🇮🇳 India · Traditional
Unani Malishユナニ医学のマーリシュمالش
The oil massage of Unani, the Greco-Arab medicine that took root in South Asia, under India's Ministry of AYUSH.
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Fact sheet
- Origin
- 🇮🇳 India · 🇵🇰 Pakistan
- Era
- Traditional
- Classification
- Traditional healing system
- Techniques
- Oil
- Practitioner body parts
- Palm / Thumb
- Medium
- Oil
- Clothing
- Clothed
- Setting
- Table
- Also known as
- Unani massage · Malish
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