Haemorrhoid (Bawasir) - A Classical Literature Review in Greco-Arabic Medicine

Abstract

Hemorrhoids are one of the ancient ailments experienced with humankind mention in the earliest medical text of Greeks (Unani). Ancient’s researcher told that it is a Sawdawi (melancholic) disease caused by derangement, imbalance, viscosity and infiltration of blood in the last portion of anal veins. Hemorrhoid classified in to shape, location & presence/absence of bleed. The treatment mentioned in classical text book on the basis of Tanqiya (evacuation), Ta’deel (restoration) and Taqwiyat (potentiation) of the involved organ.