Journal of - International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine

Mohd. USMAN, Shamim IRSHAD,
A. HAKEEM, QZ AHMAD
Hammam an Excellent Way of Disease Prevention and Cure with
Special Reference to Kulliate Nafeesi
ing into them, for dropsy, for swelling left after disease,
and for collection, of phlegm, for pain in joints.
• Use of decoction of Prunus laurocerasus (Habbul Ghar)
has demulcent & emollient effects.
• Alum water benefits cases of haemoptysis, melaena,
menorragia, procidentia ani or uteri, undue sweating,
because they have cooling and drying effect.
• To gain weight, the bath taken after meal may help, but
this bath may predispose to obstruction.
• Those desirous of taking a bath for its moistening effect,
for example phthisis should continue the both as
long as there is no debility. In order to prevent the loss
of moisture observed in the body, the bath should be
followed by massage with some suitable oil so as to gain
more moisture &to hold what has been observed.
Precautions
1. The better should enter the hot room (third room) of
hammam gradually from Masalakh and similarly leave
the hammam.
2. Long stay in the hot room of Hammam can cause unconsciousness,
restlessness, palpitation and syncope.
3. The person should enter the Hammam before meal and
after exercise.
4. Healthy person just for prevention of health should go
to Hammam after three house of meal.
Conclusion
This method is implementing since thousands of years
for prevention and cure of many diseases. Now a days there
are very few colleges practising Hammam, therefore it is
advised to construct Hammam in every Unani hospital, If
it is private or government institute. It is the need of time
to apply the therapeutics effect of Hammam and scientific
validation can be done. The protocol for the construction
of Hammam should be prepared according to the suggestion
of Unanni scholars.
References
1. 1.Burhanuddin Nafees, NAFEESI (Tranlatied by Kabeeruddin),
1935, Delhi: Dftarul-masih,Barqi press, Pp; 635,638.
2. Ibne Sina, AL-QANOON FIL- Tibb (English Translation),1993, , New
Delhi: Jamia Hamdard ; Pp, 270-72.
3. Majoosi ABA. KAMIL-US-SANA’A, Vol.1 st . 1889, Lucknow: Munshi
Nava Kishor,: 233-237
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