BASIC
FUNDAMENTAL
Pneuma
or Vital spirit (Arwah)
In
religious books the ruh is meant for soul.
However, this meaning is not taken in Tibb.
The word arwah is the plural of ruh. i.e.
rih – air or gas . It is also one
of the seven natural principles. It is the
breath of life.
Sometimes the term ruh is used for quwat
(Power energy)
It
has been established by almost all the physicians
that ruh in fact is a gaseous substance
whose source is the atmospheric air. When
the inspired air reach the alveoli of the
lungs, the ruhi part (O2) of the air is
absorbed by the blood. Now when this part
(oxygen) is absorbed into the blood, it becomes
the part of the body; and then is called
as ruh.
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