Avicenna’s Medicine: A New Translation of the 11th-century Canon With Practical Applications for Integrative Health Care

Name: Avicenna’s Medicine: A New Translation of the 11th-century Canon With Practical Applications for Integrative Health Care
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ISBN: 9781594774324

ISBN-10: 1594774323

ISBN-13: 9781594774324

Edition: 2013

Authors: Mones Abu-asab, Hakima Amri, Marc S. Micozzi

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"The first contemporary translation of the 1,000-year-old text at the foundation of modern medicine and biology"--Provided by publisher.

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Inner Traditions
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 448
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.716
Language: English



Foreword: In Defense of Medical Tradition



Preface


Introduction: "Why Revisit a Thousand-Year-Old Book?



Concepts of Unani Medicine: A Primer


First Art: Definition of Medicine and Its Topics



Topics of Medicine



The Unani Elements: The Basics or Origins ('Ousoul, $$$)



The Theory of Temperaments (Amzijeh, $$$)



The Humors (Akhlat ['hlat], $$$)



The Organs according to Avicenna



A General View of the Faculties and Actions (Quwa and Af'al, $$$)


Second Art: Disease, Causes, and General Symptoms



Diseases



Causes



Symptoms and Signs


Third Art: Health, Disease, and the Necessity of Death



Introduction to the Third Art



Raising Children



Common Regimen of Adults



Health Management of the Elderly



Management of the Dystempered Body



Transitions, Seasonal Management, and Travelers


Fourth Art: Aspects of Treatments according to General Diseases


Epilogue


Arabic-English Glossary of the Canon


Bibliography


Index