This document provides information on various traditional medicine systems including Ayurveda, Unani, Homeopathy, and Acupuncture. It discusses their origins, key concepts and principles, causes of disease according to each system, diagnosis methods, commonly treated diseases, famous advocates, herbal medicines and products, textbooks, and research on treating serious conditions like AIDS and cancer. The information presented suggests that while these traditional systems have treated people for centuries, more research is still needed to scientifically validate treatments and standardize practices, especially for new diseases. The Indian government department AYUSH was created to support development of education, research, and standardization across these traditional medicine fields.

2. AYURVEDA : INDIA
UNANI : GREECE
HOMEOPATHY : GERMANY
ACUPUNCTURE : CHINA
ORIGIN OF…

3. AGE OF THESE
MEDICINE SYSTEMS
Ayurveda - 1500 BC
• Unani - 1025 AD
• Homeopathy - 1796 AD
• Acupuncture - 100 BC

4. •Life is a combination of 4 parts : soul ,mind, senses and
body
•5 elements called ‘MAHABHUTAS’ manifest in human
body as 3 humours: Vat, Pita, Kapha.
•Each person is born with a unique combination of
these doshas which decide the prakrati of a person.

6. CAUSE OF DISEASE
ACCORDING TO AYURVEDA
According to most ancient medical
science -
• disobedience of nature ,
• Unnatural food habits and
• behavior is the causes of diseases.
• Imbalance of three elements Air.
(Vat), Bile (Pitta), Mucous (Kapha)
IMBALANCE OF VATA
PITA KAPHA IN THE BODY
CAUSES DISEASES

7. DIAGNOSIS IN
AYURVEDA
• patient’s physical appearance.
• Observation of skin color, hair, eyes, behavior
and body condition
• few questions are asked to know the degree of
imbalance

8. •Human body has four elements :Earth, Water, Fire and Air.
•four humours are present in body-blood, yellow bile, black bile and
phlegm
•Each person has a unique combination of humours
•There are 7 physiological principle elements, temperament, body
humours, organs and system, vital spirit, powers and functions.
•Each person has a self-regulating power or tabiyat that keeps the
seven components in equilibrium.

10. CAUSE OF DISEASE
ACCORDING TO UNANI
THERE IS A POWER OF
SELF PRESERVATON OR
QUWWAT-E-MUDABBIRA.
IMBALANCE OF THIS
POWER CAUSES
DISEASES.

11. Diagnosis in unani
DIAGNOSIS IN UNANI SYSTEM IS DONE BY
THE EXAMINATION OF:
• PULSE (NABZ)
• URINE (BAWL)
• STOOL (BARAZ)

12. The basic principle on which homeopathic medicines work is ‘similia similibus curentur’
(like cures like).
A second principle of homeopathy is individualization. Each diseased person is different
from other in terms of mental physical and emotional aspects so the remedy must be
highly individualized.

15. CAUSE OF DISEASE
ACCORDING TO
HOMEOPATHY
DISEASE IS CAUSED WHEN
THE VITAL FORCE IN A BODY
GETS DISTURBED.
ACCORDING TO
HOMEOPATHY, DISEASES ARE

16. Diagnosis in
Homeopathy
OBSERVATION OF PATIENT’S
PHYSICAL MENTAL, EMOTIONAL
AND BEHAVIOURAL FEATURES.

17. • THERE IS AN ENERGY FLOW IN EVERY LIVING BEING
THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LIFE. THEY CALLED THIS
ENERGY THE CHI FORCE.
• THIS ENERGY ‘CHI’ (PRONOUNCED AS KEE) FLOWS
THROUGH THE BODY IN CHANNELS CALLED
ACUPUNCTURE MERIDIANS.
• EVERY MERIDIAN INFLUENCES AN ORGAN AND THERE
ARE DIFFERENT MERIDIANS FOR THE HEART, LIVER,
LUNG, LARGE INTESTINE, STOMACH, KIDNEY, URINARY
BLADDER ETC.

18. ACUPUNCTURE
POINTS

19. CAUSE OF
DISEASE
ACCORDING TO
ACUPUNCTURE
ACUPUNCTURE STATES –
THAT WHEN ENERGY FLOW IN A BODY
GETS OBSTRUCTED, IT LEADS TO DISEASES.
ALONG THE MERIDIANS SOME POINTS GET
BLOCKED. AS A RESULT ENERGY FLOW
STOPS IN THE BODY. WITH NEEDLES WE
UNCLOG THESE POINTS.

20. Diagnosis in
Acupuncture
EXAMINATION OF FACIAL EXPRESSION
• MANNERISM,
• BEHAVIOR,
• TONGUE COLOR,
• SOUND OF THE PATIENT’S VOICE,
• BODY ODOR,
• PULSE RATE HELP IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASE IN
ACUPUNCTURE

21. Ayurveda : High blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma,
ENT problems, heart diseases, paralysis, rheumatism, migraine,
body purification, hair loss etc.
Unani : Asthma, Arthritis, Cardiac cancer, Mental disorder,
Urinal infection, Digestive disorder, Cerebral palsy, Diabetes,
etc.

22. HOMEOPATHY : Asthma, Diabetes, underactive thyroid,Tonsillitis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome,
Anemia,Arthritis, Migraine,Viral and Bacterial infections and Hepatitis are some ofThe
diseases which can be cured by homeopathy.
ACUPUNCTURE : Headache, Migraine, Low back pains, Arthritis, Fatigue, constipation,
addiction, bronchial asthma, eczema, gastritis and paralysis.

23. FAMOUS PEOPLE LIKE MAHATMA GANDHI, CHARLES
DARWIN, DAVID BEKHAM AND
MARK TWAIN ARE KNOWN TO HAVE USED HOMEOPATHY
BILL CLINTON, SYLVESTER STALLION, JENNIFER ANISTON,
CAMERON DIAZ, KYLIE MINOGUE USE AYURVEDA
DWAYNE WADE, STAR PLAYER OF NBA, JENNIFER LOPEZ,
MADONNA ARE KNOWN TO USE ACUPUNCTURE

25. AYURVEDA
Plants, animals and mineral extracts.
E.g- Root, stem, ghee, wax, honey,
gold dust.

26. UNANI
Medicines are made from
Plants, animals and mineral
extracts.
E.g- Root, stem, ghee,
honey, gold dust.

27. HOMEOPATHY
Cause of the disease is generally the
source of medicine.
Example- medicine for bee sting is
made from the sting of the bee itself.

28. There's no scientific evidence that many of the medications and
healing techniques actually work for patients who are using
Ayurveda.
Ayurveda is very ancient system of medicine. In today's world we
have many new complex medical problems that need proper medical
care to treat.
The purity and content of medicines and the expert matters a lot.

29. Medicines are made from plant and animal materials. The
purity of these materials is must for the remedial act.
Reliability of the medicine and physician is very important.
It is very old system of medicine for newer diseases, newer
pathogens

30. • These medicines can’t be taken for emergency medical
conditions like brain fever.
• Dilutions and potencies made by the manufacturing units is
immensely required to be standardized.
• Reliability of physician is very important as the drugs are
highly individualized.

31. It can’t be used for all kinds of diseases.
Swelling, soreness, pain on the region pricked with needles can’t be ignored as an
unpleasant effect.
Transmission of diseases like AIDS and Hepatitis by the use of infected needles pose a
great health risk.

32. According to Dr.R Pelletier and Dr.
Kenneth it is
• Best for disease prevention
• Produces longitivity
• Most effective
• Alleviates side effects of toxic
allopathy
• Helps in recovery from surgery

33. Benefits of unani
•Unani medicine is unparalleled when treating chronic diseases
as asthma, arthritis, cardiac disorder, mental disorder, urinal
infection and digestive disorder.
• Modern researches have also established the fact that
Unani medicines are very effective for the treatment of skin
diseases which include leukoderma.
• Unani medicines claim that they can also cure AIDS. It is
believed that certain drugs increase the immunity level of the
AIDS patients.The increased immunity system, in turn, helps
the patients put a brave face against the fatal disease.
However experts of western medicine doubt this claim.

34. • Homeopathic treatment is an effective method of
healing - in both acute and chronic conditions, as
claimed by millions of patients and thousands of
homeopathic doctors.
• It may even offer long lasting to permanent cure,
treating the disease from its roots, for most of the
ailments.
• Homeopathy is an effective alternative to antibiotics
in infectious diseases, producing no toxic side effects
and bringing about rapid recovery.
• Viral infections are also very well treated with
homeopathy.
• In addition, homeopathy is effective for a variety of
complaints occurring in children, including
behavioural problems.

35. • The application of evidence-based medicine to researching
acupuncture's effectiveness is a controversial activity.
• Some research results suggest acupuncture can alleviate
pain but others consistently suggest that acupuncture's
effects are mainly due to placebo.
• The evidence suggests that any benefits of acupuncture are
short-lasting.
• Any evidence on the effectiveness of acupuncture is
"variable and inconsistent" for all conditions

36. ANCIENT
TEXTBOOKS
Ayurveda - susruta samhita, charaka samhita.
UNANI - hijri
HOMEOPATHY- Materia Medica
ACUPUNCTURE- The great compendium of acupuncture and
mexhibustion

40. The Great
Compendium of
Acupuncture and
Moxibustion

41. CAN THESE TREATMENTS
CURE
AIDS AND CANCER?
• Ayurveda, unani, homeopathy and acupuncture all claim to cure
aids and some cancers.
• Ayurveda helps to regain energy in hiv infection.
• Ayurveda along with chemotherapy and radiotherapy can help
cure cancer.
• Unani claims to minimize cancer and provides immunity to hiv
patients.
• Some drugs of homeopathy are said to cure cancer to some
extent.
• Acupuncture is regarded as a ‘new weapon of aids and cancer’
though the researches are going on.

44. PRODUCTS OF UNANI
ALL PRODUCTS OF HAMDARD ARE
UNANI

45. PRODUCTS OF HOMEOPATHY
Bakson and Masood are two popular
products of Homeopathy

55. Department of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy (ISM&H) was created
in March,1995 and re-named as Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy,
Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) in November, 2003 with a view to
providing focused attention to development of Education & Research in Ayurveda,
Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy systems. The Department
continued to lay emphasis on upgradation of AYUSH educational standards,
quality control and standardization of drugs, improving the availability of
medicinal plant material, research and development and awareness generation about
the efficacy of the systems domestically and internationally.