“THE SMALL CANON OF MEDICINE” AS A PRACTICAL BOOK

"This article examines the therapeutic methods used to treat and prevent diseases mentioned in the “The Small Canon of Medicine” by Ibn Sina’s contemporary, the famous physician Abu Ali Abdarrahman ibn Mandawayh (d. 1019). This work was intended for a wide audience and therefore collected the simplest methods for treating certain diseases. In this context, the author of the work followed the tradition typical of Muslim medicine in the East, considering the use of various foods and dishes as the primary method of treatment. According to him, food serves not only as nourishment for the human body, but also as an effective medicine. Along with this method, the author used drug treatment. This method was characterized by the fact that the patient was prescribed a transition from simple drugs to complex ones; drugs were prescribed in the form of decoctions, ointments, tablets and other forms. The third method of manual therapy consisted of such procedures as bloodletting, cupping, enemas and inducing vomiting."

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