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An Overview of Haemorrhoids (Bawaseer) with Surgical Interventions from Ancient to Modern EraBy Junaid Nazir Dandroo, Mehjabeen Fatimah, Saiyad Shah Alam, Mohd. Shakeel Ansari, Firdous Ahmad Najar
Abstract: The word “haemorrhoid” is derived from the Greek “haema”= blood, and “rhoos”= flowing, and was originally used by Hippocrates to describe the flow of blood from the veins of the anus. Commonly, in society it is known as piles, the word pile is derived from Latin, meaning a ball or a mass. In Unani literature, hemorrhoids are known as “Bawaseer”. It is the plural of baasoor, which means wart or …
Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Ayurvedic Science, Yoga and Naturopathy · Vol. 4, Issue 3, 2017 · pp. 23–30 Read article →