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Regimen of health (al-tadbir)

التدبير وحفظ الصحة

Ibn Sina says that keeping health and removing disease need further subjects, among them the regimen of food and drink, the choice of air, and the measure of movement and rest 1. In Fann 3 of Book I he treats the common regimen for adults, in seventeen chapters, beginning with exercise, since most of keeping health lies in exercise, then diet, then sleep 2.

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Ibn Sina notes that preserving health and removing disease require further subjects — among them regimen in food and drink, choice of air, and the measure of motion and rest 1. The third fann of the first book treats the shared regimen of adults in seventeen chapters, beginning with exercise — since most of health-preservation is to exercise — then the regimen of food, then of sleep 2.

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  1. The Canon of Medicine, vol. 1 (Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyya, Beirut, 1999) , p.15
  2. The Canon of Medicine, vol. 1 (Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyya, Beirut, 1999) , p.221
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