Monday, 14 March 2016

QUALITIES OF EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL (FROM TRADITIONAL SOURCES)

HEALTH BENEFITS:
  1. Olive oil contains high levels of monounsaturated fatty acids, which promote good cholesterol (HDL) while reduces bad cholesterol (LDL). 
  2. It is gentle on the digestive system, and also prevents gallstones. 
  3. It also soothes ulcers. 
  4. Olive oil of good quality contains many valuable nutrients and vitamins and it is loaded with antioxidants, which also help protect the body from cancer.
  5. Olive oil can be used for solving snoring problem. Just take a teaspoon of olive oil before bed. This will lubricate and soothe your throat to cut down on snoring. 
  6. Warm some olive oil and apply to the outside of the ear cavity to ease pain and loosen ear wax. Putting warm drops directly in the ear is an old remedy for earaches.
  7. Some people take a teaspoon every morning to cure their stomach ulcer or indigestion.
  8. Taking 1 tablespoon of olive oil mixed with 4 ounces of citrus juice or vinegar every morning has cured gallbladder pain.
OLIVE OIL FOR BEAUTY:
  1. Moisturiser: Olive oil can be used as a moisturizer. It is a wonderful skin treatment. It is useful for fighting skin cancer and aging.Whether applied to face or body,olive oil will penetrate deep into the skin. It provides a long-lasting moisture shield to keep skin smooth and supple. Used either as a night cream or daily moisturizer, it is best applied to damp skin, when water can help reduce any feeling of greasiness. We recommend using extra virgin olive oil.
  2. Shavingcream: Use olive oil as an alternative to shaving cream.It also makes a great "personal lubricant"!
  3. Dry hair:For frizzy and dry hair, warm enough olive oil to cover your hair and scalp. Cover your head and leave on for 30 minutes or so. Then shampoo and rinse.
  4. Acne: Olive oil is a good remedy for acne. Make a paste with 3 tablespoons organic extra virgin olive oil with 4 tablespoons salt (unrefined sea salt). Apply on your face and wash with warm, soapy water after 2-3 minutes. The salt will clean your pores and the olive oil will retain your skins natural moisture.
  5. Removing maskara: Use olive oil to remove mascara.
  6. Nail care: Extra virgin olive oil makes the perfect, simple solution for dry nails and cuticles. Simply rub a few drops into the cuticle area and around the nail. Cuticles stay plump and moist, and nails respond with a natural shine.

QUALITIES OF HABBATUS SAUDA (FROM TRADITIONAL SOURCES)


Prophet Muhammad PBUH has said : 
"Keep your treatment with Habbah-Al-Sawda', for it contains a cure for all illnesses except death"  (HR Al-Bukhari)

HEALTH BENEFITS:

  1. Increases body vitality and overcome daily fatigue & weakness.
  2. Improves body immunity especially during disease states and convalescence.
  3. Relief coughs and minimizes manifestations of upper respiratory tract disorders.
  4. Protect against paroxysmal attacks of bronchial asthma and whooping cough.
  5. Relieves various complains such as flatulence & spastic pains.



QUALITIES OF GUM ARABIC (FROM TRADITIONAL SOURCES)

HEALTH BENEFITS:

  1. Diabetes
  2. Kidney Failure
  3. Diarrhea
  4. Constipation
  5. Lower down Cholestrol
  6. High Blood Pressure
  7. Gout
  8. Prevent Colon Cancer



Sunday, 6 March 2016

World of Ad-Dien (WADi): Khasiat Bunga Cengkih- Amalan di Pondok

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QUALITIES OF EXTRACT POMEGRANATE CONCENTRATED (FROM TRADITIONAL SOURCES)

HEALTH BENEFITS


  1. Drinking pomegranate juice can reduce blood pressure and slow down LDL (bad cholesterol) cholesterol oxidation. 
  2. It may help reduce the risk of having a heart disease, heart attacks, and strokes. Studies show that pomegranate juice daily may help support the normal blood flow to the heart. 
  3. Pomegranate juice can help keep blood platelets from clumping to form unwanted clots. 
  4. Antioxidant in pomegranate may prevent prostate cancer or slow its growth. 
  5. Research shows that pomegranate juice helps prevent and destroy breast cancer cells without causing danger to healthy cells. 
  6. Pomegranate juice helps prevent and slow the progress of Alzheimer's disease. 
  7. Pomegranate juice can also help prevent cartilage deterioration which can result in Osteoarthritis. 
  8. Pomegranate juice may also help prevent dental plaque. 

Saturday, 5 March 2016

SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (S.A.W)

Before proceeding to the listing of foods, it is worthwhile to provide the statements of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) relating to manners, hygiene, prevention, and similar topics, bearing on health.
Said the Prophet of Muhammad (s.a.w.):

Allah did not create any illness without also creating the remedy, except death[old age].Allah said that,,who lives according to the Qur'an will have a long life.

The origin of every disease is cold. So eat when you desire and refrain when you desire.
The stomach is the home of disease and abstinence the head of every remedy. So make this your custom.

In the sight of Allah, the best food is a food shared by many.

To eat the morning meal alone is to eat with syaitan; to eat with one other person is to eat with a tyrant; to eat with two other persons is to eat with the Prophets Muhammad(s.a.w) (peace be upon them all).

Allow your food to cool before eating, for in hot food there is no blessing.

When you eat, take your shoes off, for then indeed your feet have more rest. This is an excellent advice.

There is blessing in the middle of a dish. So commence from the side and not from the middle.
There is blessing in three things: in the early morning meal, in bread and in soup.

Brush your teeth with a miswak [a wooden toothpick usually made from a twig of the pelu tree] after a meal and rinse out your mouth. For these two practices are a safeguard for the eyeteeth and the wisdom teeth.

Use miswak, for this practice comes from cleanliness, and cleanliness comes from faith, and faith takes its practitioner to heaven.

The dish pleads for mercy for the one who takes up the last morsel [do not be wasteful].
Eat together and then disperse, for a blessing resides in groups.

Less food, less sin~

To horde in these things is unlawful: wheat, barley, raisins, millet, fats, honey, cheese, walnuts, and olives.

Let no one drink while standing up, except one who is suffering from sciatica.
Eat your meal at dawn, for there is blessing in a meal at dawn.

When I was taken up into Heaven, I did not pass one angel who did not say to me: "O Muhammad (s.a.w.), tell your people to make use of scarification [allowing out a small amount of blood from an incision].The best treatment that you have is scarification, coriander, and costus [an East Indian herb].

Whoever is sick for seven days, thereby he expiates before Allah the sins of seventy years.
There is no pain like pain in the eye, and no worry like the worry of a debt.

When the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) came before a sick person, he used to say: "Get rid of evil delusions. Strength is with Allah the Almighty. Cure and be cured. There is no healing but Yours."

*The implication here is that one should exhibit a selfless reserve and allow another to obtain the blessing, not hog it for oneself.


SECRECTS AND BLESSING SUNNAH NUTRITION.

The Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) was once reported to have said, "There are two kinds of knowledge: knowledge of religion and knowledge of the body." The Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) frequently commented upon the nature and value of various foods and spices. These comments were noted by his wives and companions (r.a.) and remain available to us today.

Before presenting a selection of the Hadith specifically relating to health, it is necessary to reflect for a moment on the nature of some of these recommendations. To some people, the advice which follows may seem quaint, old-fashioned, or simply bizarre. Some may feel that a particular statement has not been or cannot be confirmed by scientific knowledge. However, all of the statements and actions of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) are woven upon the nucleus of divine inspiration, and so do not admit of any error, inaccuracy, or amendment. A few illustrations will make this clear.

There is a Hadith that says that if a fly falls into a liquid while one is preparing to drink it, the person should first dip the fly completely under the surface of the water and submerge the fly totally before removing it. This advice seems very strange, if not dangerous.

Medically it is known that a fly carries some pathogens on some parts of its body (this was mentioned by the Prophet Muhammad [s.a.w.] 1,400 years ago, when there was practically no formal medical knowledge). But Allah has said that He created no disease without also creating its remedy, except death (meaning the decline of old age). Therefore, in modern times penicillin has been discovered, which is used to counteract harmful organisms such as staphylococci. However, Dr. Muhammad M. el-Samahy, director of the Department of Hadith at al-Azhar University at Cairo, Egypt, has written an article revealing the astute medical genius of this apparently mysterious advice.

Dr. el-Samahy relates that microbiologists have discovered that there are longitudinal cells living as parasites inside the stomach of the fly. These yeast cells, as part of their own reproductive cycle, protrude through the respiratory tubules of the fly. When the fly is dipped completely into a liquid, the resulting change in the osmotic pressure causes the cells to burst. The contents of those cells is an antidote for pathogens which the fly carries on its body. Thus, the latest research in microbiology confirms what has been known from Prophetic knowledge for 1,400 years.

Another example concerns the advice to take a small amount of salt before beginning a meal. This in particular seems to be contradicted by modern medical wisdom, which stresses the harmful effects of excess salt consumption. However, a knowledge of the metabolism of the body illustrates the wisdom of this suggestion as well.

Salt is composed of two chemicals: sodium and chloride. The chlorides present in salt constitute the only readily available source of chlorides with which the body can manufacture hydrochloric acid, vital for proper digestion in the stomach. Thus, taking in a small amount of salt prior to the meal allows any deficiency of hydrochloric acid to be made up just before introducing new food.
It should be added that the harmful effects of excess salt are primarily associated with raised levels of sodium, not chlorides. In fact, persons who eliminate salt entirely from their diet may be subject to further disease caused by lack of proper levels of hydrochloric acid.

These two examples prove that there is indeed intelligent medical reason-ing for following the recommendations of these Hadith. It is true that not all of these Hadith have been submitted to scientific confirmation. It must be pointed out, however, that even if scientific experiments were done to confirm each and every statement, the fact that science did not, or could not, confirm its value would not negate the truth of the statement.

For scientific knowledge is constantly changing, and too often experiments have been found to be done incorrectly, and even intentionally falsified. For the Sufi, it is sufficient that Allah has mentioned, or inspired His Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) to advise, a practice. Human knowledge or experience can never contradict or amend the divine knowledge and commandments.

Once these words of advice are integrated into dietary habits, one will discover that every action is perfectly in accord with human nature, and immense health benefits will accrue to anyone applying them with sincerity.

Not only can various recipes be gleaned from the commentaries that follow, but also individual foods and herbs are often prescribed as medicines.

It is impossible to state with finality which food or herb would be given in a particular case, because the person must be present before the healer or physician, in order for him to make a correct diagnosis of the imbalance. Nonetheless, the foods discussed in the following sections should be preferred over others, and the suggestions for combining them adhered to.

It must be remembered that it is not simply the eating of one or more foods that marks the Sufi's behavior. There are many other aspects of behavior that bear upon health like fasting, prayer, giving of alms, and other practices and these other factors may have a greater total impact on health than any foods.