Allopathic – Linguistically meaning ‘different than the disease’
This is to treat a illness with it’s opposite or that which is different (especially concerning modern conventional medicine which is allopathic)
Homeopathic - To treat a disease with it’s likeness. That the treatments must be able to produce symptoms that are similar to those of the disease being treated
What type of medicine did The Prophet use?
Prophetic Medicine used practised his own medicine. (from the Qur’ân) However he did demonstrate a mix of medicines
The prophet came upon a young boy whom had been suffering from in an inflammation of his throat and a person was attempting to cure this condition through rubbing the uvula (throat) area with a abrasive type of fabric wrapped around the hand
He said in amazement;
‘Do not kill your children.
When your child suffers from throat inflammation (uhtraa) or headache, use Costus/Indian Aloe (Qist al Ûd)
treated in freshwater and make the child sniff it’
This is a example of a hot disease being treated by a hot medicine (here, of the third degree)
An Allopath example of the Prophet’s Medicine
Towards the end of the life of the Prophet, he was affected with fever and commented thus upon it’s cure;
‘Whosoever is amongst you is struck with fever, which is a slice of hell-fire, let him extinguish it with cold water’
