IBN SINA AND THE REVOLUTION OF FOLK MEDICINE
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This article analyzes the connection between the legacy of the famous scholar Abu Ali Ibn Sina and folk medicine. It explores how Ibn Sina’s medical views—on nature, proper nutrition, psychological health—and widely used folk remedies are harmonized from a scientific perspective. Furthermore, the article compares the scientific basis of herbs and natural remedies used in folk medicine with the methods recorded in Ibn Sina’s works.
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