MEDICINE OF THE PROPHET AS THE FORM OF TRADITIONAL MUSLIM MEDICINE

Abstract

“Medicine of the Prophet” is the form of Islamic traditional medicine based on the words and advice of Muhammad. It contains the recommendations of preserving one’s health, prevention and the hygiene. It can be divided into three main parts: the herbs and natural medicaments; the surgery which consists on cupping, scarification and phlebotomy; and the last one is a very interesting form of exorcism – called  ruqya  – which is the method of curing especially mental diseases but not only them. This notion of medicine is still very vivid and very present in everyday life of Muslims and goes side by side with conventional medicine. The books of this kind of curing can be bought nearly at every library, people really use and recommend these methods which makes research on this topic a very fascinating part of inquiring into Arabic culture.