Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine, vol. 1, p. 663 — ithmid (antimony kohl); kohl for the eye

القانون في الطب لابن سينا ج1، ص 663 — الإثمد، الكحل

An excerpt from Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine, vol. 1, p. 663, that mentions ithmid (antimony kohl), kohl for the eye, named diseases, the drug, drugs and pharmacy; from the machine-read scan, quoted within forty words per the sources policy.

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«الكتاب الثاني الجملة الثانية : في بيان الأدوية المفردة - حرف الراء ومن ريح السيل والغشاوة سعوطاً بماء المرزنجوش، ويكتحل به مع الإثمد للحَوَل. أعضاء الصدر : يسقى من أصله وزن درهمين في الشراب لذات الجنب البارد، وللربو، والسعال المزمن، …»

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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. 1 (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.