Dr. Safia Debar continues her “When Science Met Soul” series with a tour of two coexisting medical traditions: Ibn Sina (Avicenna)’s empirically grounded Canon of Medicine (1025 CE) and Tibb an-Nabawi (prophetic medicine) rooted in revelation and prophetic example. She explains how the five-volume Canon shaped European medical education for about 600 years, highlights Ibn Sina’s evidence-based method, personalized constitutional medicine (mijaz), early ideas resembling germ theory and quarantine, and detailed mind-body observations akin to somatization and PTSD. She then reviews modern research aligned with prophetic practices, including clinical trials on black seed (Nigella sativa), fasting and autophagy (Nobel Prize 2016), honey’s antimicrobial uses, olive oil and cardiovascular benefits (PREDIMED), and wudu’s cold-water effects on parasympathetic activation. She closes with practical suggestions to assess mijaz, consider black seed oil and fasting with appropriate advice, and stay open and curious about shared principles like homeostasis.

00:00 Ancient Medicine Tour
02:36 Avicenna and the Canon
03:33 Who Was Ibn Sina
05:37 Scientific Method in 1025
07:38 Inside the Five Volumes
09:42 Avicenna’s Key Breakthroughs
13:58 Homeostasis and the Bridge
16:05 Introducing Prophetic Medicine
17:38 Black Seed Evidence
19:40 Fasting and Autophagy
21:57 Honey and Olive Oil
23:00 Wudu and Vagal Toning
23:56 Practical Prescription
25:50 Closing Reflections

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