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• Published Subscription 4 Feb 2015

  Obesity (Siman-E-Mufrat) in Greeco-Arabic Perspective: A Review

  By S M Ahmer, Rizwan Mansoor Khan, Abu Waris Jamil, Ferasat Ali

  Abstract: Tibb-e-Unani has been rendering services to the mankind for thousands of years. This healing art is one of the oldest and well organized systems of medicine. The Greeks were the first to recognize Siman-e-mufrat (obesity) as a medical disorder. It is evident that Buqrat (460–377 BC) was first who described obesity (siman-e-mufrat) in his famous book Fusool-e-Buqrat. Buqrat understood that siman-e-mufrat leads to infertility and early death. He was also …

  Published in Research & Reviews : A Journal of Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 10–16 Read article →