Some marine drugs used in traditional medicine with special reference to avicenna's canon of medicine

Traditional uses of some marine, animal, plant and mineral drugs, mentioned in Greco-Arab system of medicine, have been described. "Canon of Medicine" [Avicenna, 980-1037 A.D.] provides the numerous traditional unique uses of the indigenous drugs from the sea. This review paper covers the literal translation of the 24 drugs of sea origin directly from the Arabic source for the first time. The drugs have been presented with English, Arabic and scientific names followed by important traditional uses from the Greco-Arab medical literature

Treatise on botanical, animal and mineral drugs for cancer

The knowledge of Sartan [cancer] in the Unani [Greco-Arab] system of medicine can be traced to ancient times [131-200 A.D.]. The knowledge of Abu Bakr Muhammad b. Zakariya al-Razi for curing of cancer is worth mentioning. Unani simples-plants, animals and minerals and formulations used for the treatment of the disease as mentioned by him have been presented scientifically. Numerous plant drugs have been tabulated with their correct botanical names, English names, part used and families. The claims have been reviewed in the light of research work conducted in India during the last three decades