Herbs and Hakim is a unique blend of traditional concept and scientific aspect of Unani System of Medicine. The parishioners of Unani system of Medicine are called as Hakims. In Unani System of Medicine drugs and formulations are based on herbs, hence herbs and hakims can not exist without each other. People still have faith in both herbs and hakims in spite of ample acceptance of modern..
The Unani System of Medicine originated in Greece (Unan).Hippocrates ( 460 – 377 BC),the " Father of Medicine" freed medicine from the realm of superstition and magic and gave it the status of science. The teachings of Hippocrates form the basis of the theoretical frame work of Unani Medicine. After Hippocrates, Jalinoos (Galen), Abu Baker Ibn-e- Zakaria Razi (Razer) and Ibn-e- Sina (Avicenna),