Traditional Healer's Handbook: Classic Guide to the Medicine of Avicenna

Hakim Chishti

Paperback, 385 Pages

9780892814381

This comprehensive guide synthesized the principles and practices of Hippocratic, Chinese, Ayuverdic, and Persian medicine. It also includes the first English translation of one of the handbooks of Avicenna, the "Prince of Physicians", whose healing system is explained and elaborated with recipes to maintain optimum immune system vitality. 

Selected Contents:

1. The Origins and Development of Unani Tibb

2. The Doctrine of the Naturals 

3. The Tibb Profile: Six Factors

4. Dietetics: The Influence of Food and Drink

5. Foods for Health