Dam — blood humour
sanguine, warm and moist humour
In Unani medicine, dam is one of the four akhlat and is conventionally described as hot and moist. The heart/chest anchor is a target-organ projection for a substance and humour classification, not an anatomical map.
Point 1 of 4 in Unani Mizaj Herbalism
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
Ibn Sina, The Canon of Medicine (primary_canonical)
Documents the four humours and the hot/cold, moist/dry qualities used in mizaj classification; Book 1, Fen 1, Doctrines.
Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, Kitab al-Hawi (primary_canonical)
Documents humoral pathology and temperament reasoning across the al-Hawi medical discussions; book and page numbering varies by edition.
H. H. R. Khane, Principles of Unani Medicine (scholarly_modern)