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Herbal History of Iran
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Herbal History of Iran
During the Middle Ages, ancient Persians began to experiment
with heating implements for their herbs.
Herbs such as frankincense, benzoin and aloe wood were
heated in bronze cast braziers or atop flat warming stones
with a fire kindled beneath.
These devices warmed a room and released healthful plant
essences all at once. Many of Persia's most profound contributions
to the world of health and herbology, come from the research
and writing of a single man.
Born in 980 AD, Ibn Sina (Hakim Abu Ali al-Husayn Abd
Allah Ibn Sina), eventually known in the West as simply
Avicenna, has been referred to as the most famous individual
physician in the history of humanity.
Referencing texts from memory, the Iranian physician wrote
276 books, which covered a vast range of topics including:
medicine, natural history, physics, chemistry, mathematics,
music, economics, morality and religion. His unprecedented
work, Kitab aI-shira' or The Book of Healing, was extremely
influential and is generally considered the largest volume
ever produced by a single man.
His second book sealed his infamy: al-Qanunfial-Tibb or The Canon of Medicine.
The Encyclopredia Britannica calls this work "the
single most famous book in the history of medicine, in
East or West."
The Canon was comprised of five volumes that gathered
and refined all of the medical knowledge in existence
at the time.
Avicenna developed his theories of medicine through the
related the doctrines of the natural sciences, and considered
the evaluation of a "disease" incomplete until
all components of a person had been included in the diagnosis.
Avicenna's works became the basis for most medieval schools
of thought, especially that of the Franciscan monks, and
through the ages has held vast influence on the development
and practice of all medicine.
Through his teachings, Muslim civilizations made several
very important contributions to medicine: developments
in botany, pharmacy, and the founding of hospitals.
Avicenna himself created a procedure of the distillation
of floral oils and was the first to distill essence of
rose. Centuries later, Avincenna's work inspired Samuel
Hahnemann (1755 -1843) to found homeopathy.
This gives you an idea of how ancient and intrinsic herbs are to human life.
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