Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine, vol. 3, p. 406 — honey as a remedy; medicine and the physician

القانون في الطب لابن سينا ج3، ص 406 — التداوي بالعسل، الطب والطبيب

An excerpt from Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine, vol. 3, p. 406, that mentions honey as a remedy, medicine and the physician, illness and the sick, the drug, poison and antidote; from the machine-read scan, quoted within forty words per the sources policy.

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«… بعسل منزوع الرغوة بقدر الكفاية، والشربة مثقال بماء حار، وقيل إن من الأطباء من جعل مكان المرّ قسطاً مرًّا، وحكى صهاريخت أنه وجد في نسخة زيادة من الزعفران جزء، هذا ترياق الأربعة الأدوية، ينفع من لسع العقارب والعناكب، ومن الأمراض …»

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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. 3 (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.