title: [The use of Aloe and Urtica species in Avicenna's canon of medicine].
abstract: Ibn-i Sînâ (Avicenna) is a famous Turkish philosopher who lived between the years 980-1037. He described Aloe and Urtica species besides many other drugs drogues, in his great book El Kanun fi't-Tibb (Canon of Medicine). In this study, we compare the use of Aloe and Urtica in El Kanun fi't-Tibb and today's science.
authors.forename: Serap
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Albayrak
authors.forename: Sevilay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suiçmez
authors.forename: Faruk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Calikoğlu
mesh_terms: D000504:Aloe; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000266:history*; D014421:Turkey; D027003:Urticaceae