Editing Humorism (section)

===Islamic medicine===
{{See also|Medicine in medieval Islam|Unani}}
[[Medicine in medieval Islam|Medieval medical tradition]] in the [[Golden Age of Islam]] adopted the theory of humorism from Greco-Roman medicine, notably via the Persian polymath [[Avicenna]]'s ''[[The Canon of Medicine]]'' (1025). Avicenna summarized the four humors and temperaments as follows:<ref name=Lutz>{{Cite book|first=Peter L.|last=Lutz|year=2002|title=The Rise of Experimental Biology: An Illustrated History|url=https://archive.org/details/riseexperimental00lutz_645|url-access=limited|page=[https://archive.org/details/riseexperimental00lutz_645/page/n73 60]|publisher=[[Humana Press]]|isbn=978-0896038356}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
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|+ Avicenna's (ibn Sina) four humors and temperaments
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! Evidence
! Hot
! Cold
! Moist
! Dry
|-
| style="background:#b0c4de;"| Morbid states
| [[Inflammation]]s become [[Fever|febrile]]
| [[Fever]]s related to serious humor, [[rheumatism]]
| [[Fatigue (medical)|Lassitude]]
| Loss of [[wiktionary:vigour|vigour]]
|-
| style="background:#b0c4de;"| Functional power
| Deficient [[energy]]
| Deficient [[Digestion|digestive]] power
| Difficult digestion
| 
|-
| style="background:#b0c4de;"| Subjective sensations
| [[Bitterness (taste)|Bitter taste]], excessive [[thirst]], burning at [[stomach#Sections|cardia]]
| Lack of desire for [[fluid]]s
| [[Mucous connective tissue|Mucoid]] [[saliva]]tion, [[Somnolence|sleepiness]]
| [[Insomnia]], [[wakefulness]]
|-
| style="background:#b0c4de;"| Physical signs
| High [[pulse]] rate, [[Fatigue (medical)|lassitude]]
| Flaccid joints
| [[Diarrhea]], [[Periorbital puffiness|swollen eyelids]], [[Surface roughness|rough]] skin, acquired [[Habit (psychology)|habit]]
| Rough skin, acquired [[Habit (psychology)|habit]]
|-
| style="background:#b0c4de;"| Foods and medicines
| [[wiktionary:calefacient|Calefacients]] harmful, infrigidants<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Infrigidate |title=Infrigidate – ''The Free Dictionary'' |publisher=Thefreedictionary.com |access-date=2012-01-11}}</ref> beneficial
| Infrigidants harmful, calefacients beneficial
| [[Moisture|Moist]] articles harmful
| Dry regimen harmful, [[humectant]]s beneficial
|-
| style="background:#b0c4de;"| Relation to weather
| Worse in summer
| Worse in winter
| 
| Bad in autumn
|}