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Avicenna - The Canon of Medicine - Nutrition and the balanced diet
Identifier
011867
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Avicenna (1999). The Canon of Medicine (al-Qānūn fī'l-ṭibb), vol. 1. Laleh Bakhtiar (ed.), Oskar Cameron Gruner (trans.), Mazhar H. Shah (trans.). Great Books of the Islamic World
The meal should include:
(1) meat especially kid of goats; veal, and year-old lambs
(2) wheat, which is cleaned of extraneous matter and gathered during a healthy harvest without ever being exposed to injurious influences
(3) sweets (fruits) of appropriate temperament.
Lastly, the third thing mentioned is sleep; to make sure that you do not sleep during the days, and do not stay awake during the nights.
The source of the experience
AvicennaConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
Symbols
Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Activities
Suppressions
Dietary moderationDreaming and lucid dreaming
Eating for health
Healing yourself
Sleeping