Abstract

MIZAJ AND MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION -A REVIEW

Saad Ahmed*, Lubna Fatima, Farah Naaz and Nazim Saifi

Abstract

Mizaj plays a pivotal role in determining the physiological, psychological and pathological status of an individual and is the basis of Unani therapeutics. Mizaj is one of the basic and distinguishing features of Unani system of medicine. It is one amongst the seven basic physiological principles i.e., Umoor-e-Tabai‟ah. There are ten parameters which determine Mizaj of an individual, Afa‟l-e-Aza (Functions of the body) is one of those and are considered as important in assessing the Mizaj of an individual as Ibn Nafis said „quickness of the body in reaction to stimuli is the evidence of preponderance of heat state in the body, e.g. certain people are quickly affected by cold air and winter season and cold things, while others do not get affected by them but they are affected by hot things‟. In this paper, Unani classical literature on Mizaj & Afal-e-Aza and Modern Literature on Nerve Conduction are reviewed and compared.

Keywords: Mizaj, Afal-e-Aza, Motor Nerve Conduction velocity.