Avicenna's medicine
Subtitle: a new translation of the 11th-century canon with practical applications for integrative health care
By: Mones Abu-Asab, Hakima Amri, Marc S. Micozzi
Contributors: Abu-Asab, Mones; Amri, Hakima; Micozzi, Marc S., 1953-
Publisher: Healing Arts Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Rochester, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 462
ISBN-13: 9781594774324; 9781620551707
Subjects: Arab Medicine; Early works to 1800; Medieval Medicine; Materia medica
Work titles: Qānūn fī al-ṭibb. Kitāb 1.
Description: "The first contemporary translation of the 1,000-year-old text at the foundation of modern medicine and biology"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Translation from Arabic of: Qānūn fī al-ṭibb. Kitāb 1.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 446-448) and index.
Table of contents: title: Primer : concepts of Unani medicine; title: Topics of medicine; title: The Unani elements : the basics or origins; title: The theory of temperaments; title: The humors; title: The organs according to Avicenna; title: A general view of the faculties and actions; title: Diseases, causes, and general symptoms; title: Diseases; title: Causes; title: Symptoms and signs; title: Health, disease, and the necessity of death; title: Introduction to the third act; title: Raising children; title: Common regimen of adults; title: Health management of the elderly; title: Management of the distempered body; title: Transitions, seasonal management, and travelers; title: Aspects of treatments according to general diseases.