As man develops, so do the diseases that risk stable health, but most importantly, so does man’s ability to fight and triumph over them. Tashkhees dives into the surface of common diseases man falls victim to, symptoms or manifestations that follow through, and helps to raise the alarm on emergency situations and circumstances where doctor’s aid is a necessity. This book is a compilation of medicinal information on everyday ailments and common complaints, providing the knowledge base for a comprehensive outlook and understanding on ways to tackle them through the initial treatments available. Tashkhees presents the basic awareness to avoid the risk of medicinal malpractice by ordinary masses arising due to preconceived opinions and notions on what disease a symptom might indicate.

The purpose of this book is clear and explicit: to inform. Informative books on health issues are usually discriminatory – written to be interpreted solely by medicine practitioners. Tashkhees is written otherwise. The authors of this book have gone beyond medicinal terminology and have employed the most basic language that can be construed by almost anyone. In essence, this book is a handbook for everybody. After all, the nature of healing is in the art of understanding, where each brush stroke is dipped in clear facts that paints a picture for every human.

With 305 diseases and common complaints presented to browse through, there are 5 basic frequently asked questions answered for each of them:

• What is it?
• What causes it?
• Is it an emergency?
• What are the home remedies?
• When do I see a doctor?

The answers acquired through these questions will stimulate a better understanding of the situation and will present guidance on how to proceed forward.

The relationship between doctors and patients is simple: the doctor is active; the patient is passive. While the patient presents their injuries, doctors observe, determine and tend to. I wrote this book to flip the tables. I wrote this book so that patients can take it upon themselves to observe, determine -and if possible- tend to their own wounds. I wish for every patient to acquire the knowledge -the basic rules of survival- to be able to be conscious about the workings of their bodies, what causes pain and what irks it. With very limited medicinal books in basic and simple phraseology, and even less so in languages that are not English, I hope that this book lends a helping hand to those in need.