Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine, vol. 2, p. 56 — cupping; illness and the sick

القانون في الطب لابن سينا ج2، ص 56 — الحجامة، المرض والمريض

An excerpt from Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine, vol. 2, p. 56, that mentions cupping, illness and the sick, named diseases, the drug; from the machine-read scan, quoted within forty words per the sources policy.

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«الكتاب الثالث الفنّ الأوّل: في أمراض الرأس والدماغ ويسرَّح منه دم كثير، ويمسح موضع الحجامة بملح مسحوق، ويلزم الموضع صوفاً مغموساً في زيت، ثم يوضع عليه من الغد دواء خراجي، وليس ذلك في هذا بعينه، بل في جميع أنواع الصداع …»

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Prophetic medicine (al-tibb al-nabawi)· Medicine· Simple and compound drugs (al-adwiya al-mufrada wal-murakkaba)

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Sahih al-Bukhari 4458 — medicine given by the mouth-side or the nose; illness and the sick· Sahih al-Bukhari 5709 — medicine given by the mouth-side or the nose; illness and the sick· Sahih al-Bukhari 5736 — ruqya recited over the sick; recovery from an ailment· Sahih al-Bukhari 6886 — medicine given by the mouth-side or the nose; illness and the sick· Sahih al-Bukhari 6897 — medicine given by the mouth-side or the nose; illness and the sick· al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 1230 — cupping; the hospital and the medical craft· al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 1248 — cupping; illness and the sick· al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 1333 — cupping; pain

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  • The Canon of Medicine, vol. 2 (Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyya, Beirut, 1999)
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Sahih al-Bukhari 4458 — medicine given by the mouth-side or the nose; illness and the sick

A report in Sahih al-Bukhari, no. 4458 (Military Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi)), that mentions medicine given by the mouth-side or the nose, illness and the sick, the drug. The Medicine Browser lists it with the texts on prophetic medicine, medicine, anatomy, surgery, drugs and treatment.