Younos C. auteur aut IRD Bellakhdar J. auteur aut IRD text bookSection fre text/pdf reformatted digital access In order to establish the origine of dietetics in Arabo-Persian medicine, the Coran and the Hadith, Islamic Sacred texts, have been studied. Their quotations concerning basic dietetic notions and food products used in Arabo-Persian medicine have been taken into consideration. The second part of this study concerns patients' food, diets and dietetics mentioned in Arabo-Persian writings. According to Arabo-Persian physicians and scientists foods are classified into absolute foods, medicinal foods and food drugs. The use of foods as drugs is illustrated by three examples : fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.), honey and garlic (Allium sativum L.). (Résumé d'auteur) specialized DIETETIQUE MEDECINE TRADITIONNELLE ISLAM TRAITEMENT MEDICAL PHARMACOPEE ALIMENT MEDICAMENT 054ALIM01 050MEDECI Schröder E. ed. edt IRD Balansard G. ed. edt IRD Cabalion Pierre ed. edt IRD Fleurentin J. ed. edt IRD Mazars G. ed. edt IRD 53-57 Paris (FRA) ORSTOM Metz SFE 1996 Colloque Européen d'Ethnopharmacologie = European Symposium on Ethnopharmacology; Conférence Internationale d'Ethnomédecine = International Conference on Ethnomedicine, 2.; 11., Heidelberg (DEU), 1993/03/24-27 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010005519 2-7099-1320-8 [F A010005511] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010005519 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_6/colloques2/010005519.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 1996-06-07 2011-07-07 fdi:010005519 fre