Author(s): Mohd Nasiruddin, Mohd Zulkifle, Yashmin Khan

Abstract:  Unani Medicine is a comprehensive system and it possesses its own chronological background. It deals with the status of health and disease. Hippocrates says that health and disease states depend on akhlāt (humoral) balance. In Unani Medicine the concept of á¹­abῑ‘at isa pivotal concept and it plays the core role in the preservation of existing health and restoration, if health is lost. á¹¬abῑ‘at with the help of their different Aala (tools) and tadbir maintain the physiological functions of the body and physician acts as supporter of á¹­abῑ‘at. The objective of this paper is to focus and elucidate the role of á¹­abῑ‘at and physicians in the treatment of disease.