Aḥwāl-I-Sū’al-Qinya: Whether these are Associated with Sū’al-Qinya (Iron Deficiency Anemia) or Not? An Attempt to Validate

Abstract

Being an ancient system of medicine, Unani system is diagnosing and treating human ailments since antiquity. This system is serving mankind since the time when there were no sophisticated equipped tools of diagnosis. Ancient Unani scholars have described diseases on the basis of their particular and peculiar sign and symptoms ((aḥwāl) aiding in quick diagnosis and assistance. Irony, with an age of 4000 years, still anemia is the most common nutritional deficiency disorder in the world, especially in developing countries. Although exact description of iron deficiency anemia is not available in ancient Unani literature, but Razi (Razes, 841–926 AD) and Abul Hasan Ahmad Bin Mohammad Tabri (10th century AD) have mentioned that sū’i-mijāz kabid bārid-o-raṭab (Deranged cold and wet temperament), leads to the development of features of iron deficiency anemia, which they have described as sū’al-qinya (Kantoori, 1303; Tabri, 1995) that has been used as its synonym. Great Unani scholars had mentioned some aḥwāl (sign and symptoms) related to this disease. They have given detailed description and explanation about these aḥwāl; and at what stage of the disease, these will accompany. This study was to validate the facts in classical Unani literature described as aḥwāl-i-sū’al-qinya.

Keywords: Iron deficiency anemia, sū’-i-mijāz kabid bārid-o-raṭab, aḥwāl-i-sū’al-qinya

Cite this Article Islam M, Sherwani AMK, Khan A. AḥwālI-Sū’al-Qinya: Whether these are Associated with Sū’al-Qinya (Iron Deficiency Anemia) or Not? An Attempt to Validate. Research & Reviews: A Journal of Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy. 2018; 5(1): 17–21p.