Journal of - International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine

Abdul Nasser KAADAN, Hesham ALAHMAD
Editing and Study Adwiyat Harf al-Thal from Taqwīm al-adwiyah
al-mufrada Manuscript (Table of Simple Drugs) Written by Ibrāhīm b.
Abī Sa`īd b. Ibrāhīm al-Maġribī al-Alā’ī (Lived in 547H/1152 A.D)
Number Substitutes Antidotes Contraindications Dose Method of
administration
534 Plane currant For spleen Two
Derhams
535 Cistanche Lawzeenage For throat Two
Derhams
536 Twice of it
from silver
Honey and
musk
537 Marsh nut Milk and
rose oil
538 For alopecia
mouse feces
Vinegar and
Armenian
clay
Enteral and topical
Cooked
For bladder Carat In Kohl with
antimony
Cause bladder
ulcers
Indicate to air
moldiness
Give a
very little
amount
Without
estimation
Topically
Topically
Use in the body as
a whole
Soft Elm with
vinegar are useful
for skin peeling,
cure wounds,
strengthen weak
bones as a bandage.
Dry without
irritation, cure
ulcers and wounds,
useful for humeral
injuries as a
bandage, even if it
was severe 6 .
Best cauterization
and quickest curing
that made by gold,
as cauterization by
gold is useful for
swelled legs.
Take off warts and
bad nails, useful for
albinism, eczema,
and scabies, cure
carcinoma, useful
for sciatica.
Useful for hornet
stings by massage,
and it’s said that
it’s used to reverse
poisons harm.
Use in
Digestive
Diseases
The thick peel
is phlegm
laxative.
The fruit is
aphrodisiac
Useful for
tumors of
stomach
and liver,
constipate, stop
bleeding, for
organ swelling
as a bandage.
Abortifacient,
diuretic,
emmenagogue,
break up
calculus, useful
for piles in
pomades.
Recent studies:
Drugs determination 7 :
Number References French Family Scientific- Latin English Arabic Name
534 (5) (6) (7) (8) Orme Urticaceae Ulmus campestris L.
Fraxinus excelsior L. 7 Elm Dardar (Tharthar)
535 (5) (6) (7) (8) Prele des
champs
Equisetaceae Equisetum arvense L. Horsetail Thanab al-khail
537 (9) Cantáridas Cantharis vesicatoria Cantharides Tharareeh
6
H: "recent" instead of "severe".
7
Flies aren't used in therapies in modern medicine, and Gold is known, so I didn't care of determining them.
8
These two genera are called Dardar, the first genus also called "Bug tree", and the second also called "Lesan al-Usfour" , and the author wanted to
indicate to each of them, because he described Dardar with the first, and in the name "Lesan al-Usfour" he described it with: "Dardar fruit". For further
explanation look in the listed references.
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