Dental Care in Islamic Medical Science: Muhammad al-Aqkirmani (d.1760) and his Risalah fi hukm al-Siwak

Yakubovych, М. (2018) Dental Care in Islamic Medical Science: Muhammad al-Aqkirmani (d.1760) and his Risalah fi hukm al-Siwak. Muslim Heritage.

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Анотація

Among the corpus of Islamic medical texts there are few which specially connect medicine and
religious law (fiqh). These are the forms of treatment mentioned in basic Islamic texts of the
Qur’an and Sunnah. One of them is the usage of Siwak or Miswak, a teeth cleaning twig usually
made from the arak tree (Salvadora Persica). “The toothstick is cleansing for the mouth and
pleasing to the Lord”, says one of the ahadeeth from the al-Bukhari collection. As a rule, it was
used before going to congregational prayer, just after the ritual abolition. Today, Siwak can be
purchased in almost every market, amongst Muslims, in the Middle East or the West. The texts
providing rules for general dental care already existed in the “Golden Age” of Islamic medical
scholarship, which there are a few treatises dedicated specially to the issue of Siwak, virtues of
its usage and other benefits. Among the oldest texts, addressing the subject, there is one by
Yuhanna ibn Masawayh (d. 854) and Hunayn b. Ishaq (d. 873).[1] Numerous contemporary
studies confirm that the Salvadora Persica plant and its extracts exert beneficial effects on oral
tissues and help to maintain good oral hygiene.[2]
Most of the oldest Muslim treatises on Siwak remain in a manuscript form. However, similar
works on this issue have also appeared in later periods. The newest manuscript (still
unpublished), which is going to be analyzed in this article, is written by the great Ottoman
encyclopedist, Muhammad bin Mustafa al-Aqkirmani (d. 1760).

Тип файлу:	Стаття
Теми:	За напрямами > Суспільне здоров'я та гігієна
Підрозділи:	Навчально-науковий інститут соціально-гуманітарного менеджменту > Кафедра філософії та культурного менеджменту
Розмістив/ла:	Галина Цеп'юк
Дата розміщення:	14 Кві 2020 15:12
Остання зміна:	14 Кві 2020 15:12
URI:	https://eprints.oa.edu.ua/id/eprint/8214

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