# 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).

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## Quail Meat

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Quail meat is hot and dry and helps the joints. It harms the hot kidney unless it is taken with vinegar and coriander. Eating the meat of the quails that live in filthy areas should be avoided.

Fowl meats are all more casily digested than cattle

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meat. The parts of the birds that are the most easily digested are the necks and the wings. In addition, the brains of the fowls are a better food than cattle brains,

Locust Meat

In the Sahihain it is narrated that Abdullah bin Abi Awfa said, "We went to seven battles with the Messenger of Allah during which we used to eat locust." The Musnad In addition narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

"We were allowed two types of dead animals and two bloods: fish and locust; liver and spleen."

This Hadith is In addition related from Ibn "Umar .