Healing by Basal - Onion

Healing Through Prophetic Medicine in Islam

Tibb-e-Nabawi

Healing by Food

بصل Basal (Onions)

What a beautiful explanation is forwarded by Ibn Al Qayyam, when he wrote some expensive words for ONIONS.

What a miracle onions can be, use them for removing warts, for curing dog bites, jaundice, piles, Vitiligo, for hair loss, as nose drops for clearing the head, as eye drops (with honey) for cataract, & as ear drops for a better hearing, onion water is good for taking out pus & water from the ears & helps in cases of Tinnitus (sensation of ringing / whistling sound in the ears).

بصل ~ روى أبو داود في سننه‏:‏ عن عائشة رضي الله عنها، أنها سئلت عن البصل، فقالت‏:‏ إن آخر طعام أكله رسول الله ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ كان فيه بصل‏.‏ وثبت عنه في الصحيحين أنه منع آكله من دخول المسجد‏.‏

والبصل‏:‏ حار في الثالثة، وفيه رطوبة فضلية ينفع من تغير المياه، ويدفع ريح السموم، ويفتق الشهوة، ويقوي المعدة، ويهيج الباه، ويزيد في المني، ويحسن اللون، ويقطع البلغم، ويجلو المعدة، وبزره يذهب البهق، ويدلك به حول داء الثعلب، فينفع جدًا، وهو بالملح يقلع الثآليل، وإذا شمه من شرب دواء مسهلًا منعه من القيء والغثيان، وأذهب رائحة ذلك الدواء، وإذا استعط بمائه، نقى الرأس، ويقطر في الأذن لثقل السمع والطنين والقيح، والماء الحادث في الأذنين، وينفع من الماء النازل في العينين اكتحالًا يكتحل ببزره مع العسل لبياض العين، والمطبوخ منه كثير الغذاء ينفع من اليرقان والسعال، وخشونة الصدر، ويدر البول، ويلين الطبع، وينفع من عضة الكلب غير الكلب إذا نطل عيها ماؤه بملح وسذاب، وإذا احتمل، فتح أفواه البواسير‏.‏

وأما ضرره‏:‏ فإنه يورث الشقيقة، ويصدع الرأس، ويولد أرياحًا، ويظلم البصر، وكثرة أكله تورث النسيان، ويفسد العقل، ويغير رائحة الفم والنكهة، ويؤذي الجليس، والملائكة، وإماتته طبخًا تذهب بهذه المضرات منه‏.‏ وفي السنن‏:‏ أنه ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أمر آكله وآكل الثوم أن يميتهما طبخًا ويذهب رائحته مضغ ورق السذاب عليه‏.‏

Abu Dawood narrated in his Sunan that Aishah Radi Allaho Anha was asked about Basal (onion) and she said, "The last meal that Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam had included onions in it".

In the Sahihain, it is narrated that Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam disallowed those who eat onions from entering the Masjid.

Basal is hot in the third degree and has an excess wetness, helps against pollution and prevents hot wind (meaning in the stomach). It excites the sexual drive, strengthens the stomach, helps semen production, makes the color lighter, dissolves the phlegm and cleanses the stomach.

Onion seeds help against Vitiligo (lack of pigment in certain areas of the skin) and are used as an ointment around the area affected by Alopecia (a skin disease characterized by loss of hair, partial or total). Furthermore, warts will dissipate effectively when onions are blended with salt (and used as an ointment on the warts). When someone feels nauseous after taking a laxative, smelling onions will help against vomiting. In addition, onion will dissipate the smell of laxatives, and when onion water (extract) is administered through the nose, it will clear the head. Used as ear drops; onion extract helps against weak hearing, Tinnitus, pus and water that accumulates in the ear. Onion seeds are used (as an eyeliner) to dry out the water that attacks the eye, i.e. cataracts, when the seeds are crushed & blended with honey and used on the white part of the eye.

Cooked onions are nutritious and help against jaundice, coughing and roughness in the chest. It is also a diuretic and relaxes the bowels. It also heals dog bites when its water (extract) is blended with salt and Rue and squeezed on the affected area. Finally, it will open the orifices of the hemorrhoids when used as suppository.

But onions also cause migraines, headaches, flatulence and bring darkness to the sight.

Eating onions in excessive amounts or regularly causes forgetfulness, affects the mind and changes the odor of the mouth and the taste of food. It also bothers those in your presence and the angels. Cooking onions dissipates these side effects of the onion. The Sunan narrated:

"Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam ordered those who eat onion and garlic to kill them (make them milder) by cooking".

In addition, chewing rue leaves (Barg-e-Sudaab) dissipates the odor of the onions.

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