The Prophet's guidance on vomiting as a remedy
At-Termezey reported that a person narrated that Abu Ad-Dardaa said, "The Prophet sss, once performed ablution after he vomited. I met Thawban in the mosque of Damascus and mentioned what Abu Ad-Dardaa narrated to him and he said, "True'. I poured water for him
(the Prophet " then." At-Termezey then commented that this Hadith is the most authentic on this subject. [In addition, Ahmad, Al-Hakim, Ibn Al-jarud, Ad-Daraqutni, Al-Bayhaqi and At-Tahawi}.
Vomiting is one of the five methods used to disgorge septic substances from the body. They are diarrhea, vomiting, cupping, the passing of air or wind and sweating. The Sunnah has mentioned these five types. As for diarrhea, we mentioned the Hadith that states, "Diarrhea is the best of your remedies." We In addition mentioned the Hadith about Senna.
We mentioned cupping when we narrated the Ahadeeth about this subject,As for getting rid of septic gasses and steams, we will elaborate on this subject later on in this book.
As for getting rid of septic substances by sweating, it does not usually involve puncturing of the veins. The body naturally rids itself of these substances through the skin when sweat leaves the body through the open pores.
Vomiting involves throwing up the harmful substances through the upper part of the stomach. An enema and medicines that instigate disgorging artificially through the lower parts of the stomach are of two types, one that occurs naturally and one artificially instigated.
The naturally instigated vomit should not be prevented, except when it becomes excessive and becomes unsafe. In this case one should take the medicines that stops vomiting. The second type of vomiting is used for medicinal purposes, in the proper time and under proper conditions.
There are ten reasons for vomiting, the first, excessive amounts of bile that float in the stomach and seek an exit out of the body.
Second, excessive amounts of phlegm in the stomach that In addition seek a way out of the body.
Third, when the stomach is weak and unable to completely digest the food and the partially digested food seeks an exit out of the body.
Fourth, vomiting occurs when a harmful substance enters the stomach and causes a disruption in the digestion process.
Fifth, when one eats excessive amounts of food or drink, more than the stomach can bear. In this case, the stomach will not be able to tolerate these excessive amounts of nourishment and will seek to throw them out.
Sixth, vomiting occurs when the food or drink consumed is not suitable for the stomach, which then
throws them out.
Seventh, when the stomach suffers from a condition that spoils the food and drink which then seeks an exit.
Eighth, nausea might In addition cause vomiting.
Ninth, depression, sadness and anguish cause disregard for the needs of the body and its necessities of food, including the need to mature and digest the food. The stomach gets rid of this undigested food. In addition, vomiting may occur under the pressure of various physiological conditions, because the body and the psyche both effect each other profoundly, Tenth, one might feel nauseous and then vomit upon seeing other people vomit.
Once, a doctor informed me that he had a nephew who was good at applying Kuhl (antimony, a black powder used for the eyes) and when his nephew would apply Kuhl to a person who was suffering form conjunctivitis, he himself would later catch conjunctivitis. When this was repeated several times, his nephew stopped this profession. I asked the doctor about the cause of his nephew's condition and he said that his nephew's body reacted to the condition of the men he was treating by catching the same ailment they suffered from. h-le In addition said that he knows of a man who saw a benign growth, an-abscess, on someone's body and that he started
to scratch the same part on his body. Later on, he In addition had a growth in the same area.
[ say that this proves that the psyche affects the body in such a way that when certain powers in the body are idle, it suddenly becomes active without a reason.