تُحفه درمان (The Gift of Healing)

The Secret to Enriching Medicinal Herbs and Strengthening the Means of Healing | The Secret to Hastening Recovery (A Gift from the Eager Healer)

Golden passages from the book

Enriching medicine and connecting with the Absolute Healer
“Medicine and healing are gifts and inspirations from the Merciful. Otherwise, no understanding of a method of treatment and no effect of any medicine would ever have come to light. When human knowledge advances to the point where medicine is drawn from the sweetness of God’s name and healing from the honey of divine remembrance, it has discovered one of creation’s most nourishing and delightful secrets. Food and medicine are incomplete without the sweet remembrance of God; with your spirit, you must draw in the spirit of the medicine.” (p. 16)

The human body: a vast inner pharmacy
“The human body is a vast pharmacy and a sprawling field. The body’s own system of delivering medicine rests on self-sufficiency, supported by balanced digestion, clean air, wholesome water, and purity. If we diligently follow the guidance on putting our inner life and stomach in order, the body’s immune system grows so strong that we have no need of external medicine.” (p. 44)

The physician’s place: a guide to divine healing
“Know, and be certain, that God alone is the true physician; all the doctors on earth are merely means and channels through which the healing of the Lord Physician comes. No cure is attained except by God’s permission. A doctor is like a baker: the baker does not create the wheat or the fire, and the doctor does not create the cure. Rather, the doctor knows the ways of divine healing and guides people towards healing from the Merciful.” (p. 22)

The inner awareness of our limbs and organs, and lawful food
“Our limbs and organs are alive and aware; they feel, and never for a moment forget to glorify and praise their Lord. They distinguish lawful food from unlawful food. They welcome wholesome, lawful food and turn it into an elixir of vitality and health, and into medicine. But unlawful food is met with aversion by the cells and gives rise to all manner of physical and spiritual illness.” (p. 31)

The prelude to healing: abstinence, seeking forgiveness, and cutting off the devils’ influence
“The prelude to treatment has a greater and more powerful effect than the treatment itself! Ward off associationism and affirm your oneness of faith, so the pain may subside; repent of your failings, so the illness may weaken; and purify your soul and body through seeking forgiveness. The chief raw material for producing illnesses of satanic origin is moral vice. Burn away the raw material of illness through noble character.” (p. 38)

The shared table: a workshop for communal healing
“A table set for guests is a table of medicine and healing. Showing kindness to the poor and caring for orphans at the communal table are the crown of all remedies. Sharing food with fellow believers and showing compassion for others multiplies the food’s positive energy and turns the dish into a vessel of healing. Maintaining family ties is itself the strongest antibiotic for both spirit and body.” (p. 112)

Key herbs and sovereign remedies in traditional medicine
“Senna is a medicine that can contend with death, more precious than pure gold. Chicory is the sovereign of herbs, balancing the temperament and opposing disease. Iris oil is not merely a simple remedy but an entire army. And wormwood is a fighter against even the most stubborn infections. But remember: abstinence is the sovereign of all medicines, and every medicine works its miracle only by God’s permission.” (p. 128)

Breath, air, and saliva: remedies always at hand
“Clean air is your food every second of the day. Breathe in the fragrance of divine remembrance, so that your breath may bring life and your exhalation bring peace. Water and air are the medicines you take continually. The purer a person’s spirit and the healthier their diet, the more refreshing and healing the saliva becomes, transforming food into medicinal syrup.” (p. 58)