Journal of - International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine

Editing and Study Adwiyat Harf al-Thal from Taqwīm al-adwiyah almufrada
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)
The drugs of plant origin belong to various genus and
families, the families are Urticaceae and Equisetaceae.
All of the drugs mentioned have various indications
and benefits which one can find in recent references.
Complementary and homeopathic references cited various
effects of the 550 drugs, and regardless of being agreed
with the effects cited by al-Alaai or not, these drugs have
valuable usefulness.
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