Developments in the Understanding of Bronchial Asthma and Contribution of Greeco-Arab Physicians
Abstract
Unani Medicine, being one of the oldest systems of medicine has very vast literature and has played an important role in the understanding of the diseases and their management and still provides some remarkable solutions to the different diseases, Bronchial Asthma is one of them. Asthma is one of the most chronic prevalent diseases in children as well as in adults. The clinical description of Asthma dates back to ancient times and, over this long period, multiple paradigms for asthma pathogenesis have been proposed and revised. Even though significant and remarkable progress in our understanding of bronchial Asthma over the past few decades, it remains frequently encountered condition challenging to the physicians. Going through a popular historic text adds to our knowledge of the developments in the area of respiratory medicine at any peace of time.
How to cite this article:
Khan MSA, Khan AA, Latafat T. Developments in the Understanding of Bronchial Asthma and Contribution of Greeco-Arab Physicians. J Integ Comm Health 2020; 9(2): 22-27.
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