Middle East: A page from 'Fawaeyd el-Aashab' (The Benefits of Herbs) by Abu Gaafar al-Ghafiki, 1582. Islamic medicine, Arabic medicine or Arabian medicine refers to medicine developed in the Islamic Golden Age, and written in Arabic, the lingua franca of Islamic civilisation. The emergence of Islamic medicine came about through the interactions of the indigenous Arab tradition with foreign influences. Translation of earlier texts was a fundamental building block in the formation of Islamic medicine and the tradition that has been passed down.

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