Canon of Medicine Vol. 5 Pharmacopia and Index of the 5 Volumes

by Avicenna and Laleh Bakhtiar

Volume 5 lists more than 800 pharmacologically tested simple and complex drugs, including plant and mineral substances, with a thorough description of their application and effectiveness. For each one, he described their pharmaceutical actions from a range of twenty-two to thirty possibilities, including resolution, astringency and softening, and their specific properties according to a grid of eleven types of pathological conditions, diseases. This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567448585
• ISBN13: 9781567448580
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Kazi Publictions
• Length: 1016 Pages
• Weight: 3.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"