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| Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Bali Maldives • LIFE EXPECTANCY 67.5 = years average  • The Maldives are now the 7th most densely populated country on earth. • Male is overcrowded, yet 1,000 other Maldivian islands still unhibited. • Interesting to discover that there is no poverty, even with a clear division between • Rich and poor, no one sleeps in the streets or goes to bed hungry” Healing Traditions of the Maldives “Unani” Balancing the Humours There is not much of a difference between Unani medicine and Ayurveda. According to Nooruddin, both are the same, only while Unani is practised by Muslim hakims Ayurveda is by Hindu vedics. “The medicines are the same, but the formulae and making processes for Unani and Ayurveda are different,” he explained. “And whereas the hakims learnt Unani in Urdu or Persian, the vedics studied Ayurveda in Sanskrit.“ He said that Unani had altogether some 2,000 different medicines and any good Dawasaz ought to know all of them well. Nooruddin said, “Bahut zabardast line hai. If you study Unani, you will find there is a cure for everything. And its hakims are now working on treating cancer too.” Maldivian Healing Traditions • Unani Traditional Medicine - Munzij (Ripening) - Mushil (Purging) - Mahajim (Cupping) - Taareeq (Sweating) - Hammam (Bath Therapy or Balneology) ) - Dalak (Massage Techniques) - Riyazat (Exercise) - Herbology & Dietetics  Four Seasons Maldives Kuda Huraa  Soneva Gili Resort & Spa  Soneva Fushi Resort & Spa © SPA MANAGEMENT JOURNAL - JANUARY 2006 |
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