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4 articles for “Sū’-i-Mizāj”
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Abysmal Oddities of Brain in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Based on Sū’-i-Mizāj Māddῑ (Abnormal Substantial Temperament): Through The Lens of Greco-Arabic Medicine
Abstract: The mesmerizing history of neurological and psychiatric disorders relates to the history of humanity. The Unani philosophers apprehend neurological and psychiatric disorders superbly. They gave a conceptual understanding of the Sū’-i-Mizāj dimag and diagnosed neurological and psychiatric disorders wonderfully. Contrariwise, the Babylonians associated epilepsy, anxiety, depression, mania, and other psychiatric disorders with deities and demons earlier. To understand, analyse, and explain a comprehensive patho-physiology of neurological and psychiatric disorders, it …
Published in Research & Reviews : A Journal of Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy · Vol. 12, Issue 2, 2025 · pp. 30–42 Read article
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The concept of Sū’-i-mizāj Nukhā and A‘ṣāb
Abstract: The Unani system of medicine provides a holistic understanding of neurological disorders, emphasizing the role of Su’-i-Mizaj (dystemperament) in the spinal cord (Nukhā) and nerves (A‘ṣāb). According to Unani scholars like Ali Ibn Abbas Majusi, disturbances in the mizaj-e-tabai (natural temperament) of Nukhā lead to various neurological conditions, categorized into Istirkhā’ (Flaccidity), Abar Bilqisiya (Bell’s Palsy), Khaddar (Numbness), Tashannuj (Convulsions), and Ra‘sha (Tremors).The most common dystemperament in Nukhā and A‘ṣāb …
Published in Journal of AYUSH: Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy · Vol. 14, Issue 2, 2025 · pp. 53–57 Read article
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Role of Impaired Digestion in Disease Pathogenesis: According to Unani System of Medicine
Abstract: The relationship between digestion and disease occupies a central position in Greco-Arab (Unani) medicine, as emphasized by classical physicians such as Ibn Sina and Al-Razi. In Unani medicine, digestion (Haḍm) is not confined to the gastrointestinal tract alone but represents a comprehensive physiological and metabolic process involving four sequential stages: gastric digestion (Haḍm-e-Mi‘dī), hepatic digestion (Haḍm-e-Kabidī), vascular digestion (Haḍm-e-‘Urūqī), and tissue digestion (Haḍm-e-‘Uḍwī). These stages are governed by Quwwat-e-Hāḍima (digestive …
Published in Research & Reviews : A Journal of Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy · Vol. 13, Issue 2, 2026 Read article
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Unani Concepts of Brain Pathology: Humoral Mechanisms in Māddī Neurological Disorders
Abstract: Background The Unani System of Medicine (USM) considers the brain (Dimāgh) as the principal organ of Quwā Nafsāniyya (psychic faculties), responsible for sensation, cognition, memory, movement, and emotional regulation. According to Unani principles, health is maintained through equilibrium of Mizāj (temperament) and Akhlāṭ (humours), whereas disease develops when this balance is disturbed. Among neurological disorders, Sū’-i-Mizāj Māddī Dimāgh refers to pathological conditions of the brain associated with the accumulation of …
Published in Journal of AYUSH: Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy · Vol. 15, Issue 2, 2026 Read article