Year: 2024 | Month: January | Volume: 14 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 162-167
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20240120
Concept about Fertilization in Unani System of Medicine
Dr. Mohammad Abdullah1, Prof. Nafasat Ali Ansari2, Dr. Mohd Abu Bakar Quadri3, Dr. Abdul Malik4, Dr. Md Imran Khan5, Dr. Rakhshinda Baig6, Dr. Mohd Shahab7
1Department of Tashreehul Badan, 2Department of Tashreehul Badan, 3Department of Tashreehul Badan, 4Department of Tashreehul Badan, 5Department of Tashreehul Badan, 6Department of Ilmul Jarahat 7Department of Tashreehul Badan
State Takmeel-ut-Tib College and hospital Lucknow, Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath AYUSH University Gorakhpur U.P., Lucknow, India.
Corresponding Author: Dr. Mohammad Abdullah
ABSTRACT
In ancient times, when people had no interest in inventions and discoveries, but only made gauntlets and swords to fight wars, and there were only a few wealthy families who traded, we do not expect anyone to have high-tech laboratories and study embryology and preparations to inform humanity about the different stages of intrauterine life that modern scientists discovered only a century ago. From ancient to the modern period various definitions of fertilization have been given e.g. fusion of male and female gamete to form new individual organism (zygote and Istiqrār-i-Ḥaml). The ancient Egyptians believe the God Aton is the creator of embryo and ancient Indians said that the embryo form after sexual intercourse. Hippocrates explained that both men and women produce both male and female semen. Aristotle explained the nature of semen. Galen stated that male seed acts as molder. In Ṭibb-i-Nabawī Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) answered the questions about formation of child asked by a Jewish rabbi. Arab physicians said that the semen is drawn from all parts of body and both testicles of female produce female seed. In the view of Baghdadi male semen has formative faculty to perform actions. It may not be realistic to expect Unani physicians to make the same discoveries as modern scientists. However, it is still impressive that they came very close to understanding the mystery. Moreover, it is noteworthy that Unani physicians had realistic and serene explanations about the discovery.
Key words: Fertilization; Zygote; Istiqrār-i-Ḥaml; Unani.