One can also specialise further by doing a Postgraduation and Ph.D in Unani medicine. On obtaining this degree, one can start working as a doctor in the Unani medical field. This degree covers the medical knowledge of the Unani system. The professionals in this field can also get work opportunities with companies that deal with the Unani preparations.īachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery (BUMS) is an undergraduate degree programme in the field of Unani medicine and surgery. It works on the principle that a body has its own self-healing power which needs to be boosted.Īn Unani practitioner can work as a doctor in a private or government Unani hospital. It is the fourth most popular traditional and complementary system of medicine practiced in India after the Allopathy, Ayurveda and Homoeopathy systems. The Unani system of medicine was documented in Al- Qanoon, a medical classic, by Sheikh Bu-AliSina (Avicena) (980-1037) AD) and in Al-Havi by Razi (850-923 AD). This system of medicine includes addressing the prevention and treatment of disease by using herbal remedies, dietary changes and alternative therapies. Unani medicine is a system of alternative medicine among the seven Ayush systems that is believed to have originated in ancient Greece around thousands of years ago, but is now practiced primarily in India.
