Healing by Izkher - A kind of Lemon

Healing Through Prophetic Medicine in Islam

Tibb-e-Nabawi

Healing by Herbs

إذْخِرٌ / Izkher / A kind of Lemon Grass

إذْخِرٌ: ثبت فى "الصحيح"، عنه صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال فى مكةَ: "لا يُختَلَى خَلاَها"، قال له العباس رضى الله عنه: إلا الإذْخِرَ يا رسولَ اللهِ؛ فإنه لِقَيْنِهم ولبيوتِهِم، فقال: "إلا الإذْخِرَ"

والإذْخِرُ حارٌ فى الثانية، يابسٌ فى الأُولى، لطيف مفتح للسُّددِ، وأفواه العروقُ، يُدرُّ البَوْل والطَّمْث، ويُفَتِّتُ الحصى، ويُحلِّل الأورام الصلبة فى المَعِدَة والكَبِد والكُلْيَتين شرباً وضِماداً، وأصلُه يُقوِّى عمودَ الأسنان والمَعِدَة، ويسكن الغَثَيان، ويَعْقِلُ البطن.

In the Sahih Hadith, it is narrated that Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam said in Makkah about its plants: "Do not cut its plants." Abass Radi Allaho Anh said, “Except for Izkher, O Messenger of Allah for their (the people of Makkah) servants use it and it is used for their house, so our beloved Prophet said: “Except Izkher".


Izkher is hot in the second degree and dry in the first degree. It is a light substance that opens clogs and the veins orifices. It increases urine and menstruation-flow, dissolves the stones and the hard tumors in the stomach, liver and kidneys, either as a drink or as a bandage. The stems of Izkher will strengthen the column of the teeth and the stomach, calm nausea and constipate the stomach.


Izkher is a wild grass that grows in deserts; it is totally managed by Allah & remains un-touched by human's cultivation & irrigation. It is translated as lemon grass in English, but Izkher's fragrant smell & bitter taste is much stronger than the ordinary lemon grass.

You can find dried Izkher with Bedouins; they sell it at Masjid-e-Quba'a & Jabal Uhud.

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