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World Service,13 Jan 2005,22 mins

Herbs, pills and potions - part one

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A series of programmes looking the roots of medicine. Rajesh Mirchandani traces the history of Unani medicine. Unani is an Indian medical system which draws directly on the writings of two Greek physicians, Hippocrates and Galen.

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