Mones Abu-Asab: Avicenna's Medicine

Cover: 9781594774324 | Avicenna's Medicine | Mones Abu-Asab (u. a.) | Buch | Gebunden | 2013

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Beschreibung

A millennium after his life, Avicenna remains one of the most highly regarded physicians of all time. His Canon of Medicine, also known as the Qanun, is one of the most famous and influential books in the history of medicine, forming the basis for our modern understanding of human health and disease. It focused not simply on the treatment of symptoms, but on finding the cause of illness through humoral diagnosis—a method still used in traditional Unani and Ayurvedic medicines in India. Originally written in Arabic, Avicenna’s Canonwas long ago translated into Latin, Persian, and Urdu, yet many of the inaccuracies from those first translations linger in current English translations. Translated directly from the original Arabic, this volume includes detailed commentary to explain current biomedical interpretations of Avicenna’s theories and ways to apply his treatments today, particularly for individualized medicine. It shows how Avicenna’s understanding of the humors corresponds directly with the biomedical definition of proteins, lipids, and organic acids: the nutrient building blocks of our blood and body. With this new translation of the first volume of his monumental work, Avicenna’s Canonbecomes just as relevant today as it was 1,000 years ago.

Über den Autor

Mones Abu-Asab, Ph.D., is a senior scientist at the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Hakima Amri, Ph.D., is associate professor of biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology at Georgetown University and cofounder and codirector of Georgetown’s Complementary and Alternative Medicine Graduate Program. Marc S. Micozzi, M.D., Ph.D., is adjunct professor of pharmacology and physiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine and the founding director of the Policy Institute for Integrative Medicine in Washington, D.C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword: In Defense of Medical Tradition by Alain Touwaide

Preface

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

1 Concepts of Unani Medicine: A Primer

First Art
Definition of Medicine and Its Topics

2 Topics of Medicine
3 The Unani Elements: The Basics or Origins
4 The Theory of Temperaments
5 The Humors
6 The Organs according to Avicenna
7 A General View of the Faculties and Actions

Second Art
Disease, Causes, and General Symptoms

8 Diseases
9 Causes
10 Symptoms and Signs

Third Art
Health, Disease, and the Necessity of Death

11 Introduction to the Third Art
12 Raising Children
13 Common Regimen of Adults
14 Health Management of the Elderly
15 Management of the Dystempered Body
16 Transitions, Seasonal Management, and Travelers

Fourth Art
Aspects of Treatments according to General Diseases

Epilogue

Arabic-English Glossary of the Canon

Bibliography

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2013
Genre:	Importe
Produktart:	Ratgeber
Rubrik:	Gesundheit
Thema:	Gesundheit
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9781594774324
ISBN-10:	1594774323
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Abu-Asab, Mones Amri, Hakima Micozzi, Marc S
Hersteller:	Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	238 x 156 x 35 mm
Von/Mit:	Mones Abu-Asab (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	31.07.2013
Gewicht:	0,785 kg