Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine, vol. 3, p. 497 — senna and sannut; pain

القانون في الطب لابن سينا ج3، ص 497 — السنا والسنوت، الوجع

An excerpt from Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine, vol. 3, p. 497, that mentions senna and sannut, pain, leprosy and vitiligo, the hospital and the medical craft, the organs of the body, the disease and its remedy; from the machine-read scan, quoted within forty words per the sources policy.

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«… الأكبر : وهو ينفض الأخلاط الغليظة، ويفتح السدد، وينفع من وجع المفاصل، والخاصرة والبرص، والبهق والجذام، وداء الفيل وهو الحبّ المعروف بالماهاني. أخلاطه: يؤخذ أشق وسكبينج، وجاوشير، ومقل وصبر، وحرمل، وهليلج، وشحم الحنظل من كل واحد ثمانية دراهم. ومن الشبرم …»

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

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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· al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 1356 — the black seed; illness and the sick· al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 1419 — cupping; pain· al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 238 — the black seed; illness and the sick· al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 2914 — kohl for the eye; pain· al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 3048 — honey as a remedy; pain

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  • The Canon of Medicine, vol. 3 (Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyya, Beirut, 1999)
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al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 1230 — cupping; the hospital and the medical craft

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