Nutrition and Immunity in the Light of Unani Medicine
Keywords:
Immunity, Nutrition, Unani Medicine, Tabiat , AkhlatAbstract
Food has always been a basic need of the human being, but it was understood only as a source of energy that is important for their survival. In the history of Medicine, Unani Medicine is one of the very first systems of Medicine which emphasize the importance of food beyond the source of energy. Unani Medicine emphasized food as a source for the maintenance of health and established the notion of Akhlat and food as its proximate principle and equilibrium status of different Akhlat leads to a healthy condition. Later modern science also established that proper food is necessary for the maintenance of heath as malnutrition cause weak immunity and increased incidence of infectious diseases. In the light of recent studies about the relationship of food intake and incidence of infectious diseases, the description of food and its effect on health in classical literature of Unani Medicine becomes more important.
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