英和和英

語源

Borrowed from Classical Persian یونانی‎ (yūnānī) or Arabic يُونانِي‎ (yūnānī) meaning "Greek/Hellenistic", the basis of the discipline being Ancient Greek medicine.

名詞

Unani (uncountable)

1. A form of traditional medicine practiced in the Middle East and South Asian countries, based on the concept of the four humours: phlegm, blood, yellow bile, and black bile.
   • 2011, C. P. Hare, Indian Herbal Remedies, page 219:

     In Unani medicine, Anjeer is used as a mild laxative, expectorant, diuretic; also in the diseases of the liver and spleen as a deobstruent and anti-inflammatory agent.