Tibb and Unani Herbs: The Sacred Legacy of Healing

Tibb and Unani medicine, rooted in the Greco-Arabic tradition and carried through centuries by Muslim scholars and healers,is a system both intellectual and intuitive. It marries the insights of Hippocrates, Galen, Avicenna (Ibn Sina), and countless other visionaries who believed that healing is a divine act, and herbs are sacred keys.

The Unani framework is based on the four humors: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. Health is the balance of these, governed by temperament (mizaj), a combination of heat, cold, dryness, and moisture. Every herb is chosen with precision to restore this delicate balance.

Nigella sativa (black seed), called the cure for everything but death, is a cornerstone. Senna for cleansing. Myrrh for inflammation. Saffron for depression and melancholy. These herbs are not simply taken, they are prepared with reverence, aligned with timing, season, and body type.

Tibb believes that health is not just physical; it is ethical, spiritual, and cosmic. The practitioner is not just a healer, but a servant of divine mercy, restoring order to the universe within the human form.

And here lies the beauty: Tibb, like all true healing traditions, doesn’t separate body from soul. It knows they are always in conversation.