Al-Tibb al-Nabawi, or Medicine of the Prophet, by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (691-751AH/1292-1350AD) is the most renowned example of the body of work known in Islam as 'Prophetic medicine' or 'medicine of the Prophet'. Ibn Qayyim aims to give guidance stemming from the Prophet for the preservation and restoration of both physical and spiritual health. Despite its medical content, the Medicine of the Prophet, differs from the writings of earlier physicians, such as Razi, Tabari and Ibn Sina, in that it is written by a theologian who is more concerned with piety than medical theory. Ibn Qayyim's book is of great interest inasmuch as it gives a wide range of customs and attitudes current at the time, and the practices of ordinary people. This translation by Dr Penelope Johnstone, Oxford University, includes the Latin names of plants and drugs, as well as an English-Arabic technical glossary and an English-Arabic Materia Medica glossary.