Archive for category: Medical

Cucumber

According to reliable traditions, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) used to have cucumber with salt. Imam Ja’far-e-Sadiq (a.s.) has said that cucumber should be eaten from the root side as it is more advantageous.

Beetroot

Imam Ja’far-e-Sadiq (a.s.) had shown the Jews two methods of curing dandruff, one was eating beetroot and the other was taking out vein from meat.

Hazrat Imam Reza (a.s.) had stated that the leaves of beetroot should be given to those who are ill as it has got beneficial effects and no harmful effect. They will sleep comfortably after having them. But the roots of beetroot cause melancholy (Sauda).

Pumpkin

The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said to Hazrat Ali (a.s.) that he should take pumpkin as it increases brain and wisdom.

Radish

According to Imam Ja’far-e-Sadiq (a.s.), there are three qualities of radish. Its leaves take out poisonous gases from body, its seeds are easily digestible and its veins take out sputum.

Turnip

Another reliable tradition orders human beings to take turnip in large quantities for it dissolves the capacity of leprosy and dandruff in those who eat sweet potatoes and turnip.

Turai vegetable

According to another tradition from Imam Ja’far-e-Sadiq (a.s.), one should have turai vegetable as it has four good effects – it cleans bad breath, takes out poisonous gases from the body, cures dysentery and safeguards one from leprosy and dandruff.

Purslane

Another tradition from the same Imam (a.s.) asserts that no other vegetable is as good and beneficial as purslane (Khurfa) which was the vegetable liked by Hazrat Fatima Zehra (a.s.).

 

Another tradition from the Imam (a.s.) states that onion cleans dirt of teeth and sputum, lessens fatigue and laziness, strengthens veins and muscles and the roots of the teeth, increases offsprings, beautifies complexion and cures fever.

A tradition from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) narrates that whenever a person visits any new city, he should eat the onion grown over there so that he may be safe from all the diseases of that city.

According to a tradition from Imam Mohammed Baqir (a.s.), the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) asked the person who eats not to come in his mosque on account of it’s bad smell. But the person who is not in a mosque or who is not going to the mosque can have it.

It is stated from Suleman ibne Ja’far that when one day he visited Imam Reza (a.s.), he saw a huge quantity of fresh dates kept before the Imam (a.s.) who was having the dates. When Suleman commented that Imam (a.s.) was helping himself to the dates quite generously, the Imam (a.s.) said that he liked the dates very much because they were liked by the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.), Hazrat Ali (a.s.), Imam Hasan (a.s.), Imam Husain (a.s.), Imam Zainul Abedeen (a.s.), Imam Mohammed Baqir (a.s.), Imam Ja’far-e-Sadiq (a.s.) and his father Imam Moosa Kazim (a.s.). All those who have accepted the faith of the Imam (a.s.) will like them as they are made from same matter and enemies of Imam (a.s.) and Ahlul Bait will like wine because they are made from fire.

Another tradition states that having seven Ajwa seeds at night kills worms in the stomach.

Honey

From many authorities it is taken that Aaima-e-Tahereen (the Holy Imams) used to praise honey which is a cure for many diseases.

According to a tradition, Imam Moosa Kazim (a.s.) used to have sweets before going to sleep. Sugar is advantageous besides curing sputum.

chicken

According to Abdul Ala, incidentally, he was at the house of Imam Sadiq (a.s.) when the food was being laid. There was chicken whose stomach was filled with dates and oil.

egg

According to another reliable tradition from Imam Ja’far-e-Sadiq (a.s.), the yolk of hen’s egg is very delicious. One no longer requires or feels like having meat when one takes the yolk. It does not possess the disadvantages of meat.

When a person complained to Imam Reza (a.s.) of having few children, he (a.s.) asked him to eat egg with onion.

vinegar

According to Hazrat Ali (a.s.), there is nothing better than vinegar to have bread with as it cures nausea and protects the heart.

olive oil

Many traditions state that olive oil is good for eating as well as rubbing on the body. Many of the Prophets used to have bread with olive oil and olive is praised a lot as it expels bad air from the body.

Halwa

According to Haroon ibne Nafaq, he was invited to Hazrat Moosa Kazim (a.s.)’s place one day. There was a lot of halwa on the dastarkhan (table). He was surprised and the Imam (a.s.) said that he and his friends and followers take a lot of sweet.

walnut

According to Hazrat Ali (a.s.), walnut seeds if eaten during summer, increase body heat and cure boils, pimples etc. but if eaten during winter, warm kidneys and fight cold. Many traditions say that walnut, if taken with cheese is highly advantageous. If taken alone, it is harmful.