Abstract:Background: Buqrat (Hippocrates; 460-370 BC) is certified for the appliance of
Akhlāṭ Arba‘a in medicine. Jalinoos (Galen) put forth this theory and applied it in its patho-physiology. He also assumes
Arkān based theory of the four
Akhlāṭ (Humors);
Dam (Blood),
Balgham (Phlegm),
Ṣafrā (Yellow bile)
and
Saudā (Black bile), and blood is the mixture of all four
Khilṭ (Humour) in which every
Khilṭ participate in different but definite manner.
Purpose: The attempt is to make the existence of Khilṭ Dam on the basis of current scientific scales.
Methodology: Classical Unani literature and the information of blood of past and recent advancement will be analyzed to reach the conclusion.
Conclusion: Blood of human is also as same as that of first human. The view and knowledge gets improvement with acceptably proven changes in their form with the advancement of time. The theory of Akhlāṭ and the description of them are scientific. If anything changes, it is the view to see the things.
