The stomatological use of stones cited in the
            <i>Kitab al-tasrif</i>
            treatise (Abulcasis, 1000 CE)

Carrasco, Joaquín; Liñán, María Belén Vargas

doi:10.1144/sp375.7

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“…These are: Tīn al ārd al mūzrūa, Tīn Armanī, Tīn Aqrītūsh, Tīn bilād al Māstagī, Tīn Samain, Tīn Shāmūs, Tīn Qaymūliyā, Tīnal-Kārā, Tīn Makūl, Tīn Makhtūm, Tīn Mutlaq, Tīn al Mūgharrah. 21 Avicenna described Tīn Qaymūliyā (Terra sigillata) as anti-poisonous. 17 Abul Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis, 936-1013 CE) had listed some medicinal clay in his book "Kitāb al-Tasrīf " (in XXI of these 30 Volumes) and mentioned their stomatological applications.…”

Section: Orally and Pastementioning

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Review of Therapeutic Clays Used in Reference to Unani System of Medicine

Alam

Sofi

et al. 2023

J. Young Pharm.

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Nature and health has always remained in consonance with each other. Various natural resources have got therapeutic purpose apart from their use in other industries. Clays from nature have been used frequently for therapeutic purposes from ancient times. The external use for stopping bleeding and their internal use for various ailments have been documented from early Greek civilization and Unani system of Medicine. Survey of literature from index journal, available Unani classical text, and authentic books and websites were carried out about therapeutic clays, their nomenclature, uses and rationale for their use was noted. Dioscorides has mentioned a number of clays in his book Materia Medica. Work of other Unani/Arab scholars AbūRayḥān al-Bīrūnī, Ibn al-Bayṭār, Hunayn Ibn Isḥāq al-ʿIbādī, Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzī, Ibn Sīnā, Abul Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbās al-Zahrāwī on clays etc is been shortlisted in this work. Unani system enriched by vast literature extending from Greeks to Indian scholars bridged by the Medieval Arab scholars of medicine have left great legacy in regard to the description, use, and indication of various types of therapeutic clays, which are remedy for various diseases as a haemostatic, detergent, resolvent, astringent, wound healing etc, and also used as a cosmeceuticals and cosmetics. Present review attempted to enumerate the various aspects of different types of clays used in Unani system of medicine for therapeutic purposes.

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Section: Orally and Pastementioning

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“…He used clay in toothpastes to give consistency to the toothpaste formula and also used for strengthening gums, polishing teeth, cleansing the mouth and preventing halitosis / pyorrhea and tooth decay. 21 The description of various clays in Unani medicine is as follows…”

Section: Orally and Pastementioning

confidence: 99%

Review of Therapeutic Clays Used in Reference to Unani System of Medicine

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Sofi

et al. 2023

J. Young Pharm.

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“…He was a pioneer who depicted dental arches [10] and treated deformities of the mouth [45]. He used minerals in oral and dental diseases, including alkali (sodium carbonate and potassium carbonate), alkyonion stone (silica crystals, calcite, and collagen), alum (hydrated potassium aluminium sulphate), bitumen, cooked clay (phyllosilicates), arsenic, sulfur, Armenian bole (red clay), borax (sodium borate), lime, verdigris (copper acetate), coral (calcite), lapis lazuli (lazurite), marcasite (pyrite, an iron sulfide), marble, nacre, orpiment, salt (halite), and vitriol [58].…”

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“…He prepared litharge (lead monoxide), white lead, lead sulphide (burnt lead), burnt copper, cadmia (calamine, which is native zinc carbonate), marcasite, yellow arsenic and lime, and numerous vitriols and salts [58], [65], [71]. He listed drug names and synonyms, with details of their stability, in Arabic, Greek, Syriac, Persian, and the vulgar tongue (Spanish) [68], [70].…”

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Could Al-Zahrawi Be Considered a Biomedical Engineer? [Retrospectroscope]

Saad

2016

IEEE Pulse

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In one?s career, it is good to look back at the predecessors in the field. Biomedical engineering history is full of hidden treasures, one of whom is Al-Zahrawi, a Muslim surgeon who had a wide reputation in Europe during the Middle Ages. Herein, besides recalling that he was a surgeon, the intent is to spotlight his talent in biomedical engineering. Important contributions in surgical instruments come up readily in a review of his work, contradicting the view some have maintained of him as a mere compiler. He was a true inventor, creating many surgical instruments that were not known in the Greco-Roman era. Quite early, he produced contributions influencing surgical procedures in Europe from the 14th to the 18th centuries. As a problem solver, he was aware of anatomical and physiological problems, and he moved through design, methods of manufacturing, and practical applications. The illustrations of such instruments in his encyclopedic work, Al-Tasrif, reflect his willingness to teach.

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Lithotherapeutical research sources from antiquity to the mid-eighteenth century

Duffin

2013

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Geopharmaceuticals have a recorded history of use by a wide range of cultures for over 3000 years. The history of geological simples is written in the leaves of a diversity of literary sources, an overview of which is attempted for the first time. Egyptian medical papyri, Assyrian and Babylonian clay tablets, Indian Puranas, plus ancient Chinese, classical Greek and Roman writings all preserve a folk tradition of therapeutic earths, rocks, minerals and fossils. Anglo-Saxon Laeceboc, medieval Islamic writings, and Western medieval bestiaries all contain scattered references to geological simples. A surge of appreciation for geopharmaceuticals took place with the onset of the Western medieval lapidary tradition, which influenced the writings of the early encyclopaedists and writers of herbals. With the advent of printing, many classical and newly translated Islamic texts were made more readily available, stimulating a burst of scholarship by early modern scientists of the Renaissance. Increasingly detailed illustrations were used to embellish the catalogues of Renaissance Wunderkammern. By the late eighteenth century, the use of geological materials was declining, and being replaced by a more empirical approach to pharmacology.

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The stomatological use of stones cited in the Kitab al-tasrif treatise (Abulcasis, 1000 CE)

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Review of Therapeutic Clays Used in Reference to Unani System of Medicine

Review of Therapeutic Clays Used in Reference to Unani System of Medicine

Could Al-Zahrawi Be Considered a Biomedical Engineer? [Retrospectroscope]

Lithotherapeutical research sources from antiquity to the mid-eighteenth century

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