General discussion about treatment

I say that healing is accomplished by three things. One of them is regimen and nutrition, the second is the use of medications and the third is the use of manual action. By regime we mean the regulation of a limited number of necessary factors that usually exist This includes food.

The prescriptions of the regimen correspond to the prescriptions of the drugs with regard to their quality. However, for nutrition, among these prescriptions there are special ones related to quantity, and because food is sometimes prohibited, sometimes reduced, sometimes made moderate, and sometimes increased in quantity. Indeed, food is prohibited when the doctor wants the nature to work on bringing the juices to a mature state, and the amount of food is reduced when the doctor’s goal is to preserve the strength of the food being fed. At the same time, attention will be paid to the strength, which may decrease, and to bad juice, so that the nature is not occupied only with digesting a large amount of food. Attention is always paid to what is more important, and this is either strength, if it is very weak, or illness, if the latter is very strong.

Food is reduced in two respects: in terms of quantity and in terms of quality. If you combine these two relationships, you get a third relationship. The difference between the relationship of quantity and quality is as follows: there are foods with large volume and low nutritional value, such as vegetables and fruits, and if someone eats them in large quantities, then he increases the quantity of food, but not its quality. There are foods with small volume but high nutritional value, such as eggs and rooster testicles.

We sometimes need to reduce the quality and increase the quantity of food, namely, when the appetite is very strong and there are raw juices in the vessels. We want to satisfy the appetite by filling the stomach and to prevent a large amount of substance from entering the vessels, so that the substance already in them can first ripen, as well as for other purposes.

Sometimes we need to increase the quality and decrease the quantity of food. This happens in cases where we want to increase the strength of the patient, but the nature that controls the stomach is so weak that it cannot cope with the digestion of food in large quantities.

For the most part, we strive to reduce and prohibit food when we are busy treating acute illnesses. We also reduce food in case of chronic diseases, but this decrease is much less than the decrease in acute diseases, because with chronic diseases we are more concerned about the strength of the patient, because we know that the crisis of such diseases is far away, and their end is also far away. If you do not maintain strength, then its stability will not be enough until the moment of crisis and it will not be enough to bring to a mature state something whose maturation period lasts a long time.

As for acute diseases, their crisis is close, and we hope that the patient’s strength will not change until the end of the illness. If we are afraid of this, we will not reduce our food excessively.

Whenever we are dealing with a disease that has recently begun and the manifestations of which are still calm, we nourish such a patient in order to strengthen his strength. And if the disease begins to develop and its manifestations intensify, then we reduce food in accordance with what is said above. By doing this we will shorten the time of the struggle of power. Before the end of the disease, we will significantly soften the regime.

The more acute the disease and the closer its crisis, the more we soften the regime, except in cases where circumstances arise that prohibit us from doing so. We will mention this in the Book on Private Diseases.

Food, insofar as it is eaten, has two more distinctive properties: rapid penetration, such as in wine, and slow penetration, such as fried meat and fried food in general, and the ability to generate thick blood that does not have fluidity, which occurs from foods such as pork and veal and the blood is thin, quickly dispersed, which occurs from such foods as wine and figs.

When we wish to take measures against the decline of animal strength and want to raise it, and when there is not time or strength sufficient to digest slowly digesting food, then we need quickly penetrating food. One must be careful not to give fast-digesting food when it will be taken in conjunction with previously eaten, slowly digested food. Then we are afraid that both of them will mix and the result will be what we outlined above.

We are also wary of heavy foods after learning that blockages have started to appear. However, we prefer highly nutritious and slow-digesting foods when we wish to strengthen the patient and prepare him for vigorous physical exercise, and we prefer light foods for those whose pores become more rapidly hardened.

As for treatment with drugs, there are three rules for it: the rule for choosing a drug according to its quality, that is, choosing hot or cold, wet or dry, the rule for choosing a drug according to quantity, and this rule contains the rule for measuring weight, and the rule measuring properties, that is, degrees of hotness, coldness, etc., the rule for distributing the time of taking the medicine.

As for the rule of choice based on the quality of medicines in general, the choice will follow the right path when recognizing the type of disease. Truly, when the quality of the disease is understood, one must choose a medicine with a counteracting quality, for a disease is cured by counteraction, and health is preserved by assistance.

The quantitative measurement of a medicine in two respects, taken as a whole, is made by the discernment of the art of medicine, based on the nature of the organ, the degree of the disease, and the factors which indicate the suitability and suitability of these medicines these factors are sex, age, habit, season, country, profession, strength and appearance.

Knowledge of the nature of an organ includes knowledge of four things: the nature of the organ, its natural structure, its position and its strength. As for the nature of the organ, if its natural nature and its painful nature are known, then through the insight of the medical art it will be known how far its nature has deviated from its natural nature the amount of what will return nature to its natural state is determined. For example, if a healthy nature is cold, and a sickly one is hot, it means that the latter has deviated greatly from the natural nature, and strong cooling is necessary. If both natures are hot, then a slight cooling is sufficient in this matter.

Regarding the natural structure of the organ, we have already said that it embraces several meanings - let them look at this place carefully. Then know that some organs

their device has convenient channels and has empty spaces inside and outside, and therefore excess is removed from them with the help of mild and moderate medications others are not like this, and then the need for strong drugs arises. Some organs are also loose, while others are dense. For a loose organ, a light medicine is sufficient, but for a dense organ, a strong medicine is needed.

The organ most in need of strong medicine is the one that has no cavity at either end and no free space. Next comes the organ, which has this at one end. Then an organ that has free space on both sides, but is itself compact and dense, such as the kidneys. Then one that has cavities on both sides, but is loose, such as lungs.

As for the position of the organ, it is known to determine either the location of the disease or its complicity in the disease of another organ.

Using the position of the organ, associated with knowledge of this complicity, is especially important when choosing the side where the medicine is attracted and directed. For example, if the bad juice is in the convex part of the liver, then we remove it along with the urine, and if it is in the recessed part of the liver, then we remove it with the help of a laxative, because the convex part of the liver is associated with the urinary organs, and its recessed part with the urinary organs. intestines.

When using the location of the organ, pay attention to three circumstances:

1. its remoteness and proximity to the place of drug administration if it is close, such as the stomach, then moderate medicines reach it *in the shortest possible time and do their job there while maintaining their strength. But if an organ is removed, such as the lungs, then the strength of the moderate medicines is lost before they reach the organ, and therefore it becomes necessary to increase the dose of the medicine. The strength of the medicine meeting a nearby organ must be so great as to counteract the disease. If there is a large distance between the organ and the medicine, and there is a disease in which the medicine, in order to penetrate the organ, needs a force penetrating deep into the body, then it is necessary that the strength of the medicine be greater than required, such as medicinal dressings for inflammation of the sciatic nerve and other things
2. determining what needs to be mixed with the medicine so that it quickly penetrates to the diseased organ: for example, a diuretic is added to medicines for the urinary organs, and saffron is added to heart medicines
3. determining which side the medicine is coming from. For example, if we know that there is an ulcer in the lower intestines, then we administer the medicine through an enema, and if we suspect that the ulcer is in the upper intestines, then we administer the medicine through drinking.

Sometimes both signs are taken into account together, that is, the location and participation of organ functions. This should be done when the bad juice has already completely flowed into the organ, but should not be done if it still continues to flow. If the bad juice still continues to pour in, we pull it away from that place, observing the following four conditions: the opposite direction, for example, the bad juice is pulled from right to left and from top to bottom participation of organ functions, for example, menstrual blood is stopped by placing two blood-sucking cups on both breasts, because in this case the blood is attracted to the partner correspondence, for example, in case of liver disease, bloodletting is done from the basil of the right hand, and in case of spleen disease - from the basil of the left hand distance so that the place of attraction of bad juice is not very close to the place from where the bad juice is drawn.

As for the case when the bad juice has already poured into the organ, we do it in two ways: either we remove it from the largest organ, or we transfer it to a nearby organ that participates in the function of the first one, and from there we take it out, for example, in case of uterine disease we do bleeding from the lymphatic vein, and in the case of swelling of the tonsil glands - from a vessel located under the tongue.

When you want to pull the bad juice in the opposite direction, first quench the pain of the organ from which the bad juice is drawn At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that the path of bad juice does not go through the dominant organs of J.

Using the power of the organ to determine the amount of medicine, do three things:

1. take into account whether the organ is dominant and initial. As much as possible we are afraid to give strong medicines to the dominant organ, because then we will spread the harmfulness of the medicine to the whole body. Therefore, in necessary cases, we do not empty the brain and liver in one go and never cool them too much. When we tie rags with absorbable medicines to the liver area, we must also add astringent incense to them in order to maintain the strength of the liver. For the same purpose, we do the same when we give medicine to drink. The most important organs in respect of which this rule is observed are the heart, then the brain, and after it the liver
2. take into account the complicity of the functions of organs, even if these organs are not dominant, such as the stomach and lungs. Therefore, in case of fevers with a weak stomach, we do not allow the patient to drink too cold water. Know that in general, the use of relaxants alone for the main and adjacent organs is very dangerous for life.
3. the severity or dullness of the sensation is taken into account. Indeed, very sensitive and rich in nerves organs should be protected from the use of drugs with bad properties, burning and causing pain, like yattu and others.

Medicines, the use of which must be abstained, are divided into three categories: those that stimulate resorption, those that potentially cool, and those that have opposite properties, such as verdigris, tin white, burnt copper, and the like.

Here's a breakdown of your medication choices.

As for determining the degree of the disease, if, for example, during the disease there is a symptomatic high fever, it is necessary to cool it with a medicine with a very cold property if there is severe symptomatic cooling with it, then it is necessary to warm it up with strongly warming medications. If the heat and cold are not strong, then we are satisfied with a medicine that has little strength.

As for drugs for a certain stage of the disease, we must know at what stage the disease is. For example, if a tumor is in the initial stage, we use something that only averts it, but if it is in the final stage, then we use something that causes resorption. And if the tumor is between these two stages, then we mix both agents together.

If the disease in the initial stage is acute, then we moderately soften the regime, and if the acute condition continues until the stage of completion of the disease, then we soften it more.

If the illness is protracted, then at first we do not use such a softening of the regime as before the stage of completion of the disease, although most chronic diseases, except for fever, are cured with a light regime. Also, if the disease is accompanied by a large amount of raging bad juice, then we empty the body in the initial stage of the disease and do not wait for the bad juice to mature. If it is in moderate quantities, then we force it to ripen and then we empty it.

As for the evidence obtained from moments requiring appropriate measures, it is easy for you to find out. Air is one of these things it is necessary to pay attention whether the air promotes medicine or disease.

We say that if, in case of postponing the necessary measures or easing these measures, the diseases become dangerous and there is no guarantee that the strength will not be lost, then strong measures should be taken from the very beginning. And when there is nothing dangerous, then it is necessary to move on to stronger measures gradually, and only when lighter measures turn out to be insufficient. Be careful not to avoid what is good, for otherwise the action will be late. One should also not stand on any erroneous position, because then the harm from it cannot be eliminated. Also, you should not stop at one treatment with one medicine, but you should change medications. Truly, one who is accustomed to one medicine does not experience its effects. Every body, even every organ, and even the same body and the same organ, sometimes experiences the effect of drugs, sometimes not, or experiences the effect of one drug and not another.

If the disease is difficult to determine, leave it to nature and take your time. Truly, either human nature will prevail over the disease, or the disease will be determined.

If the illness is accompanied by some kind of pain, or the like, or something that causes pain, such as a blow and a fall, then you need to start by calming this pain. If you need to dull the pain, then do not overuse drugs such as sleeping pills, poppy seeds, because they, dulling the pain, become habitual and are eaten as edible. If you know that this organ is very sensitive, then feed the patient something that thickens the blood, for example, harissa if you are not afraid of cooling, then give him such cooling agents as lettuce and the like.

Know that among the good and effective treatments is the use of what strengthens mental and animal strength, such as joy, the patient’s meeting with what he loves, and his constant presence with a person who makes him happy. Sometimes it is useful to constantly be with courageous people and with those of whom he is ashamed. This eliminates some things that are harmful to the patient.

Treatments close to this type include moving from one city to another and from one climate to another, changing one environment to another.

It is necessary to oblige the patient to take such a position and perform such actions that would correct the diseased organ and bring it back to normal. For example, a cross-eyed child should be forced to look closely at shiny things, a person with facial paralysis should be asked to look in a Chinese mirror. All this, truly, forces the stomach and lungs. Therefore, in case of fevers with a weak stomach, we do not allow the patient to drink too cold water.

Know that in general the use of relaxants alone for the dominant and adjacent organs is very dangerous for life. The severity or dullness of the sensation is taken into account. Indeed, very sensitive and rich in nerves organs should be protected from the use of drugs with bad properties, burning and causing pain, like yattu and others.

Medicines, the use of which must be abstained, are divided into three categories: those that stimulate resorption, those that potentially cool, and those that have opposite properties, such as verdigris, tin white, burnt copper, and the like.

Here's a breakdown of your medication choices.

As for determining the degree of the disease, if, for example, during the disease there is a symptomatic high fever, it is necessary to cool it with a medicine with a very cold property if there is severe symptomatic cooling with it, then it is necessary to warm it up with strongly warming medications. If the heat and cold are not strong, then we are satisfied with a medicine that has little strength.

As for drugs for a certain stage of the disease, we must know at what stage the disease is. For example, if a tumor is in the initial stage, we use something that only averts it, but if it is in the final stage, then we use something that causes resorption. And if the tumor is between these two stages, then we mix both agents together.

If the disease in the initial stage is acute, then we moderately soften the regime, and if the acute condition continues until the stage of completion of the disease, then we soften it more.

If the illness is protracted, then at first we do not use such a softening of the regime as before the stage of completion of the disease, although most chronic diseases, except for fever, are cured with the help of a light regime. Also, if the disease is accompanied by a large amount of raging bad juice, then we empty the body in the initial stage of the disease and do not wait for the bad juice to mature. If it is in moderate quantities, then we force it to ripen and then we empty it.

As for the evidence obtained from moments requiring appropriate measures, it is easy for you to find out. Air is one of these things it is necessary to pay attention whether the air promotes medicine or disease.

We say that if, in case of postponing the necessary measures or easing these measures, the diseases become dangerous and there is no guarantee that the strength will not be lost, then strong measures should be taken from the very beginning. And when there is nothing dangerous, then it is necessary to move on to stronger measures gradually, and only when lighter measures turn out to be insufficient. Be careful not to avoid what is good, for otherwise the action will be late. One should also not stand on any erroneous position, because then the harm from it cannot be eliminated. Also, you should not stop at one treatment with one medicine, but you should change medications. Truly, one who is accustomed to one medicine does not experience its effects. Every body, even every organ, and even the same body and the same organ, sometimes experiences the effect of drugs, sometimes not, or experiences the effect of one drug and not another.

If the disease is difficult to determine, leave it to nature and take your time. Truly, either human nature will prevail over the disease, or the disease will be determined.

If the illness is accompanied by some kind of pain, or the like, or something that causes pain, such as a blow and a fall, then you need to start by calming this pain. If you need to dull the pain, then do not overuse drugs such as sleeping pills, because it, dulling the pain, becomes habitual and is eaten as an edible. If you know that this organ is very sensitive, then feed the patient something that thickens the blood, for example, harissa if you are not afraid of cooling, then give him such cooling agents as lettuce and the like.

Know that among the good and effective treatments is the use of what strengthens mental and animal strength, such as joy, the meeting of the patient with what he loves, and his constant presence with a person who makes him happy. Sometimes it is useful to constantly be with courageous people and with those of whom he is ashamed. This eliminates some things that are harmful to the patient.

Treatments close to this type include moving from one city to another and from one climate to another, changing one environment to another.

It is necessary to oblige the patient to take such a position and perform such actions that would correct the diseased organ and bring it back to normal. For example, a cross-eyed child should be forced to look closely at shiny things, a person with facial paralysis should be asked to look in a Chinese mirror. All this truly makes you try to straighten your face and eyes. Sometimes such efforts lead to recovery.

Among the rules that you should remember is this: as far as possible, you should not use strong methods of treatment during strong seasons for example, in summer and winter, strong laxatives, cauterization with iron, dissection and emetics should not be used.

There are also cases when treatment should be carried out after a subtle study, namely, when one disease requires two opposing measures. For example, the disease itself requires cooling, and its cause requires warming, just as a fever requires warming or vice versa. It also happens that, for example, a disease requires warming, and the phenomena caused by it require cooling. Thus, bad juice that causes kulanj needs to be warmed, torn off and liquefied, severe pain from it needs to be cooled and dulled sensitivity it happens the other way around. Know that not every fullness of the body and not every bad nature needs to be treated with the opposite actions, that is, emptying and a remedy counteracting the bad nature, but for the most part other good and important measures used for overflow and bad nature are sufficient.