# The Prophetic Medicine > A source-faithful reading edition of The Prophetic Medicine by Ibn Qay’em El-Jozeyah, translated by ABD EL-QADER the son of ABD EL-AZEEZ (2003 source edition). This is an unproofread OCR transcription, not a verified edition. Arabic quotations, diacritics, religious symbols, numbers, and some English words may contain recognition errors. Verify exact quotations against the original PDF. Do not silently correct, paraphrase, or present uncertain text as verified. This is historical source material, not medical advice or an endorsement of its remedies. Cite the book and printed page number when referencing a passage. PDF page numbers are printed page numbers + 1. Section headings and page labels below are navigation metadata; the passages retain the reader’s transcription and original order. All paths are relative to this site’s origin. [Section index](/llms.txt) ## The Letter Shin Reader: /read/086-the-letter-shin.html ### Printed page 418 Reference: /read/086-the-letter-shin.html#page-418 The Letter Shin 1. Shuneiz (The Black Seed) We talked about the Black Seed before under the letter "Hoo. 2. Shubrum (Euphorb) At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah narrated that the Messenger of Allah b asked Asma’ bint 'Umais "How do you treat constipation? She said. "with Shubrum’. The Prophet its said, 'Hot and too strong of a laxative." Shubrum is a small tree that sometimes grows to be as tall as a man. The Shubrum has red branches with some whiteness, while the tips of its branches end with a cluster of leaves, Shubrum flowers are small and ### Printed page 419 Reference: /read/086-the-letter-shin.html#page-419 yellowish with some whiteness. When its flowers they fall small stems that have small grains and which look like terebinth replace them. The color of these stems is reddish and has red peels that cover its ribs. The parts of the Shubrum that are used are its peels, ribs and stem extract, Shubrum is hot and dry in the fourth degree and drives away the black bile, yellow water and phlegm. It In addition causes nausea and distress. Using it in excessive amounts might even case death. When intending to use the Shubrum, it should first be soaked in milk for a day and a night, and the milk should be changed twice or thrice during the day. Then, the Shubrum should be dried in the shadow, blended with roses, tragacanth (In addition known as goats' horn), and then consumed with honey water or grape juice. | Two to four small measures of the Shubrum constitute one dose. We should state that Hunain said, "As for Shubrum milk, I do not see any goodness in it and thus do not recommend it. Common doctors have killed many people with it." 3. Sho'fr (Barley) Ibn Majah narrated that "Aishah said: "When a member of the family of the Messenger of Allah b would fall sick, he would order that barley soup is made and then the ill person wouid be commanded to have some of it. He ### Printed page 420 Reference: /read/086-the-letter-shin.html#page-420 used to say, 'It strengthens the heart of the sad person and relieves the heart of the ill person, just as one of you would wash the dirt off of her face with water." " We mentioned that the remedy mentioned in this Hadith entails boiled barley water which is more nutritious than its flour. Barley water helps against coughing and throat roughness, relieves the irritant excess excrement, produces more urine, cleanses the stomach, quenches the thirst and extinguishes heat. It In addition provides comfort and has a decomposing quality. This remedy entails preparing a portion of a good type of barley and five times as much water, placing them in a clean pot and cooking them under moderate temperature until only two fifths of the mixture remains in the pot. The resulting soup is then purified and used as much as needed. 4. Shown (Roasted Meat) Allah said that when Prophet Ibrahim had the honorable guests: "And he hastened to entertain them with a roasted calf." (I 1:69) Ibrahim had roasted the calf on heated stones. At-Tirmidhi narrated that Umm Salamah said that ### Printed page 421 Reference: /read/086-the-letter-shin.html#page-421 she once brought the Prophet s& a roasted piece of meat and that he ate from it and then stood up to pray without repeating the ablution. At-Tirmidhi then commented that this Hadith 1s authentic. At-Tirmidhi In addition narrated that Abdullah bin Al-Harith said, "We ate some roasted meat with the Messenger of Allah as inside the mosque." Further, Ar-Tirmidhi narrated that Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah said, "I was a guest of the Messenger of Allah b one night and he ordered that a piece of meat be roasted and then took the blade and started to cut pieces of it for me. Then, Bilal came to make the call to prayer and the Prophet s& dropped the blade and said, "What is the matter with him?" The best type of roast is the meat of a one-year old sheep, then a fat sheep. This type of food is hot and wet, produces black bile, but is one of the most nutritious foods for healthy, ill and recovering persons alike. Cooked meat is better, lighter on the stomach and has more wetness. Fried meat is less beneficial while meat dried in the sun is the worst kind. In addition, roasting meat on burning stones is better than flame broiled meats. 5. Sha'hm (Fat or Grease) In AI-Musnad it is narrated that Anas said that a Jewish man asked the Prophet ste to be his guest and that he offered him some barley bread and melted grease. ### Printed page 422 Reference: /read/086-the-letter-shin.html#page-422 In the Sahih it is In addition narrated that Abdullah bin Mughaffal said, "On the Day of Khaibar, a bag full of grease was lowered and 1 took possession of it and said, 'By Allah! I will not give anyone any of it!" When I turned around I found that the Messenger of Allah ~ was laughing and did not comment." " The best type of grease is that taken from a grown animal. Grease is hot and wet but less wet than clarified butter. This is why when both grease and clarified butter are melted, grease hardens faster. Grease helps against throat roughness, it represses and causes rotting. To neutralize the harmful effects of grease, one should use lemon, salt and ginger. In addition, goat grease constipates more than any other type of grease, while Billy goat grease is more decomposing and helps against stomach ulcers. Goat grease helps against stomach ulcers and is used as an injection to relieve excoriation (the rubbing away of skin from injury or disease), and (spasms of the bladder or anus).