An Introduction to Islamic Medicine

The discipline of Islamic Medicine is based on the four-element paradigm which offers a completely consistent cosmology, physics, physiology, psychology, and diagnostic and therapeutic science. Although it is startlingly unfamiliar to the modern Cartesian-Newtonian mind, it yields indisputable therapeutic results, often in areas where contemporary physicians must scratch their heads and submit to their limitations.

The name for this discipline is Hikmah or Wisdom, in that it is devoted more to the wisdom needed to live in the best condition of health physically and spiritually, rather than merely dealing with the ill effects of our contemporary lifestyle as modern medicine must do. This work benefits both from Hakim Salim’s deep educational background and his wide clinical experience.

About The Author

Hakim M Salim Khan was born in the Northwest Frontier of Pakistan and studied in England and Pakistan. He has practised Islamic Medicine since 1978 and is widely acknowledged as a Ḥakim – a medical practitioner who has mastered the science of Ṭibb – medicine. Hakim Salim practices at the Mohsin Institute and clinic, a clinic and teaching institution in Leicester, England, which he founded and where he now works. Having trained in Tibb, he also studied Iridology, Osteopathy, and Western herbal medicine. He lectures and teaches, bringing a unique perspective to Medical Practice.

About The Book

This is the first systematic study of Islamic Medicine by a practising Hakim to be published in the English language and is, with minor revisions, the third edition of the book, which was originally published in 1986.