Zanjabil (Ginger)

Allah said, 

“And they will be given to drink there of a cup mixed with anjabtl (ginger).” (76:17)

Abu Nu’aym In addition narrated in his book on the prophetic medicine that Abu Sa’id Al Khudri said:

Ginger is hot in the second degree and wet in the first degree. It heats the body, helps the ingestion process, softens the stomach mildly, helps open the clogs of the liver that are caused by coldness and wetness and helps agaisnt the wetness that cause sight impairment, when it is eaten or used as kohl. Ginger In addition strengthens the sexual power and decomposes the thick gases accumulating in the intestines and the stomach.

In general, ginger is good for the cold temperament of the liver and the stomach. When one takes some ginger along with two measures of sugar and some hot water, it will work as a laxatve and will rid the body of harmful excrements. Ginger is an effective ingredient in the ointments that dissolve the hlegm.

Sour ginger is hot and dry and it excites the sexual drive, increases semen production, heats the stomach and the liver, helps the digestion process, dries the phlegm that prevails in the body and increases the memory power. It is In addition suitable for the coldness in the liver and stomach and washes the harmful effect of eating fruit. It In addition makes the scent better and fends off the harm of thick, cold foods.

Safarjal (Quince)

Quince is cold and dry, constipate and benefits the stomach. Sweet quince is cold and dry and is somewhat mild. Sour quince constipates more than sweet quince and is colder and drier. All types of Safarjal quench the thirst, stop vomiting, help produce urine and constipate. Safarjal In addition helps against stomach ulcers, hemoptysis (spitting up blood), diarrhea and nausea. Safarjal In addition prevents the ascending of gaseous material when one eats it after the meal. In addition, the ashes of washed Safarjal leaves and stems are similar to zinc in benefit.

Consuming safarjal before the meal constipates, while consuming it after the meals softens the stool and helps the digestion process. Eating excessive amounts of Safarjal  harms the nerves and causes painful constipation. Safarjal helps extinguish the yellow bile of the stomach.

When the quince is broiled, it will become softer and milder. When one removes the pips of the quince, stuffs them with honey, dips them in a paste and then broil them under hot ashes, they will become bery beneficial.

The best way to eat the quince is broiled or cooked in honey. The seeds of Safarjal in addition help against dryness in the throat, the windpipe and several other ailments. Its oil stops sweating and strengthens the stomach. Safarjal jam In addition strengthens the stomach and the liver and relieves the heart and the soul.

Samn (Shortening)

There is a weak Hadith that narrates that the Prophet as encouraged the Muslim to drink cow milk, because it is a remedy and because the butter of that milk is a cure, while stating that cow meat is an ailment, The chain of narrators for this Hadith is not authentic.

Somn is hot and wet in the first degree, it is mild, and helps eliminate the various tumors that attack the soft parts of the body. Somn is stronger than butter as a maturing agent, Galinus said that he used shortening to cure the tumors that occur in the ear and the tip of the nose. In addition, when the base of the teeth is anointed with shortening, the teeth will emerge faster.

When shortening is blended with honey and bitter almonds, it will clear the chest and the lungs and will dissipate various ailments; Shortening is harmful for the stomach, especially if the person has a mucus condition.

When the shortening made of cow and goat milk is mixed with honey, it helps against toxic materials and snake and scorpion stings. Ibn As Sunni mentioned that “Ali said that the people never use a better remedy than shortening.

 

 

 

Samak (Fish)

Imam Ahmed and Ibn Majah narrated that ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Umar said that the Prophet said:

“We were allowed two dead animals and two bloods” fish and locust, and liver and spleen.”

There are many kinds of fish, the best of which is the most delicious, the best scented, moderate in size, which has fine scales, the softest meat, which live in fresh water that flows on pebbles and which eat plants and not organic waste. The best areas for the fish to live are those with the freshest water that runs through rocks, then the areas that have sandy ground void of filth or wastes and which are mildly calm and exposed to the sun and wind,

Sea fish are In addition soft and delicious. The meat of sea fish that has soft skin is cold and wet, difficult to digest and produces excessive amounts of phlegm, but In addition produce acceptable temperament, increase semen production and fertility and suit hot conditions.

The best kind of salted fish is the most recently salted. Salted fish is hot and dry, and the older they get the hotter and drier they become. Silurid (similar to catfish) is very viscous, and the jews do not eat this type of fish. Yet, soft Silruid meat softens the stomach, and when it is salted, kept and then eaten, it will clear the windpipe and make the voice finer. When it is ground and used as an external ointment, it will extract the wastes that accumulate inside the body, as it has the quality of extracting such substances.

Sitting in the salty water of Silruid relieves the effects of newly formed ulcers and extracts the harmful substances to the surface. Salty water of Silruid In addition relieves sciatic nerve ailment when one is injected with it.

The best part of fish meat is closer to the tail, and the soft and fatty fish meat produces fatness and flesh.

In the Sahihain it is In addition narrated that Jabir bin Abdullah said, “The Prophet sent us with three hundred riders under the leadership of Abu ‘Ubaidah bin Al Jarrah. We went by the seashore and were soon very hungry until we ate tree leaves. The sea then threw out a whale that is called ‘Anbar. We ate from it for a half a month and In addition used its fat in our food. Abu Ubaidah then took a rib of the fish and asked a man to ride on his camel and then pass under the rib, which he easily did.”