment.
One month after the grand inauguration ceremony of the Raheemi Shifa Khana Herbal Clinic by the expert physician of the Muslim Ummah, the Government Unani Medical College Bangalore, organized an Unani camp which was inaugurated by the expert diagnostician, physician of the time Maulana Dr Hakim Muhammad Hsbban Raheemi, MD. On this occasion, the following personalities were present there: Mr Dr Mujeeb Ahmad Sahib, Principal of Government Unani Medical College, Bangalore, Vice Principal Miss Hasibun Nisa, the Islamic poet Dr Muhammad Izhar Afsar Rahimi Asa’di, Dr. Mohammad Farooque Azam Habban Qasmi, Dr. Abdur Rahman Mohsin Qasmi, proprietor Alami Dawakhana Delhi, Mr. Haji Shabbir Ahmad, Patel Bakery Bangalore, Dr. Muhammad Sufiyan proprietor Regal Medical Centre Delhi as well as twenty eight doctors and professors of Government Unani Medical College, Bangalore and other esteemed and dignified personalities of the city. In this camp,the medical check-up of two thousand people was carried out and they were supplied free medicines. From that day on, Raheemi Shifa Khana Herbal Clinic is running in that very building.
By the grace of Allah, Raheemi Shifa Khana Herbal Clinic is taken in high esteem for the sympathy, respect and encouragement towards its patients. It is popular in India and outside India due to its quality, packing as well as reasonable price and quick and timely medical assistance. Today, by the virtue of Allah, a large number of patients from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Yemen, Egypt, Iran, England, America, South Africa, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Singapore etc. visit Raheemi Shifa Khana, Bangalore and Delhi for their satisfactory treatment.
Distinctive Features of Raheemi Shifa Khana
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana Herbal Clinic provides first-class and good treatment on a nominal and reasonable cost. It provides easy and simple treatment to its patients and avoids operation, bypass surgery, dialysis etc.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana welcomes and receives each and every visiting patient with a smile and behaves with them well and sympathetically as well as it deems the treatment as social work and public service.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana values the life of patient. The entrance gate of the Raheemi Shifa Khana welcomes the patients with the message “Value of Life”.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana uses the system and pattern of the ancient Unani physicians as well as follows the contemporary proclivity of modern physicians.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana uses modern technology and equipment such as X-Ray, scanning, blood test etc. in order to come out with an accurate result along with examining the pulse, urine, faeces, stool etc.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana treats its patients on the basis of primary medical principles i.e. Ilaj bi al-Dawa, (Pharmacotherapy) or treatment through drugs, Ilaj Bil Ghiza, (Dietotherapy) or treatment through diet, Ilaj bit Tadbeer (Regimental Therapy) with dedication and extra care.
✎ Besides diagnosis and treatment, Raheemi Shifa Khana excels in pharmacy and preparing medicines. Hakim Sahib himself checks and examines the process of medicine preparation from beginning to the end.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana maintains standard and quality of the medicines which it supplies to its patients whether it is un-compounded formulations or compounded formulations.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana uses pure and clean natural herbs in preparing specific and efficacious medicines, familial and hereditary recipes and prescriptions. It totally avoids unhealthy and unnatural ingredients in its medicines.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana uses only those herbs which are the ingredients of the prescriptions and recipes. In preparing the medicines, it totally avoids a low cost and cheap quality ingredient and does not exchange any ingredient with some low-cost stuff.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana uses normative and attractive bottles and jars to pack the medicines. Raheemi Shifa Khana gets all such materials prepared on special orders.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana uses fine and standard bags to protect the medicines against dust, dampness and water etc. All the boxes and packets of the medicines carry its monogram and stunning stickers.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana performs the diagnosis of its patients by expert physicians, fully educated and registered Hakims while maintaining all the legal conditions.
✎ All the rules and regulations of Indian government are fulfilled in pharmacy and treatment. We do not use those medicines which are banned by the Indian Government.
✎ During the treatment in Raheemi Shifa Khana, a patient is thoroughly examined and his condition is discussed with the physician besides checking his report and pulse reading so that the patient is fully satisfied.
✎ The patients are examined and checked with affection and full care. Raheemi Shifa Khan is known for its kind approach, sympathy and good conduct with the patients.
✎ The examination of the patient is carried out in a written form. Those visiting for the first time are given diagnostic cards which include name, address, date and file number.
✎ The diagnosis study done by the Hakim Sahib and the full details of the medicines is recorded on the fixed pages and in register and the patient is updated how to use the medicines as well as the usage of dose is written.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana takes special care of its patients. During the treatment, if a patient reports any problem he may contact Hakim Sahib on the phone and talk and discuss his problems.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana also diagnoses those patients who stay in far off places and cannot visit Delhi or Bangalore Raheemi Shifa Khana via Email, WhatsApp and phone. Such patients may also request their medicines via courier and postal services as well.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana also publishes a monthly medical magazine under the title: “Nuqush-e-Alam, Bangalore” for those who are interested in Unani Medicines, for its patients and for common public for a long time. The medical articles, medications, health related videos, useful medical information of Hakim Sahib are also shared on WhatsApp Group, Facebook etc.
✎ Raheem Shifa Khana wishes well for you and prays for you. May Allah bestow upon you good health and quick remedy and shower upon you all the pleasure and happiness of the world. Amen!
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana welcomes and receives each and every visiting patient with a smile and behaves with them well and sympathetically as well as it deems the treatment as social work and public service.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana values the life of patient. The entrance gate of the Raheemi Shifa Khana welcomes the patients with the message “Value of Life”.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana uses the system and pattern of the ancient Unani physicians as well as follows the contemporary proclivity of modern physicians.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana uses modern technology and equipment such as X-Ray, scanning, blood test etc. in order to come out with an accurate result along with examining the pulse, urine, faeces, stool etc.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana treats its patients on the basis of primary medical principles i.e. Ilaj bi al-Dawa, (Pharmacotherapy) or treatment through drugs, Ilaj Bil Ghiza, (Dietotherapy) or treatment through diet, Ilaj bit Tadbeer (Regimental Therapy) with dedication and extra care.
✎ Besides diagnosis and treatment, Raheemi Shifa Khana excels in pharmacy and preparing medicines. Hakim Sahib himself checks and examines the process of medicine preparation from beginning to the end.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana maintains standard and quality of the medicines which it supplies to its patients whether it is un-compounded formulations or compounded formulations.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana uses pure and clean natural herbs in preparing specific and efficacious medicines, familial and hereditary recipes and prescriptions. It totally avoids unhealthy and unnatural ingredients in its medicines.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana uses only those herbs which are the ingredients of the prescriptions and recipes. In preparing the medicines, it totally avoids a low cost and cheap quality ingredient and does not exchange any ingredient with some low-cost stuff.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana uses normative and attractive bottles and jars to pack the medicines. Raheemi Shifa Khana gets all such materials prepared on special orders.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana uses fine and standard bags to protect the medicines against dust, dampness and water etc. All the boxes and packets of the medicines carry its monogram and stunning stickers.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana performs the diagnosis of its patients by expert physicians, fully educated and registered Hakims while maintaining all the legal conditions.
✎ All the rules and regulations of Indian government are fulfilled in pharmacy and treatment. We do not use those medicines which are banned by the Indian Government.
✎ During the treatment in Raheemi Shifa Khana, a patient is thoroughly examined and his condition is discussed with the physician besides checking his report and pulse reading so that the patient is fully satisfied.
✎ The patients are examined and checked with affection and full care. Raheemi Shifa Khan is known for its kind approach, sympathy and good conduct with the patients.
✎ The examination of the patient is carried out in a written form. Those visiting for the first time are given diagnostic cards which include name, address, date and file number.
✎ The diagnosis study done by the Hakim Sahib and the full details of the medicines is recorded on the fixed pages and in register and the patient is updated how to use the medicines as well as the usage of dose is written.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana takes special care of its patients. During the treatment, if a patient reports any problem he may contact Hakim Sahib on the phone and talk and discuss his problems.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana also diagnoses those patients who stay in far off places and cannot visit Delhi or Bangalore Raheemi Shifa Khana via Email, WhatsApp and phone. Such patients may also request their medicines via courier and postal services as well.
✎ Raheemi Shifa Khana also publishes a monthly medical magazine under the title: “Nuqush-e-Alam, Bangalore” for those who are interested in Unani Medicines, for its patients and for common public for a long time. The medical articles, medications, health related videos, useful medical information of Hakim Sahib are also shared on WhatsApp Group, Facebook etc.
✎ Raheem Shifa Khana wishes well for you and prays for you. May Allah bestow upon you good health and quick remedy and shower upon you all the pleasure and happiness of the world. Amen!
The Expert Diagnostician, and Physician of the Time, a Geniusin Unani Medicine
Maulana Dr. Hakim Muhammad Habban Raheemi(MD)
Maulana Dr. Hakim Muhammad Habban Raheemi(MD)
The expert diagnostician, and learned physician Maulana Dr. Hakeem Mohammad Idrees Habban Raheemi, MD is a genius who needs no introduction from South to the North. He has achieved a prominent place among the people by his religious, national and public services, efforts and struggles. His services in the field of medicine are praiseworthy and imitable.
In fact, the plight of the Unani Medicine started from the partition of India. With the passage of time, the researches and experiments carried out by our forefathers were feared to disappear. In such a horrible time, many people scattered in various parts of India and tried to save the ancient Tibb in order to lead it to its previous glory. One of them is the expert diagnostician and physician of time Maulana Dr. Hakim Mohammad Habban Raheemi MD as well. He was born on 20 April 1958, in an educated and well-to-do family of Charthawal, a village in North India, District of Muzaffarnagar, that has produced great and learned people in past. The history of Charthawal is thirty thousand years old. After completing his basic education, he completed Hifz and Dars-e-Nizami syllabus. From the very beginning, he was greatly inclined towards medicine. Thus he started his medical education under the supervision of Maulana Hakim Abdur Rashid alias Hakim Nannhu Miyan Sahib, the grandson of Maulana Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi (may Allah illuminate their graves) the disciple of Hakim Abdul Wahab Ansari alias Hakim Nabina Dehlavi.
After covering a long distance to achieve medical knowledge,he finally reached South India and obtained MD degree from Pondicherry University. Hakim Dr. Muhammad Idrees Hibban Raheemi is known as a diagnostician not only in India but also in many other countries. He is also famous for pharmacy, diagnosis of complicated diseases, their treatment, and expertise in easy treatment by compounded and un-compounded medicines. He established a regular institution by name of Raheemi Shifa Khana Bangalore in 1980. In this Shifa Khana, not only patients are treated and cared for by experimented and tested ancestral prescriptions; rather new methods and techniques are included in preparing the medicines. This Shifa Khana has made invaluable additions to the Unani Medicines which is beyond praise.
He we knew the mentality of the people of 21st Century and changed sharbat with syrup, Majuns (electuary) with pills and tablets and lots of sweet and sour medicines with powder, sap and capsules which provided the patients with a great relief. His sympathy, behaviour, politeness, pleasant talking with the patients and reasonable and bearable price of medicines and treating through experienced and tested medicines and prescriptions and solace and satisfaction of the patients are such great qualities which impress each and every coming patient.
He is the Founder of Raheemi Shifa Khana Delhi and Bangalore, Chairman of Universal Tibb Unani Foundation, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Monthly Nuqush-e-Alam Bangalore. He has recently launched a new institution of Unani Medicine with the name of RSK Herbal. In this newly started institution, new methods of research and findings are opened. Besides writing lots of Islamic, political, reformative and social books, he has also authored books on Unani Medicines on the basis of his forty-year long experiences in the field of Unani Medicine. Some of his famous books are ‘Bayaz-e-Habban’, ‘Kaleed-e-Shifa’, ‘Bahr-e-Tibb Se Chand Moti’, ‘Sehatmand Zindagi Ke Raz’. These books are highly popular and widely accepted among Hakims, physicians, professors and students of the Unani Medical Colleges.
For the interests of the common and general public, he has also written a large number of articles through weekly columns on medicines which still continue. By the grace of Allah, he went ahead and for the awareness of common people and to guide the physicians, he complied essays and valuable booklets which are forty in number. Some of them are ‘Phalon Se Ilaj’, ‘Tarkariyon Se Ilaj’, ‘Cancer Ka Mujarrab Ilaj’, ‘Sugar Ka Kamyab Ilaj’. To him social work is worship. That is why along with carrying out other social services, he also motivated and urged all his three sons Dr. Hakim Muhammad Faruque Azam Hibban Qasmi, General Secretary Universal Tibb Foundation, Maulana Hakim Dr. Muhammad Usman Hibban Dildar Qasmi, Editor Mahnama Nuqush-e-Alam, Bangalore, Hakeem Muhammad Adnan Hibban Nawadir, Director RSK Herbal to be educated in medicines as per need. That is why all his three sons are following his footstep and providing good and marvellous medical services.
In short, the expert diagnostician, physician of time, Maulana Dr Hakim Muhammad Idrees Habban Raheemi, MD is not only a genius; rather he is a society in himself. May Allah accept his social work and give him its best return and may he live long and bestow cure in his hands! Amen!
In fact, the plight of the Unani Medicine started from the partition of India. With the passage of time, the researches and experiments carried out by our forefathers were feared to disappear. In such a horrible time, many people scattered in various parts of India and tried to save the ancient Tibb in order to lead it to its previous glory. One of them is the expert diagnostician and physician of time Maulana Dr. Hakim Mohammad Habban Raheemi MD as well. He was born on 20 April 1958, in an educated and well-to-do family of Charthawal, a village in North India, District of Muzaffarnagar, that has produced great and learned people in past. The history of Charthawal is thirty thousand years old. After completing his basic education, he completed Hifz and Dars-e-Nizami syllabus. From the very beginning, he was greatly inclined towards medicine. Thus he started his medical education under the supervision of Maulana Hakim Abdur Rashid alias Hakim Nannhu Miyan Sahib, the grandson of Maulana Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi (may Allah illuminate their graves) the disciple of Hakim Abdul Wahab Ansari alias Hakim Nabina Dehlavi.
After covering a long distance to achieve medical knowledge,he finally reached South India and obtained MD degree from Pondicherry University. Hakim Dr. Muhammad Idrees Hibban Raheemi is known as a diagnostician not only in India but also in many other countries. He is also famous for pharmacy, diagnosis of complicated diseases, their treatment, and expertise in easy treatment by compounded and un-compounded medicines. He established a regular institution by name of Raheemi Shifa Khana Bangalore in 1980. In this Shifa Khana, not only patients are treated and cared for by experimented and tested ancestral prescriptions; rather new methods and techniques are included in preparing the medicines. This Shifa Khana has made invaluable additions to the Unani Medicines which is beyond praise.
He we knew the mentality of the people of 21st Century and changed sharbat with syrup, Majuns (electuary) with pills and tablets and lots of sweet and sour medicines with powder, sap and capsules which provided the patients with a great relief. His sympathy, behaviour, politeness, pleasant talking with the patients and reasonable and bearable price of medicines and treating through experienced and tested medicines and prescriptions and solace and satisfaction of the patients are such great qualities which impress each and every coming patient.
He is the Founder of Raheemi Shifa Khana Delhi and Bangalore, Chairman of Universal Tibb Unani Foundation, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Monthly Nuqush-e-Alam Bangalore. He has recently launched a new institution of Unani Medicine with the name of RSK Herbal. In this newly started institution, new methods of research and findings are opened. Besides writing lots of Islamic, political, reformative and social books, he has also authored books on Unani Medicines on the basis of his forty-year long experiences in the field of Unani Medicine. Some of his famous books are ‘Bayaz-e-Habban’, ‘Kaleed-e-Shifa’, ‘Bahr-e-Tibb Se Chand Moti’, ‘Sehatmand Zindagi Ke Raz’. These books are highly popular and widely accepted among Hakims, physicians, professors and students of the Unani Medical Colleges.
For the interests of the common and general public, he has also written a large number of articles through weekly columns on medicines which still continue. By the grace of Allah, he went ahead and for the awareness of common people and to guide the physicians, he complied essays and valuable booklets which are forty in number. Some of them are ‘Phalon Se Ilaj’, ‘Tarkariyon Se Ilaj’, ‘Cancer Ka Mujarrab Ilaj’, ‘Sugar Ka Kamyab Ilaj’. To him social work is worship. That is why along with carrying out other social services, he also motivated and urged all his three sons Dr. Hakim Muhammad Faruque Azam Hibban Qasmi, General Secretary Universal Tibb Foundation, Maulana Hakim Dr. Muhammad Usman Hibban Dildar Qasmi, Editor Mahnama Nuqush-e-Alam, Bangalore, Hakeem Muhammad Adnan Hibban Nawadir, Director RSK Herbal to be educated in medicines as per need. That is why all his three sons are following his footstep and providing good and marvellous medical services.
In short, the expert diagnostician, physician of time, Maulana Dr Hakim Muhammad Idrees Habban Raheemi, MD is not only a genius; rather he is a society in himself. May Allah accept his social work and give him its best return and may he live long and bestow cure in his hands! Amen!
Unani Medicine
Definition of Ilm Tibb (Unani System of Medicine)
It is the knowledge, which governs the human health or diseases. This branch of knowledge belongs to both Science and Art. If a person is healthy, he/she should try to maintain it, and if one’s health is not in a good condition, it should be treated and improved.
Branches of Ilm Tibb (Unani System of Medicine)
Widely speaking, Tibb may be divided into two main branches. The first one ‘Basic Medicine’ which consists of anatomy, biochemistry, physiology like primary subjects. These subjects do not deal directly or practically with the patient or disease; rather they provide and supply a base for practical practice. The second branch is ‘Clinical Medicine’ which is also known as Nifazi Tibb. In clinical medicine, medical practitioners examine patients in order to diagnose, treat, and prevent disease. The key subjects which it covers are medical treatment, surgery, pharmacology and masteria medicawhich are the base of Tibb and are directly related to medical treatment and remedy.
Unani Medicine
The Unani Medicine is an ancient method of treatment which was first introduced in Greece. It became popular in Arabia and now it is prevalent and popular in the sub-continent. In fact, the word Unani is the Arabicised form of Ionian which means Greek or Greece. It is also known as Hikmat (wisdom) and Unani Medicine as well. In India and Pakistan, this Unani system of treatment is also known as Desi way of treatment.
History of Tibb / Medicine
The history of Unani medicine traces back its origin to the 377 to 460 BC, when a Philosopher Hippocrates, known as the father of medicine, wrote his thesis and treatise and his doctrine gave a strong and central place to the principles on which Unani Medicine stands. However, it is difficult to finally decide whether Hippocrates was the father of medicine or not. As it is against the logic that all of a sudden someone came and established or laid the foundation of all the sciences and that too without a teacher. The evidences show and the history bears it witness that Hippocrates studied and gained from the ancient civilization of Egypt and Mesopotamia and from the medical concepts and researches which were prevalent there.
According to one opinion, the civilization which thrived in Mesopotamia is deemed to be one of the most ancient civilizations of the world. It would be justified to say about Hippocrates that he developed and included lots of experiments and information, new thoughts, concepts and reformed the already available sciences and brought it to new heights and provided base for research and development. Later on, Galen modified and shaped the ancient Greek theory and ideology into a new form and height and tried to understand it practically. For example, he made experiments on the animals and presented his own theory and ideology about the kidney, nerves, blood circulation in the heart and paved a clear track for the physicians to come.
According to one opinion, the civilization which thrived in Mesopotamia is deemed to be one of the most ancient civilizations of the world. It would be justified to say about Hippocrates that he developed and included lots of experiments and information, new thoughts, concepts and reformed the already available sciences and brought it to new heights and provided base for research and development. Later on, Galen modified and shaped the ancient Greek theory and ideology into a new form and height and tried to understand it practically. For example, he made experiments on the animals and presented his own theory and ideology about the kidney, nerves, blood circulation in the heart and paved a clear track for the physicians to come.
Medical Services of the Arab Physicians
Later on when the Arabs started practicing the teachings of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saws) and stepped in the field of sciences and art, they not only adopted the ancient Unani medicine rather they conducted thorough researches and experiments in it and developed and refined through systematic experiments and brought it to a new height according to their understanding and findings. They developed it so much so that the era of the Muslim rulers began to be called the golden age of medicine and sciences. New educational institutions were established in Samarqand, Isfahan, Damascus, and Granada etc. and thus they led towards the establishment of universities in today’s world. Students from far off places began to head towards it to achieve the knowledge of medicine. Initially, the syllabus contained those Greek books which were translated into Arabic language. But later on, the Muslim physicians and men of letters laid the foundation stone of medical sciences on the pattern of Eastern line and authored new books on medical sciences which not only persevered the Unani Tibb; rather its compilation, development and process reached to the pinnacle of its glory. The scientific dominance of the Arabs continued from the 8th to 12th Century in the whole world. They added and developed a lot in the field of diagnosis, surgery, surgical operation, phlebotomy, cupping as well as the properties, peculiarities of medicines and its usage etc.
Some Ancient Doctors and Physicians
The credit of discovering and inventing blood circulation findings goes to an Arab Physician Ibn Nafis. William Harvey presented it 600 years after him. Razi (Rhazes) gave the vaccination of chickenpox and the concept of bad smell or fetidness in the diseases. The credit of hospital construction, healthy places and names of medicines on them and expiry date also goes to Razi. In short, there have been a large number of genius and prominent physicians who will always be remembered for their remarkable services and splendid achievement in the field of medicine. They are as follows: Ali Ibn Rabban al-Tabari, Al-Himyary, Al-Asmaee, Al-Jahiz, Ahmad bin Wahshiya, Abul Qasim Al-Zahrawi, Yahya Ibn Batriq, Harith IbnKaldah, Thaqafi, Abu Hafsa Yazid, Bakhtishu’,Ibn Abi Ramsha, Rafiah al-Aslamia, Ibn Athal, Ibn al-Rahbi, Jafar Sadiq, Ibrahim al-Fazari, Ibn al-Hasib, Jalaluddin al-Suyuti, Allamah Ibn al-Qayyim, Gabriel Ibn al-Bakhshishu’, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Hunain Ibn Ishaq, Yahya Ibn Sarafiyun, al-Kindi, Ibn Farnas, Ibn Maswiyah, Shapur Ibn Sahl Jandishapuri, Ali Ibn Sahl Ban Tabri, Ishaq Ibn Ali al-Rabawi, Yuhanna Ibn Bakhtishu, Qusta Ibn Luqa al-Ba’lbaki, Abul Ala Shirazi, Abul Hasan al-Tabari, Hussain Ibn Ibrahim al-Tabari al-Natbali, Abu Mansur Hasan Ibn Nuh al-Qamri, Abu Zaid Ibn Sahl Balkhi, Ishaq Israili Ibn Salman (Jew), Ali Ibn Abbas (Magus), Abu Sahl Isa Ibn Yahah al-Masi’i, Mawafiq, Muhammad Ibn Zakaria al-Razi, Ibn Juljul, al-Zahrawi, Ibn al-Jazzar, al-Sakri, Ibn Abi al-Ashʿath, Ibn al-Batriq, Ibrahim Ibn Bax, Abu Ubaid Juzjani, Ibn al-Haitham, Ali Ibn Rizwan, Shaikh al-Rais Bu Ali Seena, Afrahim Ibn al-Zafran (Jew), Ibn al-Wafid, Abdullah Ibn al-Bakhtishu’, Ibn Batlan, Ibn al-Katani, Ibn al-Jazlah, Maswia al-Mardani, Yusuf al-Alaqi, Muhammad Azdi (Thabi), Ibn Abi Sadiq, Ali Ibn Isa al-Kuhl, Ibn Ali al-Bayan, Ahmad Ibn Farrukh, IbnHubal, Zainuddin Gurjany, Musa Ibn Maimun, Sarafiyun, Ibn Zohra, Yaqub Ibn Ishaque Israeli, Abu Jafar Ibn Harun, Ibn Rushd, Ibn Tufail, Aslam al-Ghafiqi, Ibn al-Hakam, Abu al-Barakat al-Baghdadi, Al-Samawʾal ibn Yahyā al-Maghribī, Amīn al-Dawla Abu'l-hasan Hibat Allāh ibn Saʿīd ibn al-Tilmīdh, Habatullah Ibn Jamee’, ibn al-Tilmīdh, Sa’d al-Dawlah Ibn Habatullah, Shamsuddin Shaharzori, Rashiduddin Suwari, Aminuddin Rashid, Ibrahim Ibn Musa Ibn Maimun (Jew), Dawood Abul Fadi (Jew), al-Dakhwar, Ibn Abī Usaybiʿa Muʾaffaq al-Dīn Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn Al-Qāsim Ibn Khalīfa al-Khazrajī, Joseph Ibn Juda (Jew), Abdul Latif al-Baghdadi, Ibn al-Nafis, Zakaria Qazwini, Najibuddin Samarqandi, Qutbuddin Shirazi, Ibn al-Qaf al-Karki, Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Asli, al-Naquri, al-Aqsarai, Zainul Attar, Mansur Ibn Ilyas, Jaghmini, Masood Ibn Muhammad Sajzi, Najmuddin Muhammad Ibn Ilyas Al-Shirazi, Nakhshabi, Sadiduddin al-Kazruni, Yusuf Ibn Ismail al-Qutbi, Ibn al-Khatib, Rashiduddin Hamdani, Abu Sayyid al-Afif, Abul Nasr al-Farabi, Muhammad Ali Ustrabadi, Hussaini Isfahani, Burhanuddin Kirmani, Sharfuddin Sabunji Oghli, Muhammad Ibn Yusuf al-Harawi, Nur Bakhshi, Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Abi Talib, Hakim al-Gilani, Abdul Qasim Ibn Muhammad al-Ghassani, Taqiuddin Muhammad Ibn Maruf, Dawood El Antaky and Abul Qasim Ammar al-Mosuli etc.
Books on Medicines
During these periods, they made new experiments in the field of medicine and worked hard to develop it and consequently they wrote and authored treatises and dissertations on various medical topics. Here are some famous books of that era: “Al-Qanun, by Ibn Sina, al-Hawi, by Razi, al-Kamil al-Sana’h, by Majusi, al-Tasrif by Zahrawi, Firdaus al-Hikmat by Ali Ibn Rabban al-Tabari and some others such as Kinas Fit Tibb, al-Qanun Fit Tibb, Ilm Istikhwan Fil Arab, Kitab al-Shifa, Kitab al-Ushr Maqalat Fil Ain, Risalah Fi Qadr Manfa’ihi Sana’tut Tibb, Kitab al-Tasrif, Zakhirah Khawarzam Shahi, Adab al-Tabib, al-Tibb al-Nabawi Lil Syuti, al-Tibb al-Nabawi, al-Kulliyat Fi al-Tibb, al-Kitab al-Muntakhab Fi Ilaj al-Ain, al-Mansuri, Kitab al-Amal Bil Hadid, Maqalah Fil Hisna Fi al-Kulli Wal al-Masana etc.” These are unique and incomparable books which later were translated into Western languages. These books were taught in Western universities and colleges and remained a part of their syllabus up to 17th Century. It is noteworthy that the ancient medical books play an important role and contribute a lot in preparing books on medicine even in today’s time.
The Unani Medicine in India
After flourishing in Arabia and Iran, the Unani medicine reached India. In the 12th Century CE, when the Muslim dynasties and empires were established in India, the Unani Medicine became popular in India. Thus it became a well-established in India under the aegis of the state. Nevertheless, the common people also played a vital role to introduce and promote the Unani Medicine. With the passage of time, after Greece, Arabia and Palestine, India became a hub of the Unani medicine. It began from the Ghaznavids and remained throughout the Ghurid Dynasty, Mamluk Dynasty, Khilji Dynasty, Lodi Dynasty, Tughlaq Dynasty and Mughal Empire. Moreover, in South India and Deccan, the Bahmani Sultanate, Qutb Shahi Dynasty, Adil Shahi Dynasty, Nizam Shahi Dynasty and Asaf Jahi Dynasty also played an important role in developing and promoting the Unani medicine. However, during the British Rule,the development and promotion of the Unani Medicine suffered and halted but since it had made a firm root in the hearts of the public and consequently a large number of illustrious families of physicians kept it alive, they saved it from decline and disappearance.
At a time when the British Rule was fast declining, the famous freedom fighter and messiah of the nation, Hakim Ajmal Khan Sahib and Hakim Abdul Hamid Sahib and their heroic and great works and achievements played an important role in safeguarding the Unani Tibb. They revolutionized the Unani Medicine by conducting researches on various natural products that were claimed by ancient physicians to carry miraculous cure. They started researches and experiments and made Unani physicians familiar with the modern sciences. India is the single country in the world where the Unani Medicine runs under the patronage of the government. Today, like the departments of the modern medicines the centers pf the Unani Medicine too are using modern tools and methods and machines and introducing and launching un-compounded and compounded medicines in new packs and new styles.
The basic concepts and theories of the Unani Medicines are so scientific, affluent and strong that it does not even need to be compared with any other medicine. The General World Medicine is indebted to the Unani Medicine for its ideologies, theories and medicines are used in other medical systems as well. (Written by: Maulana Hakim Muhammad Usman Hibban Dildar Qasmi, Raheemi Shifa Khana Herbal Clinic, Bangalore and Delhi)
At a time when the British Rule was fast declining, the famous freedom fighter and messiah of the nation, Hakim Ajmal Khan Sahib and Hakim Abdul Hamid Sahib and their heroic and great works and achievements played an important role in safeguarding the Unani Tibb. They revolutionized the Unani Medicine by conducting researches on various natural products that were claimed by ancient physicians to carry miraculous cure. They started researches and experiments and made Unani physicians familiar with the modern sciences. India is the single country in the world where the Unani Medicine runs under the patronage of the government. Today, like the departments of the modern medicines the centers pf the Unani Medicine too are using modern tools and methods and machines and introducing and launching un-compounded and compounded medicines in new packs and new styles.
The basic concepts and theories of the Unani Medicines are so scientific, affluent and strong that it does not even need to be compared with any other medicine. The General World Medicine is indebted to the Unani Medicine for its ideologies, theories and medicines are used in other medical systems as well. (Written by: Maulana Hakim Muhammad Usman Hibban Dildar Qasmi, Raheemi Shifa Khana Herbal Clinic, Bangalore and Delhi)