The Theory of Etiology
(the set of factors that contributes to the occurrence of a disease)
There are six Causes:
1) Air – Air is essential to keep the self evenly balanced, for as long as air remains pure, no debility is mixed within it, and no impure wind.It is an invisisble protection.
- Each season produces diseases compatible with it,
- and expels what is incompatible.
- Thus , summer cause bile and results in bilious diseases,
- but cures cold deseases. And the like can be said of other seasons.
- Cold air is strengthening , and improves the digestion.
- Hot air has just the reverse effect.. A change in the air is a cause of pestilence*
2) Causes of Food and Drink,
- When hot, these produce heat in the body,
- and vice versa.
3) Cause is Bodily Movement and Rest,
- Movement causes warmth in the body,
- and vice versa
4) The fourth cause is Emotional
- Movement and Rest,
- Movement causes of anger,
- joy , anxiety , grief and shame.
These states set the self in motion –
- certainly inwardly ,
- but outwardly,
- so the sleeper needs some outer covering.
- Wakefulness is just the opposite of this.
5) The fifth cause is Waking and Sleeping,
- Sleep makes the self bubble within the-body ,
- although it cools it outwardly,
- so the sleeper needs some outer covering.
- Wakefulness is just the opposite of this.
6) The sixth cause is Emission and Retention.
- A balance between these protects health.
Sign in a Man
Theory of sign in a Man
1) Black hair and black body are signs of
- Heat
- and opposite a sign of cold.
2) Similarly , with a fat body or a thin body .
- an excess flesh is a sign of heat combined with wetness.
3) For sleep is a sign of wetness,
- whereas a diminished desire is a sign of dryness.
- a moderate desire is the sign of a balanced temperament.
4) similarly, the appearance of the organs in a sign.
- Capacious organs are a sign of hotness ,
- And the opposite a sign of coldness.
5) In the same way, dreams indicate temperaments.
- Seeing colours like yellow or red,Or flashes of light,
all these are signs of hotness
- and the opposite a sign of coldness.
- Again , excess of body odour is a sign of heat,
- And lack of it is a sign of coldness.
*Jalalu’d-Din Abd’ur-Rahman As-Asuyuti,Medicine of the Prophet,May Allah bless him and grant him peace.
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