Abstract

AML-I-KAIYY (CAUTERIZATION)-AN EFFECTIVE MODE OF TREATMENT IN THE LIGHT OF UNANI MEDICINE AND TIBBE NABVI (PROPHETIC MEDICINE)

Mohd. Tauseef Alam*, Nida Khan, Mohd. Afsahul Kalam and Mohd. Sheeraz Mushtaque Ahmed

ABSTRACT

Kaiyy (cauterization) is an oldest but less practiced method of treatment which is used from the time immemorial in various traditional system of medicine like Greco-Arab, Chinese and especially in Unani System of Medicine. In Tibb-i-Nabvi it is mentioned as a very effective procedure and recited in Ahadeeth as one of the important treatment which has Shifa (cure) in it, but Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon him) asked to avoid it and allowed to use this therapy in some incurable situations. But nowadays people are suffering from a lot of diseases which are incurable, and medical fraternity is searching new methods and drugs for the treatment. So recently various methods of treatment were reintroduced which were practiced in ancient period, such as Ḥijāma (cupping), Faṣd (venesection), Kaiyy (cauterization), Irsāl-i-„Alaq (leeching) etc. Aml-i-Kaiyy (cauterization) was in practice in Arab during the period of Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon him) for the treatment of various ailments like injury during war, excessive haemorrhage due to opening of blood vessel, chronic and non-healing ulcer, pleurisy and during operative procedure like amputation, giving incision etc. In Unani Medicine this is one of the most popular method to treat various diseases such as Ṣar‟ (epilepsy), Judhām (leprosy), Duwār (vertigo), Khadar (numbness), Bawāsīr al-Anf (nasal polyp) etc. but now a days it is not in use, even in modern medicine this procedure is adopted and successfully used in surgeries which helps a lot to prevent death rate due to heavy bleeding. So in the view of its therapeutic benefit it is necessary to reintroduce the procedure for the treatment of such type of diseases which are difficult to treat in other therapies. So, the detail regarding its use in various disorders in the light of Unani System of Medicine and Tibb-i-Nabvi will be discussed here.

Keywords: Kaiyy, Cauterization, Non-Healing ulcer.