Cold and heat
“as therapeutic agents”
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
al-ḥarārah wa-al-burūdah · cold · cold water · heat · الحرارة والبرودة
spoken of as
1 expressionHeat and cold1 mention
Mukhtaṣar fī ʻilm al-nafs al-insānīyah (Arabic)
and the outlet of the breath is completed by the heart, since the heart renews its relief from heat by the exchange of breath, and for this reason expels what is hot and draws in what is cold.
in the texts
Mukhtaṣar fī ʻilm al-nafs al-insānīyah
The thermal pair that does most of the explanatory work in this window: it locates life and sensation in the hot heart and accounts for the visible signs of the passions.
and the outlet of the breath is completed by the heart, since the heart renews its relief from heat by the exchange of breath, and for this reason expels what is hot and draws in what is cold.
Sensation and motion come to be (2) through heat and are annulled through cold;
The body comes to be and is generated from heat, and heat grows stronger in fuller measure [20] when it is gathered in a single place;
Aphorisms
Heat and cold considered as opposing physiological forces, each beneficial or harmful depending on application and context.
Cold is inimical to the bones, the teeth, the nerves, the brain, and the spinal marrow, but heat is beneficial.
In the case of a muscular youth having tetanus without a wound, during the midst of summer, it sometimes happens that the allusion of a large quantity of cold water recalls the heat.
Swellings and pains in the joints, ulceration, those of a gouty nature, and sprains, are generally improved by a copious affusion of cold water, which reduces the swelling, and removes the pain;