Unani Medicine Specialist Dr Syed on the causes and treatment of smell disorders

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Each person has a combination of temperaments: hot and dry, hot and moist, cold and dry or cold and moist. People with mostly cold temperaments are much more likely to face olfactory impairments.  Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/special-reports/why-am-i-getting-that-bad-smell-in-my-nose-how-to-get-rid-of-it-1.1665475222347  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #smelldisorders #Unani

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00:00Loss of smell, according to the Unani concept, it comes under phlegmatic imbalance.

00:08Basically, Unani concept is based on the funeral theory.

00:12Body comprises of four different fluids.

00:14Dung, that is blood.

00:15Bantam is phlegm.

00:16Sabra is bile or acid.

00:17Soda is medicare or black bile.

00:20Loss of smell, it has been identified into two types.

00:24Like complete loss.

00:26It is called Khasin in Unani terminology.

00:30And one is impairment in smell.

00:33That is called Visadhut Shams.

00:39And the impairment of smell.

00:42So they again have been divided into three types.

00:45Certain people can smell everything the same.

00:48The other one is they can get the smell opposite.

00:53If it is something sweet, they can feel it is bitter smell.

00:57The third type is that in that certain smell, they are able to feel the smell.

01:04And certain they want.

01:05According to Unani, even the herbs which are used, they are of temperament.

01:12Individual is also having temperament.

01:15Four different types of temperament in an individual has been identified in Unani.

01:19That is cold, moist, hot and dry.

01:24According to Unani concept, no individual has single exclusive temperament.

01:28There is combination of temperament.

01:30Like cold and dry or cold and moist.

01:33Or hot and dry or hot and moist.

01:36So this different type of temperament individual has.

01:40Similarly, the medicines also have temperament.

01:43So in this specific problem of loss of smell.

01:48Since phlegmatic humor is involved.

01:51So it is supposed that the temperament of the individual is cold.

01:55That's why they suffer with this type of issue more frequently.

01:58So in such cases, the medicines which are herbs which are chosen.

02:03They are of hot opposite temperament.

02:06According to Unani concept, when there is dominance of phlegmatic humor in the brain.

02:12It causes clot.

02:14In such conditions, the medicines which are given, they act on the brain.

02:20And dilute the phlegmatic humor from the brain.

02:22So that the circulation becomes proper.

02:24And the condition is resolved.

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