Arab Medicine
Arab medicine and ethno pharmacology
The 6th century marked the awakening of intellectual and scientific activity in the Arab world. Herbal medicine was popular (used by the people) and had a social role. It was an exchange of knowledge and trade. In the Middle Ages, "pharmacy" was expanding in the Arab-Muslim world. Drawing on the contributions of chemistry, which was developing rapidly at the time, Arab scientists turned pharmacy into a science in its own right. They developed their own pharmaceutical vocabulary and laid the foundations for what was to become pharmacology.
Among all the men of science we can quote:
Jaber Ibn Hayyan 721-776
His Latin name is Geber. An Arab from Kufa (Iraq), where he set up a laboratory at the time of Haroun El-Rashid.
He is the author of the book "Chest of Wisdom", in which he proposes, among other things, a vision of alchemy as an experimental science and methods for purifying chemical substances. He talks about quantifying properties and characteristics using scales and appropriate instruments. He described properties in figures, drawings and tables. His work helped pave the way for the advent of modern science.
Ibn el Baytâr, born in Malaga, died in Damascus in 1248
During the 13th century, he wrote a voluminous work entitled "The Book of the Simple". It is the source of most later botanical and pharmacological texts. Many of the plants cited are still used today.
Forms of medicines used by Arab doctors
Decoction
Dry drugs-plant infusion
Infusion
Maceration
Galen's pills
Potions
Powders
Syrups
Theriacs (Multiple components)
Chemical phenomena discovered by Arab chemists and physicians
Distillation
Evaporation
Amalgamation
Calcination
Crystallization
Filtration
Separation
Solution
Sublimation
CAMEL STAR
Camel's Star continues the age-old tradition of herbal
medicine.
Today's technology enables us to produce
formulations with very high precision in terms of the proportions and complementarities of the elements used.
Our products are dietetic feeds in the phyto-nutrition sector.
Within a regulatory framework, our aim is to achieve balance through nutritional compilation at the physiological level of the camel's well-being.).
We focus on the specific quantitative contribution of inputs
(raw materials, additives and plants with virtues that are
referenced in scientific literature).
The categories we create are well-targeted formulas for the metabolic profiles that need to be rebalanced.
Hasni Fabien for Camel's Star
