Tacuinum Sanitatis, Olive Oil

"Entitled: Nature: Warm and humid. Optimum: Good month.Usefulness: It fattens and is easily digestible. Dangers: It weakens the mechanism of digestion. Neutralization of the Dangers: Mixed with foods. The Tacuinum Sanitatis is a medieval handbook based on the Taqwim as-sihhah, an 11th century Arab medical treatise by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad. Listing its contents organically rather than alphabetically, it sets forth the six essential elements for well-being: sufficient food and drink in moderation, fresh air, alternations of activity and rest, alternations of sleep and wakefulness, secretions and excretions of humours, and finally the effects of states of mind. In addition to its importance for the study of medieval medicine, the Tacuinum is also of interest in the study of agriculture, cooking and society. Each scene is accompanied by a brief summary of the health aspects of the subject. From the Tacuinum of Paris, 14th century."

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Al-sihhah Arabic As-sihhah Butlan Diet Dietetics Edible Extract Extracting Extraction Fourteenth Hygiene Hygienic Liquid Medicinal Nestorianism Olive Olives Sanitatis Taccuinum Tacuinum Taqwim

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