Ibn Sina
He was born in a village near Bukhara, now known as Uzbekistan, in 980 AD. He was known as the Sheikh, the head of the doctors, the father of modern medicine in the Middle Ages, and a thousand The first of his books was on medicine, and one of his most famous writings (Law in Medicine), which collected everything related to the causes and treatment of diseases. He remained the only and fundamental reference in medicine in European universities. He was the first person to develop meningitis , Describing it as an accurate description, jaundice, bladder stones, and many more Herbal remedy.
Law in Medicine
The book is divided into two main sections. It is devoted to a part of it to talk about ancient and modern medicines, and pharmaceutical formulas with their benefits and their harm to the human body. To facilitate the research in his book, every department Mobilized in a smooth and streamlined manner, it includes the following topics:
- Section 1: This section discusses the natural laws of single and compound drugs, and how to mix natural materials together, with some experiments for each of the materials.
- The second part deals with the effect of both complex and micro-medicines, and has been divided into several categories including treatment and decoration, properties, tumors, sores, joint pain, head and eye diseases, digestive system, respiration, food and medicine.
The most important herbs spoken by Ibn Sina
Cane: A herbaceous plant with a length of between one and one and a half meters, and leaves in the shape of the shaft, and the color of light green, and has a distinctive aromatic smell, and the use of roots and volatile oils constituent, and activates this grass skin cells, and treatment of the respiratory system and airways, But it is used in the preparation of the finest types of luxury perfumes, and treatment of diseases of the stomach and colon and liver, and the pain of teeth and intestines, and indigestion, and menstrual pain, one of the most used herbs in the preparation of herbal medicines.
Uses of cane
- It is used as a laxative with lemon and ginseng for the treatment of respiratory diseases, acute bronchitis.
- Used to treat urinary tract infections and bladder.
- Third-degree burns by warm compresses.
- It is used to treat joint diseases by lubricating its oil on places of pain.
- Used as an appetizer.
- It is used to reduce smoking and keep away from it and mitigate its negative effects on the body.
His death
Ibn Sina died in Iran in a city called Hamdan in the year 1037 AD in 427 AH.