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Welkom, Salam op onze blog Oriental Med ookwel Hijama Cupping Amsterdam.

Wij zijn de eerste praktijk in Nederland die hijama heeft geïntroduceerd en hebben 18 jaar ervaring in het vak. Wij werken volgens de sunnah en op de traditionele manier zoals de profeet s.a.w. voor ons heeft achtergelaten, namelijk het vasthouden aan de eeuwen oude techniek en het gebruik van glazen koppen. Wij werken met steriel materiaal en uitermate hygiënisch. Ieder persoon krijgt zijn eigen cupping glazen mee naar huis zodat men er zeker van kan zijn dat de cuppingglazen niet ook voor andere patiënten worden gebruikt.


De praktijk is gelegen in het centrum van Amsterdam. In onze praktijk werken gediplomeerde artsen die zowel geneeskunde als ook Chinese geneeskunde hebben gestudeerd.
Wij werken uitsluitend op afspraak. De praktijk is aangesloten bij NVA en Zhong. De behandelingen worden vergoed door de verzekering.



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Wasalam,

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Kinderwens en Cupping-Acupunctuur

Cupping en acupunctuur in combinatie bij onvruchtbaarheid.

Oorzaken van onvruchtbaarheid

De oorzaken van de onvruchtbaarheid lopen uiteen van endometriose, PCOS, PMS, anovulatie, DES, problemen aan de eierstokken of eileiders; antisperm antibody tot verminderde zaadkwaliteit of kwantiteit. Maar bij veel stellen is de oorzaak ‘onbegrepen’. Cupping-Acupunctuur heeft als doel de cyclus, waar mogelijk, te verbeteren; de eirijping te stimuleren, de doorbloeding van het endometrium (baarmoederwand) te verbeteren, stress te verminderen en de patiënt goed te begeleiden door het hele vruchtbaarheids- en IVF-traject. Deze verbetering is na een behandeling of 3 -4 al merkbaar. Als dit allemaal beter gaat, wordt de kans op zwangerschap vergroot.

Chinese geneeskunde
In de Chinese geneeskunde speelt een vrije doorgang van energie in het hele systeem een belangrijke rol. Zowel fysiek, in het bekkengebied, als emotioneel. Met behulp van Cupping- Acupunctuur wordt de doorbloeding van het baarmoederslijmvlies gestimuleerd en de energie versterkt van de betrokken gynaecologische organen. Tijdens de periode van de cupping- acupunctuurbehandelingen kan er voor gekozen worden om ook Chinese kruiden te gebruiken omdat deze de nierenergie en de doorbloeding versterken.

Acupunctuurbehandeling bij onvruchtbaarheid
De eerste periode is het raadzaam één keer per week de behandeling te ondergaan. Is dit niet mogelijk dan één keer in de twee weken. De behandeling wordt individueel aangepast op de diagnose en aan de fase van de cyclus. Bij IVF, ICSI en soms ook IUI, wordt de behandeling ook afgestemd op het gebruik van de medicatie. Mannen hoeven maar één keer in de twee à drie weken een cupping- acupunctuurbehandeling te ondergaan.
Het is verstandig om bij IVF, ICSI of IUI al 6 tot 8 weken van te voren een afspraak te maken. Echter bij de vrouw kan een paar weken voor het starten van de medicatie ook al een groot verschil maken.

Effecten van de behandeling
Verbeteren van vruchtbaarheid met cupping- acupunctuur:
Reguleert de cyclus (lengte, PMS, bloedverlies, eisprong).
Reguleert de hormoonhuishouding door stress te verminderen.
Verbetert functies van eierstokken, follikels en de kwaliteit.
Stimuleert bloedcirculatie in eierstokken en baarmoeder.
Vermindert kans op miskraam.
Vermindert pijn en stress bij puncties.
Versterkt immuunsysteem.
Vermindert baarmoedercontracties na terugplaatsing.
Verbetert verdikking en doorbloeding van baarmoederslijmvlies.
Vermindert bijwerkingen van medicatie.
Verbetert spermakwaliteit (duurt 2 – 3 maanden).
Verbetert kwaliteit eicel
Acupunctuur en terugplaatsing bij IVF/ICSI of inseminatie

Bron: www.hijama-cupping-amsterdam.nl

Cupping en overgewicht

Cupping therapie helpt bij overgewicht

Cupping therapie revitaliseert metabole processen en stimuleert endocriene functies. Een gezonde en vitale cellulaire functie houdt ook in dat het een te veel aan vocht uit de weefsels elimineert. Dit is een belangrijke voorwaarde voor het verlies van gewicht. Als resultaat van cupping, zal door het stimuleren van de bloedcirculatie het bloed sneller stromen, wat leidt tot een snellere uitstoot van vocht uit de weefsels. Als toevoeging versterkt cupping de peristaltiek van de darmen en reguleert hierdoor de stoelgang, wat verder ondersteund kan worden door een geschikt dieet en lichaamsbeweging.

Cuppingtherapie dient niet alleen als een belangrijk ondersteunend maatregel maar helpt ook in het behoud van elasticiteit van de huid tijdens gewichtsreductie.

Cupping wordt toegepast op de abdomen, lumbale regio en in de plooi tussen dij en bil. Als basis wordt een regelmaat van 2 tot 3 keer per week aangehouden met een duur van 4- 6 weken. Na deze periode moet de behandeling nog 6 weken worden voortgezet bestaande uit een behandeling van 1 keer per week. Om het effect te behouden kan de behandeling hierna 1 keer in de 2 weken worden herhaald.

Cupping en hijama bij kaalheid of haarverlies

Kan cupping therapie helpen bij kaalheid?

Er is veel onderzoek gedaan naar haarverlies. De meest voorkomende vorm van haarverlies is alopecia. Bijna tweederde van de mannen kampt met haarverlies. Hijama kan normaal haarverlies vertragen. Velen die hijama of cupping hebben ondergaan i.v.m. hun haarverlies merkten dat er nieuw haargroei optrad.

Hijama zorgt voor een goede bloedcirculatie wat de follikels open houdt. Het zuigeffect van cupping helpt om de follikels te openen en stimuleert de bloedcirculatie en helpt zo mee aan het behoud van het haar. Hijama is tevens effectief omdat het het lichaam ontdoet van vele giftige toxines en pathogenen die zich onder het hoofdhuid ophopen. De follikels die dood zijn blijven levenloos en de follikels waar haar uit groeit zijn voorzien van een klein hoeveelheid van het hormoon dihydrotestosteron (DHT). Onderzoek wees uit dat bij mannen die met kaalheid te kampen hadden, het hormoon DHT verhoogd was.

Current Moon Phase Widget - Alhabib Islamic Calendar Service

Current Moon Phase Widget - Alhabib Islamic Calendar Service

Hijama

Het nut van hijama

Om voedsel- en zuurstofopname in de cellen te bevorderen omdat er nieuwe rode bloedcellen worden gevormd.

Om de activiteit van de milt te verminderen omdat het ongebruikte bloed niet meer in de milt wordt veranderd omdat het door de hijama verwijderd is.

Het stimuleren van het imuunsysteem door het verspreiden van bepaalde chemische stoffen zoals prostagladine, tromboxan, leukotrien en prostacyckline in het lichaam.

Om kanker en ontstekingen te vermijden.

Diversen over hijama

Natte hijama. Om het bloed te verwijderen moet men de koppen 3 tot 5 minuten op het lichaam laten staan of tot er geen bloed meer komt.

Droge hijama. Zuiging zonder bloed.

Glijdende hijama. Gebruik olijfolie. De hidjamahkoppen glijden over het huidoppervlakte zonder dat er bloed uit komt.

Trekkende hijama. De koppen een paar seconden op de huid plaatsen en ze er dan aftrekken zonder dat er bloed wordt verwijderd. Herhaal tot de huid rood wordt.

Hijama punten

Ala ra’soen (bovenop het hoofd) Om de bloedcirculatie van het hoofd soepeler te laten verlopen. (verder nog voor 100 andere ziekten)hadits

Al ahdain (de twee spieren in de nek) Om de bloedcirculatie van het hoofd soepeler te laten verlopen

Al kaahil (tussen nek en schouders) om het zicht te verbeteren (verder nog voor 72 andere ziekten)hadits

Al katifain (de schouders) Om de bloeddruk, het urinezuur en het cholestrol te normaliseren.

Al warik (de middel): om pijn in het middel, de nieren etc. te verminderen.

Ala zhahril qadami (enkels) Om de bloedcirculatie in de benen te bevorderen.

Voorwaarden voor Hijama

De patiёnt wordt geadviseerd om een half uur voor de hidjamah te rusten.

Er wordt gezegd dat men geen hidjamah moet doen nadat men erg druk is geweest.

De patiёnt moet vijftien minuten rusten na de hidjamah.

Men kan niet op meer dan zeven punten hidjamah tegelijk doen.

Na de hijama mag de huid drie uur lang niet met water in aanraking komen.

Er wordt voorgesteld om dan (na drie uur) een warm bad te nemen.

Controleer de bloeddruk en het bloedsuikergehalte voor de hijama.

Tijdstip van Hijama

Volgens Ibn Sina, is de beste tijd voor hijama tussen 13.00-14.00 uur want dan verwijden de bloedvaten zich.

De Profeet (vzmh) zei dat hijama een goed medicijn is als de maag leeg is, maar een ziekte als de maag vol is.

Van Aboe Dawoed, de Profeet (vzmh) zei dat iedereen die op de 17, 19 of 21 van de islamitische maand hijama heeft, van zijn ziekte genezen zal worden.

Hijama kan na twee weken herhaald worden maar het beter om het 1 maal per maand als een soennah te hebben.

Plaatsen waar geen Hijama verricht mag worden

Natuurlijke holtes

Bloedvaten en lymfenvaten

Vocht uit de gewrichten.

Plaatselijke ontstekingen

Contraindicaties voor Hijama

Heel hoog bejaarden

Bij bloedarmoede

Mensen die bloedverdunners slikken.

Patienten met chronische huidziekten

Schadelijke hypertensie

Bloedziekten (hemofilia, bloedkanker)

Huidwaterzucht

Problemen met de bloedvaten

Te weinig bloedplaatjes

Wees voorzichtig met patienten met hepatitis en AIDS

In acht name van Hijama patient

1. Tijdens Hijama:

Let tijdens de hijama op de conditie van de patiёnt. Als iemand zich ongemakkelijk voelt, b.v. door misselijkheid, overgeven, bleekheid of bewusteloosheid, verwijder dan de kop, maakt de wond schoon en het bloed, en laat hem liggen.

Druk op de punten onder de neus om hem bij te brengen.

Geef hem iets heets (dus iets met een heet karakter, niet een hoge temperatuur) en zoets te drinken zoals honing of dadelsap.

2. Na de Hijama:

Vertel de patiёnt dat het goed is om kruidenthee te drinken en om chemische medicijnen te vermijden en om een gezond en evenwichtig leven te leiden.

Functie van het bloed

1. Als transportmiddel van:

voedingsstoffen

Zuurstof

Koolzuur

Voedingsmetabolisme

Hormonen

Water

2. Verdediging van het lichaam tegen ontstekkingen (leukositen, antilichamen, bloedklonteringcellen)

3. Om de temperatuur stabiel te houden

4. Om de zuur-base balans in stand te houden en om weefselschade te vermijden.

Onderzoek van Hijama

Bloed van de hijama bevat maar 10 % van de leukocyten als van gewoon bloed. Het verbaast de wetenschappers hoe weinig leukocyten het afvalbloed bevat. Dit houdt in dat de hijama-therapie het immuunsysteem blijft beschermen en versterken.

De hijama verwijdert de niet-actieve rode bloedcellen.

Het vermogen om zich met ijzer te verbinden is erg hoog in het bloed van de hijama (550-1100) dus het gebruikte ijzer voor de vorming van bloed blijft bestaan (en neemt zelfs toe).

SDP en SDM zal toenemen, dat houdt in dat het giftige bloed op een zodanige manier verwijderd wordt dat het schone bloed zal achterblijven

Het bevorderen van de activiteit van het beenmerg

1. Slagaders

Lichtelijk aan de binnenkant

Wand van de slagader is dik, sterk en elastisch

Bloed stroomt van het hart

Hartslag kan gevoeld worden

Alleen een klep in de buurt van het hart

Als er een wond is, stroomt het bloed er snel uit.

2. Aders

Wand van de ader is dun en niet elastisch

Dichtbij het lichaamsoppervlak (ziet er blauw uit)

Bloed stroomt naar het hart

Hartslag kan niet gevoeld worden.

Veel kleppen in de aders

Als er een wond is, stroomt het bloed er niet snel uit.

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Hijama

Hijama (Arabic: حجامة‎ lit. "sucking") is the name in Arab traditional medicine for wet cupping, where blood is drawn by vacuum from a small skin incision for therapeutic purposes.[1] Hijama is generally performed by Muslims as it is a form of medicine specifically mentioned and encouraged by the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Among other hadith, it is mentioned in that recorded by Muhammad al-Bukhari (5263) and Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (2952), saying "Hijama is among your best remedies" (خير ما تداويتم به الحجامة).ProcedureHijama is normally performed on the head, but can be performed anywhere on the body, often at the site of an ache or pain in order to ease or alleviate it. A more conservative approach[2] warns against over use of cupping and suggests only that six optimal points on the body are all that is required to clean the entire cardiovascular system. The back of the head, two shoulders corresponding to the acupuncture heart position, the tail or small of the back, and the two inner ankles.The location is first shaved, if necessary, to ensure a tight seal with the cup. The mouth of a cup (metal, glass and plastic cups are generally used, although traditionally horns were used) is placed on the skin at the site chosen for cupping (alternatively leeches can be used). Then a tight seal is created. The old method was to burn a small piece of paper or cotton inside the vessel, so that the mouth of the cup clings to the skin. The new procedure is to use a machine instead. The cup is left to cling to the skin for a few minutes, then it is lifted off and a couple of very small incisions are made in the skin. The cup is then put back as it was before until it is filled with blood.Muhammad and hijamaAccording to various hadith in the Islamic tradition, Muhammad supported hijama.[3] They include:Abu Kabsha al-Anmairi[clarification needed] gave an eyewitness testimony that Muhammad cupped himself on the head and between his shoulders and then said "Whoever sheds some of this blood will experience no pain in not being treated for a certain (disease) with a certain (cure)".Anas ibn Malik's account is more anatomically precise, explaining that Muhammad cupped on two different neck veins and on the upper back.According to Jabir ibn Abd-Allah, Muhammad also cupped his hip to relieve some pain there.According to Abu Hurairah, Muhammad said "If there is good in one thing which cures you it is cupping".Also on Abu Hurairah's authority, Muhammad said that "Whoever is cupped on the seventeenth, nineteenth, or twenty-first (of the lunar month) will be healed of every disease".

What is Spiritual Healing in Islamic Sufi Tradition?

What is Spiritual Healing in Islamic Sufi Tradition?

Islamic sufi tradition is rich in the practice of spiritual healing. From earlier Biblical and Quranic apostles to Muhammad, the last messenger of God and then later passed down to sufi masters - spiritual healing has always been part of golden heritage and lineage of the sufis.The Sufi healing method is an Islamic healing method using Divine spiritual power practiced exclusively by the Sufis for centuries. The basic principle in Sufi Healing is that the True Healer is God Himself, the Sufis only act as mediators.The sufi healers are spiritual teachers within Islam and one of their responsibilities is to maintain and transmit the hidden, deeper knowledge contained in the Holy Qur'an. For the sufis, the supreme object of life is to serve and obey God, to emulate His divine attributes, and thereby to earn His pleasure. Among the service to humanity, that which the Sufis consider superior to most others is the healing of the sick. Their method is called the Sufi Healing (credit).Sufi Spiritual healing generally incorporates holy energy work, herbal and natural remedies belonging to ancient wisdom and other healing methods particularly used by Prophet Muhammad himself. Spiritual healing in sufi way often time involves the fusion between:1. Faith - but not in the context of belief subset or theology which is mind-centric, but heart-centered faith and intuitive knowing, based on deep gnosis.2. Sincerity - the quality that is connected to the yearning and calling of the human heart. Working on the inner heart, its polishing and getting rid of the rust.and 3. Self-examination - deep look and recognition of the self, its shadow.Sufi healing modalities involves with purification, breath work, rhythm, deep intuition, deep listening, presence and holy glance of the master, sacred words and its vibration.Spiritual healing in sufi tradition acknowledge the Divine as The Highest Source of Healing and the healer works as a conduit between The Source of Healing and the one who needs healing. The very word "spiritual" in the context of spiritual healing refers to the divine nature of the energy, which comes from One Invisible, Unseen All Intelligent Source. The healing energy from This Source is available to all.[] Origin in Islamic Wisdom TraditionBy its universal embrace Islam accepts all the enlightened beings, the messengers and prophets as God send. The Quran declares (2:285), "... make no distinction between one and another of His messengers." And among the chosen messengers and prophets sent over different period to humanity, one gift that was bestowed upon them was the ability to heal spiritually.Jesus Christ, revered as one of the greatest messenger in Islam, is an archetypal example of spiritual healer. His Prophetic mission embodied deep spiritual healing work. It was a great gift given to him by the Divine to manifest miracle by healing. And Jesus Christ himself testified that the gift given to him is also available to all and healing is a sacred spiritual work:"Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do..." John 14:12"Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils…," Matt. 10:8Sufi spiritual healers inherited the methods that God’s messengers were using, and from one generation to another (through heart to heart transmission) have practiced these methods up to the present time. In the Islamic tradition, healers utilize both medicinal remedies and spiritual means. The spiritual techniques follow esoteric scientific principles which utilize the patient’s latent energy and the power contained in the devotions and supplications and meditations of the prophets, messengers, and "wise men" of God.Prophet Muhammad alluding to the inner heart once said, "Surely there is in the body a small piece of flesh; if it is good, the whole body is good, and if it is corrupted, the whole body is corrupted, and that is surely the heart." The center of human conscious is the inner heart. One of the main characteristics of sufi healers is that they work with this inner heart. Pir Murad, a sufi saint once commented, "Restoring one dead heart to the eternal life is better than restoring life to a thousand dead bodies." A great sufi master Bayazid al-Bistami said, "A single atom of God's love in one's heart is worth more than a hundred thousand paradises."Prophet Muhammad was once in a session where he was curing people through spiritual methods when he was asked whether or not remedies should be sought from medicines. He said, "Yes, you must seek remedy from medicine, because whatever disease God has created in this world, He has also created its remedy as well. But there is one disease for which He has not created any remedy, which is old age (and death)."[] The Quran and HealingEach and every prescribed Quranic verse has its unique healing property which differs from those of other verses. One of the major characteristics of sufi spiritual healing is the use of the healing properties of sacred verses of Quran. In the holy tradition, the Prophet Muahammad mentioned the healing properties of particular verses and sections (surah) of the Quran for different remedies.Healing in the language of Islam is known as shifa'. The following are called "Ayat Al-Shifa" or Six Verses Of Healing, used in Sufi Spiritual Healing:1. Wayansurkum AAalayhim wayashfi sudoora qawmin mumineena.- Quran, Tauba 9:14"And God shall heal the inner heart of the believers."2. Ya ayyuha alnnasu qad jaatkum mawAAithatun min rabbikum washifaon lima fee alssudoori wahudan warahmatun lilmumineena.- Yunus 10:57"Mankind! there has come to you a guidance from your Lord and a healing for your hearts, and for those who believe a guidance and a mercy."3. Yakhruju min butooniha sharabun mukhtalifun alwanuhu feehi shifaon lilnnasi.- Nahl 16:69"There issues from within the bodies of the bee a drink of varying colors wherein is healing for mankind."4. Wanunazzilu mina alqurani ma huwa shifaon warahmatun lilmumineena- Bani Israel 17:82"And We sent down in the Quran such things that have healing and mercy for the believers."5. Waitha maridtu fahuwa yashfeeni- Shuara 26:80"And when I am ill, it is God who cures me."(A supplication of Prophet Abraham)6. Qul huwa lillatheena amanoo hudan washifaon waallatheena la yuminoona.- Fussilat 41:44"And declare that the Quran is a guidance and healing for the believers."[] Supplication for healing of Holy Prophet Muhammad Following are some of the prayer of the Holy Prophet for the purpose of healing, as recorded in sunnah (sacred tradition):1. Allahumma rabba al-nnas adhhibi al-ba’sa ishfi anta al-sshafi la shifa’a illa shifa’ula shifa’an la yughadiru saqaman (O Allah, O Lord of Mankind, remove the affliction and send down cure and healing, for no one can cure but You; so cure in such a way that no trace of illness is left). - Whenever God's Apostle paid a visit to a patient, or a patient was brought to him, he used to recite this aforementioned prayer.2. As’alu Allaha al-azem rabba al-‘arshi al-azem an yashfiyane (I beseech Allah, the Great, Lord of the Mighty Throne, to heal me).3. A’udhu bi izzati Allahi wa qudratihi mimma ajidu wa uhadhiru (I seek refuge and protection in the august might and power of Allah from the pain and illness I am suffering from and I am afraid of).Furthermore, one may also repeat and meditate on some of the Holy Names of God in Islamic tradition: i.e., ya Rahman; ya Rahim; ya Shafi, (O the Most Merciful One; The Compassionate; O the Healer and Curer).”
Peace and blessings be upon all the messengers and prophets of God. May the Source of all Healing heal you within and without. Allahu Shaafi. God is the Real Healer.::

Reference. To heal is to become one with the Deep Love of God. Healing in Islam (research paper, pdf file). Hazrat Inayat Khan on Healing. Inner Light, Nur what is it? who sees it and how?. Sufi Healing via Naqshbanid Muhibeen site. The Principles and Importance of Spiritual Healing in Islam. Heart - the magnificent organ. Aura and Color Treatment in Sufism
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SIWAK as an oral health device

SIWAK-AS AN ORAL HEALTH DEVICE (PRELIMINARY CHEMICAL AND CLINICAL EVALUATION)

A variety of oral hygiene measures have been performed since the dawn of time. This has been verified by various excavations done all over the world, in which toothpicks, chewsticks, tree twigs, linen strips, birds' feathers, animal bones and porcupine quills were recovered 1.Those that originated from plants are tasty twigs and although primitive they represented a transitional step towards the modern toothbrush. It has been stated that about seventeen plants could be enumerated as natural sources for several of these oral hygiene devices 2.The most widely used tree twigs since early times is the ..Siwak" or ..Miswak" 3 .The stick is obtained from a plant called Salvadore Persica that grows around Mecca and the Middle East area in general. It is widely used among Moslems after Prophet Mohammed ( pbuh ) realised its value as a device which should be used by Moslems to clean their teeth. In this respect our Prophet ( pbuh ) is considered the first dental educator in proper oral hygiene.Although there is no reference to the use of Siwak in Al-Quran, yet several quotations could be read in the compendium of the sayings of Mohammed ( pbuh ) as to the benefits of Siwak in mouth cleanlinesss. One saying reads as follows:"IF IT WERE NOT TOO MUCH A BURDEN ON THE BELIEVERS, I WOULD PRESCRIBE THAT THEY USE THE SIWAK BEFORE EACH PRAYER".Several anecdotes6, incidents, poems 7 and rules of ethics in using Siwak were mentioned in various references talking on the subject of cleanliness of the mouth.Salvadora Persica is in fact a small tree or shrub with a crooked trunk, seldom more than one foot in diamete, bark scabrous and cracked, whitish with pendulous extrimities. The root bark is light brown and the inner surfaces are white, odour like cress and taste is warm and pungent. Chemically the air dried stem bark os S. Persica is extracted with 80% alcohol and then extracted with ether and run through exhaustive chemical procedures. This showed that it is composed of:1 .Trim ethyl amine2. An alkaloid which may be salvadorine3. Chlorides4. High amounts of fluoride and silica5. Sulphur6. Vitamin C7. Small amounts of Tannins, saponins, fiavenoids & sterolsPURPOSE OF THE PRESENT INVESTIGATION:Because of the great quality of oral cleanliness noticed in individuals who use Siwak as the sole device to brush their teeth and because of the low incidence of dental decay of those individuals this work was undertaken.It is intended to study the following:1. The mechanical ability of Siwak as a cleaning device to the mouth and its ability to rid the mouth of bacterial plaque (aggregates harmful to the gum)2. If Siwak is powdered and used with a toothbrush, could it act as an efficient mouth cleaner?3. As compared to other strongly abrasive toothpowders, could Siwak rank as highly efficient as to the used material?DISCUSSIONOral hygiene and patient motivation towards a clean mouth owe their birth to the teachings of Moh mmed (pbuh). Due to the repeated use of Siwak during the day, the users showed an unusually high level of oral cleanliness. It is a well known fact that plaque formed immediately after meticulous toothbrushing. By the end of 24 hours the plaque is well on its way towards maturation and hence starts its dJliterious effects on the gingiva 8.Proper oral hygiene should be maintained through intensive instructions by the periodontist as well as by a great expenditure of time and dexterity on part of the patient. This item is self corrected in Moslems because Siwak users take Siwak as a device that should be used as part of their religious ritual regimen.The results obtained in this investigation have proved that Siwak and other tree twigs 9 could act as an effective tool in removing soft oral deposits. It could be even used as an effective device in preventive dental programmes in mass populations. The indices used in this investigations were simple and adaquate as they discriminated between experimental stages as well as between experimental groups.Using starch is not quite accurate but it was meant to evaluate the degree by which Siwak and powdered Siwak could rid teeth of deposits as compared to the best abrasive viz. commerical powder.It is noticed that the difference between first and fifth week of the mean score of plaque percentage for powdered Siwak is the highest (-11.2%) of all readings. This indicates that powdered Siwak is used with t mechanically proper device i.e. tooth brush will give a great deal of oral cleanliness.It has been reported that Salvadora Persica contains substances that possess antibacterial properties Some other components are astringents, detergents and abrasives 8. Those properties encourage some toothpaste laboratories to incorporate powdered stems and/or root material of Salvadora persica in their roducts (Beckenham U.K. Sarakan Ltd.).Although the commercial powder gave a high degree of efficiency in plaque removal yet its use over the experimental period gave a high score of gingivitis percentage within the group using the powder. It is time that plaque eradication is essential but this should not be on the expense of deletirious side effect on other tissues.It could be concluded that Siwak and powdered Siwak are excellent tools for oral cleanliness. Beca se of its availability in this part of the world, being inexpensive and readily adopted by Moslems as part f their religious regimen, it is highly recommended in implementing a preventive dental health program Islamic countries. Also recommendations should be directed to manufacturers of toothpastes to include the powdered form of Siwak in a highly debriding sophisticated toothpaste.

Source:
SIWAK-AS AN ORAL HEALTH DEVICE (PRELIMINARY CHEMICAL AND CLINICAL EVALUATION)
-By Dr. M. Ragaii El-Mostehy, Dr. A.A.Al-Jassem, Dr. I.A.Al-Yassin, Dr.A.R; El-Gindy and Dr. E. Shoukry

Baunscheidt therapie

De werking
Baunscheidt-therapie behoort tot de huidafleidende prikkeltherapievormen.
Door prikkeling van de huidzenuwen kan men specifiek op de organen inwerken, waardoor hun functie en doorbloeding gestimuleerd worden. Bij de rugbehandeling worden bij het zetten van de naalden langs de wervelkolom ook de meridiaandiagnosezones geactiveerd.
Door de prikkeling worden de bloed- en lymfestroom gestimuleerd: er ontstaat een betere aanvoer van voedingsstoffen en zuurstof en een versnelde afvoer van afvalstoffen. Dieper gelegen stuwingen kunnen door de betere bloedverdeling opgeheven worden.
Door prikkeling van het zenuwstelsel ontstaat tevens een effect op de hormoonhuishouding.
Het algemene afweersysteem wordt door de prikkeling gestimuleerd en het genezingsproces van het gehele organisme wordt positief beïnvloed: de stofwisseling wordt aangezet, blokkades worden opgeheven en de levenskracht neemt toe.

De reactie
Er zal roodheid en jeuk ontstaan en eventueel blaasjes met vocht. Een eventuele verhoging of een reactie elders is mogelijk.
Adviezen na de behandeling
houdt het behandelde lichaamsdeel warm,
het behandelde lichaamsdeel 24 uur droog houden (niet wassen),
drink minstens 1½ liter water en/of kruidenthee,
24 uur lang geen koffie, zwarte thee, alcohol en koolzuurhoudende frisdranken,
de behandeling kan om de 10 – 14 dagen herhaald worden.

Waarschuwingen
Het mag niet toegepast worden bij wespenallergie.

Toepassing

De Baunscheidtmethode kan ingezet worden bij: tenniselleboog, RSI, artritis of reumatische klachten, behandeling van (lage)rugpijnen, jicht, gewrichtsontsteking, ischias, oorontstekingen en andere KNO klachten, myogelosen, doorbloedingsstoornissen, neuralgieën met een verdovend gevoel, tinnitus, migraine, spanningshoofdpijn, multiple sclerose, aandoeningen van de longen, ischias, fibromyalgie, hernia, Morbus Bechterew, Morbus Scheuermann, enzovoorts.Vooral hardnekkige klachten, die slecht reageren op andere therapieën, komen vaak door het Baunscheidteren eindelijk in beweging.

Cupping therapie

Cupping-therapie is een methode waarbij een glazen kop wordt aangebracht op het huidoppervlak.
Door de kop kortstondig aan de onderkant te verwarmen zet de lucht in de kop uit, waarna de kop snel op de huid wordt geplaatst. De de daarop volgende afkoeling krimpt de lucht weer en is de kop vacuüm vastgezogen op het huidoppervlak.

Dit alles doet beslist geen pijn.

Door de vacuüm trekkracht van de kop worden de onderliggende spieren en huid extra doorbloed en ontdaan van afvalstoffen, met als gevolg algehele ontspanning. Cupping heeft een enorme dieptewerking.

Cupping-therapie bewijst vooral zijn nut bij schouder- en nekklachten door stress en spanning, migraine en rugklachten.

Verder is het nog bijzonder te weten dat na een cupping op de plek waar de kop vacuüm gezogen was, een dieprode plek te zien is. Dit is een normaal verschijnsel. Het komt door de intense doorbloeding van het weefsel.

De kleur van de plek kan verschillen, van rood tot diep paars. De kleur geeft de Chinese arts ook houvast bij het stellen van de diagnose over de conditie van de patiënt.

De resterende rode/paarse plek is verder alleen een cosmetisch verschijnsel: het doet geen pijn. Na een paar dagen zal de plek weer verdwenen zijn.

GuaSha therapie

GuaSha (spreek uit: Kwasja) is een therapie die al sinds duizenden jaren in China en omliggende landen wordt toegepast. In Nederland is deze behandelmethode echter nog vrijwel onbekend.

GuaSha betekent de ziekte uit het lichaam schrapen. "Gua" kunnen we vertalen met "schrapen". "Sha" betekent "gestagneerde energie die zich in het lichaam vertaalt naar klachten of ziekten

In de behandeling wordt een speciale olie op de huid aangebracht. Vervolgens wordt er met een schraper (een jadesteen) overheen geschraapt. Op plaatsen waar blokkades in het lichaam zijn, verschijnen vervolgens plekken die er uit zien als bloeduitstortingen of schrammen. Deze kunnen in kleuren variëren van diep rood tot zelfs zwart.Hoe donkerder de kleur, hoe dieper de blokkade en vaak betekent dit ook: hoe chronischer de stoornis.

Dankzij de olie doet het schrapen niet of nauwelijks pijn.

Met GuaSha wordt niet alleen het onderhuidse bindweefstel, en maar via de meridianen ook allerlei organen, spieren, bloedvaten etc, in het hele lichaam beïnvloed. GuaSha is daarom een geschikte therapie voor allerlei klachten : hoofdpijn, migraine, RSI, tenniselleboog, rugpijn, PMS, zenuwpijn, gewrichtspijn, maar helpt ook goed tegen stress, spijsverteringsstoornissen en slapeloosheid.

Acupunctuur

Acupunctuur (vereenvoudigd Chinees: 针灸; traditioneel Chinees: 針灸; pinyin: zhēn jiǔ; Kantonees: Cham Kauw; Latijn acus = naald en pungere = steken) is een onderdeel van een behandelmethode die stamt uit de traditionele Chinese geneeskunde. Hierbij worden naalden op zogenaamde acupunctuurpunten in het lichaam gestoken. De methode bestaat al meer dan 3500 jaar en is nauw verbonden met Chinese filosofie. Sinds de bronstijd worden metalen naalden gebruikt. Voor die tijd gebruikte men naalden van steen. Naast de klassieke acupunctuur met naalden, bestaat ook elektro-acupunctuur, waarbij er een zwakke elektrische stroom door de naalden loopt, en laser acupunctuur, waarbij geen naalden worden gebruikt, maar men een lage intensiteit laserlicht op de gebruikelijke plaatsen straalt.Voor de werkzaamheid van acupunctuur bij diverse aandoeningen ontbreekt wetenschappelijk bewijs. Meridianen zijn bovendien nooit aangetroffen in het menselijk lichaam, ondanks een zeer gedetailleerde kennis van het menselijk lichaam. Acupunctuur is dan ook een alternatieve geneeswijze en een pseudowetenschap.

Traditionele Chinese geneeskunde is gebaseerd op (onder meer) de volgende uitgangspunten:
Levensenergie (chi of qi) circuleert door 14 kanalen, meridianen genoemd, die vertakkingen hebben naar alle organen en lichaamsfuncties.
Ziekte wordt toegeschreven aan een uit het evenwicht zijn of storing van chi. Met praktijken zoals acupunctuur en qigong probeert men dit evenwicht te herstellen.

Geschiedenis
In een der oudste leerboeken over geneeskunde, de "Nei-Tjing" (of "Neijing") (het 'Boek van de Gele Keizer') uit circa 1500 v. Chr. (dat uit ongeveer dezelfde tijdsperiode stamt als de I Tjing) werd acupunctuur reeds besproken. [1] Hierin wordt acupunctuur weliswaar als mogelijke behandelingsmethode besproken, maar wordt er ook op gewezen dat naast acupunctuur ook behandeling met geneesmiddelen en psychosomatische methoden plaatsvinden kan. In de 18e eeuw ontstaat er in Europa met de opkomst van het rationalisme (en door de uitwisselingen van culturen die door de koloniale ontdekkingsreizen tot stand zijn gebracht) tevens interesse in de oude Chinese en Japanse tradities en beschavingen, hetgeen terugklinkt in de literatuur en filosofische geschriften uit die tijd waarin aandacht voor oosterse levenshoudingen aanwijsbaar is. [2] Door het westerse superioriteitsgevoel waarvan de periode vanaf circa 1800 is doordrongen werd de Chinese geneeskunst in Europa lange tijd echter niet serieus genomen. Door de opkomst van aandacht voor elektro-magnetische processen vanaf begin 20e eeuw (o.a. ook de ontwikkeling van het Elektro-encefalogram) werd ook de studie naar effectiviteit en werking van acupunctuur aangewakkerd. De rol van meridianen in de acupunctuur werd in verband gebracht met de banen van lagere elektrische weerstand van de huid (potentiaalverschillen). [3] De benaming 'meridiaan' stamt van de Franse arts Soulié de Morant, die trachtte als een der eersten om een wetenschappelijk gezichtspunt te bepalen. Aanhangers der acupunctuur verwierpen de term soms omdat het begrip 'meridiaan' een incomplete vertaling van het begrip 'king' (tjing, mei) uit de Nei-Tjing zou betreffen, en een meridiaan een aardrijkskundige connotatie van een denkbeeldige lijn op de aardbol zou zijn, terwijl ze in de realiteit van de energiebanen zouden geloven. Andere aanhangers daarentegen vonden de term passend, juist omdat het fictieve banen zou betreffen. In de originele Chinese termen zouden de energiebanen psychosomatische functies zijn, die de huid en organen op een bepaalde manier met elkaar verbinden.

Hijama

Hijama (Arabic: حجامة‎ lit. "sucking") is the name in Arab traditional medicine for wet cupping, where blood is drawn by vacuum from a small skin incision for therapeutic purposes.[1] Hijama is generally performed by Muslims as it is a form of medicine specifically mentioned and encouraged by the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Among other hadith, it is mentioned in that recorded by Muhammad al-Bukhari (5263) and Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (2952), saying "Hijama is among your best remedies" (خير ما تداويتم به الحجامة).

Procedure
Hijama is normally performed on the head, but can be performed anywhere on the body, often at the site of an ache or pain in order to ease or alleviate it. A more conservative approach[2] warns against over use of cupping and suggests only that six optimal points on the body are all that is required to clean the entire cardiovascular system. The back of the head, two shoulders corresponding to the acupuncture heart position, the tail or small of the back, and the two inner ankles.

The location is first shaved, if necessary, to ensure a tight seal with the cup. The mouth of a cup (metal, glass and plastic cups are generally used, although traditionally horns were used) is placed on the skin at the site chosen for cupping (alternatively leeches can be used). Then a tight seal is created. The old method was to burn a small piece of paper or cotton inside the vessel, so that the mouth of the cup clings to the skin. The new procedure is to use a machine instead. The cup is left to cling to the skin for a few minutes, then it is lifted off and a couple of very small incisions are made in the skin. The cup is then put back as it was before until it is filled with blood.

Muhammad and hijama
According to various hadith in the Islamic tradition, Muhammad supported hijama.[3] They include:
Abu Kabsha al-Anmairi[clarification needed] gave an eyewitness testimony that Muhammad cupped himself on the head and between his shoulders and then said "Whoever sheds some of this blood will experience no pain in not being treated for a certain (disease) with a certain (cure)".
Anas ibn Malik's account is more anatomically precise, explaining that Muhammad cupped on two different neck veins and on the upper back.
According to Jabir ibn Abd-Allah, Muhammad also cupped his hip to relieve some pain there.
According to Abu Hurairah, Muhammad said "If there is good in one thing which cures you it is cupping".
Also on Abu Hurairah's authority, Muhammad said that "Whoever is cupped on the seventeenth, nineteenth, or twenty-first (of the lunar month) will be healed of every disease".

Massage

Pijn in je nek, ben je moe of heb je stress? Last van een gespannen gevoel? Neem dan eens een heerlijke ontspannende rug-, nek- en/of schoudermassage! Al eeuwen is deze massage een goede methode voor pijnbestrijding en het ontspannen van de spieren en zenuwen. Een massage is zowel lichamelijk als geestelijk gezond voor je!
Voor lichaam en geest
Een massage van de rug, schouders en nek wordt hoofdzakelijk toegepast bij ontspanningsmassage. De reden dat juist die gebieden worden gemasseerd, is omdat je bij stress snel de neiging hebt om je nek en schouders ‘vast’ te zetten, waardoor je spieren erg verkrampen en je pijn krijgt. Als je de hele dag op kantoor zit, zul je hier vast wel eens last van hebben. De ontspanningsmassage zorgt ervoor dat je spieren weer los worden gemaakt en de doorbloeding wordt gestimuleerd. Je zenuwen worden ook gelijk positief beïnvloed, waardoor de opgebouwde spanning wegvloeit. Na zo’n massage ben je weer lekker soepel!
Niet alleen voor de ontspanning
De rug-, nek- en schoudermassage is ook goed om je spieren even te laten herstellen. Als je opeens veel gaat sporten, kunnen je spieren overbelast raken. Daarnaast worden mensen vaak lichaamsbewuster wanneer ze ineens veel gaan sporten en dus ook beter merken dat alles een beetje ‘vast’ zit. Ook bij een schouder- of nekblessure of bij RSI is het goed om je spieren eens goed bij te laten komen met deze massage.
Tijdsduur massage
Een massage duurt tussen de 20 en 90 minuten. Als je voor een rug-, nek- en schoudermassage kiest, wordt je hele rug gemasseerd tot aan je bovenbenen. Vaak wordt er aromatische olie gebruikt, zodat je een nog meer ontspannen gevoel krijgt. Na de massage kun je vaak nog even blijven liggen om helemaal tot rust te komen. Door de afvoer van afvalstoffen, door soepel maken van de spieren en stimulering van de doorbloeding kun je duizelig zijn direct na massage. Sta daarom rustig op en blijf nog even zitten na de massage.

Spiritual Healing in the Islamic Tradition

Spiritual Healing in the Islamic Tradition
Shaykh Hisham Muhammad Kabbani, MD

Renewed interest in spiritual healing methods will only help to further the state of modern medicine as we benefit from the experiences and knowledge of our predecessors in this noble field of healing. Unfortunately, this topic has too often been ignored and dismissed by many contemporary physicians although these remedies have been practiced successfully for thousands of years.
A scientific mind unclouded by preconceived notions is able to discern the validity and utility of a comprehensive approach to health, which includes spiritual healing. Professor John Taylor of King’s College, London asserted: "A scientific investigation can only look into that which is physical. The non-physical realm--be it mental, spiritual, ethereal, eternal or any other so far--has defied scientific analysis.
"There are certainly ways of obtaining knowledge about the non-physical aspect of experience which provides helpful insights of their nature, but the results so obtained are difficult to describe and relate to the general corpus of knowledge….Indeed, nowadays a scientist must take care to avoid being so biased in the other direction that he becomes over skeptical. He may well refuse to believe what is staring him in the face because it cannot be fitted into his materialistic view of the universe….Science has so much evolved since a century ago. It should be able to give a satisfactory answer. If not, the scientific method truly will have been found wanting and could well suffer a blow from which it might never recover."John Taylor, Superminds pp. 55-56
Science And Spiritual HealingAll spiritual healers are true scientists and they have come to the conclusion that behind every creation--be it an atom, cell, or cosmos--a Creating Genius is at work. Therefore, they assert that their patients can be healed by turning to that Creating Genius through devotion, contemplation, and recollection of His Name.
Many modern scientists realized that if a science does not educate, inspire, or lead to the conclusion and realization that the beginning and end, the outward and inward of all, whatever is between the heavens and earth is throbbing with life-giving energy of this Creating Genius, then this science cannot be qualified as normal.
Dr. Robert G. White, a renowned neurosurgeon, is one of many scientists and physicians who, through their research, came to the conclusion that human beings did not just come together, but are the handiwork of an All-Knowing Creative Genius.
He writes, "I am convinced that the brain is the repository of the human spirit, the soul…for me, the practice of medicine and religious faith are inextricably interwoven. I pray a great deal, especially before and after surgery. I find prayer satisfying. I feel there are immense resources behind me, resources I need and want….
"Yet the notion that human life is nothing more than a chance confluence of complex molecular biology and electrical activity strikes me as a deviance of logic….I have to believe all this had an intelligent beginning, that Someone made it happen. I cannot accept the proposition that, at random points in time, such substantial entities as intelligence, personality, memory, and the human body just sort of fell together.
"I also find it unreasonable to suppose that, at brain death, those powerful entities of intelligence, personality, and memory simply cease to exist. Far more reasonable [is] to believe that the essence of us escapes from a container, the brain, which no longer is capable of supporting us, and finds support in a new dimension.
"As to what becomes of the essence of us at brain death, I cannot presume even to speculate. I can only say that logic leads me inescapably to faith--faith that the uniqueness, the individuality, of the human being lives on in this concept we call the soul."R.G. White, M.D. Thoughts of a Brain SurgeonReaders Digest October, 1978
The Science Of Spiritual HealingThe science of spiritual healing has traditionally been taught and passed from one healer to another by individualized private instruction. These techniques have been used for centuries by wise philosophers and healers, in various regions of the world including, Japan, China, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Indian Subcontinent. These were the pioneers of spiritual healing who invented and practiced techniques, which many scientists are unaware of even today. In the second half of the 20th century, this spiritual knowledge began to be spread and was taught en masse to those interested in using spiritual healing techniques to alleviate pain and to cure disease.
The spiritual healing process rejuvenates the body’s life force and strengthens it through several focal points throughout the body. The spiritual technique produces a neuro-psychological effect, which leads the central nervous system to produce a carefully orchestrated endocrine response which relieves pain, heals the disease of the affected areas, and balances the entire body.
Health as Related to Physical Fitness and ActivityThe human body requires food and drink, however not all such matters are digestible and they do not all become part of the human body. Instead precipitates of unconverted nutrients may settle as sediment and since the body cannot dispose of them naturally, with time, their accumulations can cause various illnesses. Initially, such accumulations may manifest as localized accumulations before they affect the blood and are transported through the blood stream to accessible parts of the body.
Though initially one’s condition may manifest in the form of bowel problems, with time, any greater buildup of such sediment becomes more dangerous and manifests as localized illnesses that may spread in the body at later stage. Hence comes the importance of studying the pathology of disease and the history of its development.
Acknowledging physical malaise causing bowel problems, one may accustoms ones self to strong purgative resulting in further complications. In fact, most of such drugs are toxic and can interfere with and eliminate both the good and bad. Addictions to such drugs can further complicate one's condition because they are hot and interactive and they can weaken the immune system, predispose patients to arrythmias, affect the kidney and develop various disorders and deficiencies. Appropriate physical exercise is necessary to refresh the organs, ease the flow of food and nutrients, enhance digestion, and prevent such accumulations.
Furthermore, natural and methodical control of movements and muscular actions lightens the spirit, refreshes the mind, rejuvenates the body organs, improves one’s self, strengthens muscular tone, prevents callousness of the joints, strengthens the tendons and ligaments, lessens the possibility of somatic disorders, and abates most illnesses. This also depends on the level of physical exercise, their balance, moderation, or intensity.
In general, routines dedicated to any particular limb strengthen it just like dedicating one’s thoughts to a specific subject strengthens one’s memory. Hence, each part of the body requires specific routines. The lungs require reading exercise and their levels began from reading silently, and advancing gradually in intensity and loudness. Hearing exercise require careful responsive attention by stimulating the auditory nerves and ears, and it develops to the pint where sound either increases in volume or decreases by distance or by intensity of one’s wavelength. Speaking exercise increases oral command; and besides helping recognition by physical and mental vision, eye exercises enhance one’s vision and strengthen the ocular muscles and in some cases can help correct nearsightedness and farsightedness. Thus, hiking, swimming, normal walking, exercise at moderate pace, riding on horseback, archery, and similar sports, are most healthy for the entire body. Adopting such programs of physical exercise even can cure chronic illnesses such as anemia, infectious diseases, ulcers, and colic, among others.
Origins of Islamic Spiritual HealingSpiritual healers inherited the methods that God’s messengers were using, and from one generation to another have practiced these methods up to the present time. In the Islamic tradition, healers utilize both medicinal remedies and spiritual means. The spiritual techniques follow scientific principles, which utilize the patient’s latent energy and the power contained in the devotions and supplications and meditations of the prophets, messengers, and "wise men" of God.
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was once in a session where he was curing people through spiritual methods when he was asked whether or not remedies should be sought from medicines. He said, "Yes, you must seek remedy from medicine, because whatever disease God has created in this world, He has also created its remedy as well. But there is one disease for which He has not created any remedy, which is old age."
Each and every prescribed Quranic verse has its unique healing property, which differs from those of other verses. The following are some examples of verses used in spiritual healing.
Six Verses Of Healing: "Ayat Al-Shifa""And [God] shall heal the breast of the believers." Tauba 9:14
"Mankind there has come to you a guidance from your Lord and a healing for (the diseases) in your hearts, and for those who believe a guidance and a mercy." Yunus 10:57
"There issues from within the bodies of the bee a drink of varying colors wherein is healing for mankind." Nahl 16:69
"And We sent down in the Quran such things that have healing and mercy for the believers." Bani Israel 17:82
"And when I am ill, it is [God] who cures me."A supplication of Prophet Abraham Shuara 26:80
"And declare (O Muhammad) that [the Quran] is a guidance and healing for the believers."
About Energy And How Spiritual Healing WorksSpiritual healing is not at all a mysterious process but is in fact very straight forward, albeit oftentimes quite complex. The spiritual healing technique involves the energy field that exists around each of us. Everyone has an energy field or an aura that surrounds and interpenetrates the physical body. This field is intimately associated with the health of the human being.
In different cultures, energy is known by different names. The word "energy" is referred to as:Ki in JapaneseChi in ChinesePrana in HindiQudra in Arabic
Energy is the life breath transmitted to us from the Existing, Everlasting Superpower that overlooks human beings and all creation. Energy regulates our thought patterns and emotions, is the source of our life force and is the animating factor in all living beings. It circulates through our bodies and can be harnessed for healing. It is the source of all movement in the universe. When the human body loses its life breath the original energy (or life force) leaves it, allowing the body to decompose. The body goes back to its earthen origins and the spirit returns to its angelic origin of spiritual energy. This energy is never lost and exists without the secret of its nature being understood by science and modern medicine.
This unknown spiritual energy is behind the life of every drop of blood in animate beings, the motion behind every living cell, and the driving force of constellations and galaxies. It carries unlimited perfect and complete powers, which are real, active and continuous. The action of this force is genuine because nothing can grow or live in the entire universe without its influence.
This is especially applicable on earth where no trees, grass, vegetation and indeed no life can exist without the intervention of this unknown, unseen energy. It is with this energy that a tiny plant pushes through the middle of a huge desert boulder. This energetic spiritual life force holds the organs, blood vessels, and all body parts in place. When the body’s life force diminishes, the anatomic relations of the body’s organs are altered and disrupted, which leads to pain, organ dysfunction and an overall deterioration of health.
The spiritual energetic life force creates an energy field around itself like a highly charged magnet or electrode. This force reflects its energy throughout the human body and becomes the driving life force behind all of its activities and processes. The life force not only energizes the body but also gives it its identity. As an atom is defined by its constituent electrons, protons, and neutrons--which are also its energy components--so too does the spiritual life force give energy and identity to the physical body.
The healing spiritual energy is analogous to a waterfall. If a waterfall is channeled in the right way, it can be harnessed to produce energy and give light. Similarly, if our blood flow is properly channeled through a balanced, equilibrated system, the driving force of that energy will augment the energy of the weak organs.
In those organs where the life force has been weakened and dissipated, spiritual healing will increase and activate these vital forces. The spiritual healing technique allows the life energies to be exponentially expanded to activate the ill member and heal it.
A similar phenomenon is seen in an atomic reaction, where tremendous power is released from the internal energy of the atom. The energy produced increases geometrically as the activated, energized atom spreads its energy to its neighbors, propagating a chain reaction of energy release.
The same principle of the atomic reaction is used by spiritual healers to harness and activate the life force within the patient. Much in the same way that contemporary physicians direct lasers to heal affected areas of the body, spiritual healers access a similar chain reaction of the body’s existing energy, channeling it to the affected areas to heal pain and suffering. When one organ begins to heal, the other organs use the released energy to activate and release their own inherent energy, which in turn promotes physiological equilibrium and relief from pain.
The Three Phases Of Spiritual HealingUniversal force--or cosmic energy--includes the energies of the planets, stars and galaxies, and whatever is around us of propagating energy fields. This vast, all-pervading force nourishes the soul, the spirit and the energy within each individual and in every living creature. Through the meditative process of spiritual healing, one can access this driving energy, which exists in every living cell in the body.
The energy is channeled to the cerebral cortex, which is the processing center of our thoughts. From there it will be intensely focused and channeled in the nuclei of the brain stem, which are activated and stimulated by this focused life force. In turn impulses are sent to the autonomic nervous system, regulating the body’s functions, keeping it in equilibrium and free of pain. The concentration of energy in the brain comprises the first phase of spiritual healing.
This process in turn stimulates the vagus nerve to send electrical impulses down the heart’s conduction system to the sinoatrial node, through the internodal tracts, through the atrioventricular node, down the Bundles of His, out the Purkinje fibers and into the myocardial wall to begin systole. This migration of energy which fills the heart is the second phase of spiritual healing. Conditions such as angina, congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy and hypertension, in addition to many other related cardiac diseases, are healed and the patient can then find health and relief from pain.
The energy is then pumped with the blood out of the heart into the vascular system and delivered to the entire body in the third phase of spiritual healing. A major focus of phase three is the aorta, which is the conduit for the healing waves of energy that are carried by the blood.
As the blood flows from the heart, it is first channeled back to the heart via the coronary arteries in a chain reaction that sustains and increases the energy in the heart itself, much in the same way that the sun increases its light through its own nuclear reactions. This cycle produces more and more energy, which pours out into the vascular system with foci in the major arteries, supplying the brain via the carotid arteries. It also travels through the subclavian arteries to the upper extremities, the splanchnic circulation to the abdomen, through the renal arteries to the kidneys, and through the iliac vessels to the lower extremities.
The huge volume of drops of blood are like a waterfall made by a huge river descending over the side of a tall mountain cliff. All vegetation and animals in the water’s path are nourished and given life, and every cell in the body is healed when the vital spiritual energy wave reaches it.
A healthy heart will sustain a weak body, but when the heart is weak and diseased--even in a young person--the body will not be healthy or live long. Therefore, maintaining the heart is the first priority for spiritual healers. Furthermore, maintaining the brain is also another important priority to keep the flow of messages functioning properly.
Contemporary Physicians and Spiritual HealersPhysicians and scientists are all acquainted with this unquantifiable life force, but are unable to interact with it directly except through its vehicle, the physical body. For that reason, scientists look intently to the outward existing body and invent procedures and techniques to keep the body in homeostasis, striving to keep the vital life force in the body as much as possible and to keep the body free of pain.
The contemporary physician is concerned primarily with the physical body as well as the psychological aspects of human existence. Therapeutics for illness are largely physical, whether in the forms of medication, surgical intervention, or otherwise.
Spiritual healers, on the other hand, use an inward approach to healing by applying spiritual techniques and methods to utilize the body’s own energy. The difference between the spiritual healers and the physician healers is that the former is healing from inside-to-outside while the latter is healing from outside-to-in. Each are doing good for their patients and both meet on the common ground of curing disease and relieving pain and suffering.
High Sense Perception As A Diagnostic ToolPhysicians utilize Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques which use the energy and alignment of the body’s atoms to provide images and information about the condition of the body and any potential disease process. The spiritual healer also has advanced diagnostic modalities one of the most important of which is HSP, High Sense Perception.
HSP is a way of perceiving things beyond the normal range of the five senses. With it one can see, hear, smell, taste, and touch things that cannot normally be perceived.
HSP, sometimes referred to as clairvoyance, is not imagination but is a type of seeing in which you perceive a picture in your mind without the use of your normal vision. HSP reveals the dynamic world of the fluid, interacting spiritual energy fields which surround and permeate all living things. This energy supports us, nourishes us, and gives us life. We sense each other with this energy as we are a part of it and it is a part of us.
With HSP, the patho-physiology of pain and disease processes lies right before one’s eyes. HSP reveals how most diseases are initiated in the energy field. Distortions in the energy field caused by time and unhealthy living habits are transmitted to the body, becoming a serious illness. Many times the source or initiating cause of this process is asso-ciated with psychological and/or physical trauma.
Since HSP reveals how a disease is initiated, it also reveals how to reverse the disease process. Spiritual energies and auras aid healers in formulating their diagnosis. To develop HSP it is necessary to enter into an expanded state of consciousness. There are many means to achieve this but spiritual meditation is fast becoming the most well known.
The Nasma and MeditationIn the spiritual terminology, the non-physical body is called nasma. Nasma exists within each physical body as a subtle vapor or energy breeze created by the chemical output of the physical body. The nasma is present in human beings just as rose water is present in the rose or as the fire in glowing coals. Being superior with its connection to the divine energy source, it can taste without using the tongue, can see without using the eyes, and can hear without using the ears.
By using the nasma, HSP is made available to the spiritual healer. The nasma derives its nourishment from the esoteric energy which is released whenever we act, think, or form a belief or intention. The nasma in human beings is capable of leaving the physical body at any time through the universal driving force.
When the flow of spiritual energy is disturbed or insufficient, the health of the patient is adversely affected, leading to pain, disease, distress, and so forth. These are signals that we need to rebalance our energy. A positive energy flow nourishes the nasma and maintains its structure and foundation, balancing the human system. This balance leads to increased awareness of the body’s sensations which in turn leads to good living, following of proper diet, and enjoyment of exercise. The nasma then supports and maintains a healthy physical body, in which the chemical and physical systems remain balanced and functioning normally, thus perpetuating physical health.
In the healthy system, the energies in each body not only remain balanced but also support and influence the energy balance in other peoples’ bodies. The nasma can influence others like a magnet bringing the charges of adjacent metal into its alignment. The energy of a healthy system is thus both self-healing and self-propagating in that it maintains the individual health while strengthening the health of those in one’s aura. That is, good health attracts and develops more good health.
The nasma can, not only influence the physical body, but it can also be affected by a sick body and become weak because of the weakness of the organs. For example, in a weak body a weak nasma shows its symptoms in the mental and physical aspects of a person. In the mental sphere, any one of the following will occur: neurosis, depression, hysteria, psychosis, seizures, sleep terror, and insomnia. If this state of affairs is allowed to continue without treatment, the nasma becomes so weak that it is rendered incapable of defending itself in the weak body. The patient at this stage suffers either from seizures, psychotic fits, or aggressive behavior. The spiritual healer can strengthen the patient’s organs and thereby the nasma through the universal driving force, creating a high-energy state in which symptoms of sickness disappear.
Meditation And The Focal Point Of TreatmentIn spirituality, good health requires intensive striving by the patient and personal change. Personal change to develop patience, contentment, gratitude, cheerfulness, joy, love, sharing, courage, benefaction, recognition of good deeds, forbearance, and courtesy will improve spirituality and energy flow.
Overactivity even in this field and lack of proper supervision and devotion of a concerned and learned parent, or the dedication of qualified teacher also may lay a heavy burden on the person’s intellect. Alternatively, an impasse in spiritual progress may hinder one’s spiritual growth, and only a qualified guidance can break through such obstacles. Such training must keep advancing until it develops genuine character, positive traits, and healthy energy flow.
Without personal change in the body’s energy flow, one will eventually create other problems which leads back to the source that caused the disease in the first place. Thus, dealing with the source of disease is the focal point of treatment. This search stimulates the deeper part of ourselves that is sometimes called the "higher self" or the "spark of divinity" within us. This divinity within us, the deeper part of ourselves, sends us information about what type of sickness needs to be treated and what type of contact points need to be touched through our meditation. Meditation is a tool which gives deep relaxation and to quiet the mind. This helps to alleviate stress, and therefore enable the internal chemical and hormonal system to regain their equilibrium.
Medical tests have shown that there are definite measurable physiological changes in meditating subjects. The brain itself undergoes changes in the type of electrical waves generated. By using an electroencephalogram (EEG) there is an increase in the generation of alpha waves and sometimes also in the number of theta waves. These indicate a shift of consciousness into a tranquil state of awareness quite different from that of sleep. This state is therapeutic and very restful although the patient is both fully conscious and functional.
The body demonstrates the effects of meditation in various ways. The breathing pattern slows, as does the heart rate, and there is a marked decrease in the level of oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide elimination. However, the physical effects of meditation last longer than the meditation period itself. This is demonstrated by the fact that sufferers of hypertension and many other diseases have, through meditation alone, made such clinically-measurable improvements that they have been able to discontinue their medications. This is very well noted and recorded in spiritual healing books and manuscripts.
How Energy Relates To DiseaseSpiritual healers symbolize the flowing of the driving life force in the body and in the universe as vortices of energy made up of a number of smaller spiral cones of energy. These are known in Islamic terminology as "lata‘if", meaning subtle manifestations or layers. The lata‘if (sing. lateefa) are the points of maximum energy intake and are very important focal points of balance within the energy system. Disease and illness occur if a lateefa is unbalanced.
Lata‘if in adults have a protective screen over them. In a healthy system, these lata‘if spin in synchronized rhythm with the others, drawing energy from the universal energy field into their center for use by the body. Each one of them is tuned to a specific frequency that helps the body to remain healthy. However, in a diseased system these vortices are not synchronized. The energy of the lata‘if that make up these vortices may be fast or slow, jerky or lopsided. Sometimes breaks in the entire energy pattern can be observed in which a lateefa may be fully or partially collapsed or inverted. These disturbances are related to dysfunction or pathology of the physical body in that area.
Healing Through Meditation And Focal Points Of The Lata’ifThe feeling of pain can be completely cured by meditation wherein the dormant energy of a sick body is activated by a spiritual ignition produced by the meditative process. This spiritual process uses seven different focal points in the seven layers, the lata’if.
There are seven focal points of the lata’if. These are located above and below the heart, above and below the left breast, above and below the right breast, and one on the forehead. Every lateefa has a different energy color, and every energy has a different effect on a specific disease. The two focal points above and below the heart are green. The points above and below the left breast are yellow, the ones above and below the right breast are black, and the one on the forehead is white.
Through meditation these seven focal points of the lata’if generate energy. Then, like a magnet, these activated focal points attract more energy from the universal cosmic energy source in the shape of tiny floating spheres of light. The size of these spheres depends on which lateefa is activated, as there is a different sized sphere for every different color lateefa. Depending on the illness, the healer activates the appropriate lateefa needed to cure that sickness. In turn, the lateefa produces more of its energy color which itself attracts from the universal energy source more of the same light. The result of this positive feedback loop is a tremendous outpouring of shimmering globes of light which descend from the cosmic energy source onto the person of the healer.
Through this flood of colored energy spheres, the healer is energized to the point where he radiates heat from his body through his hands and projects light from his forehead. As a scientist shoots a laser, the spiritual healer emits the light and energy that he receives from the universal force. The healer massages the affected areas and this combination of heat from the hand and light from the forehead immediately begins the healing process.
The healer also prescribes that the patient sit alone for a few hours each day fully relaxed, repeating several thousand times different holy names of God in a special format for the duration of treatment. These holy names are like energy sparks which ignite more flow from the universal energy source. This ignition also activates the focal points of the lata’if causing heat to be generated in the body of the patient. This heat is considerably less than the immense power transmitted by the healer, but it is sufficient to cause the patient to break out into a sweat.
At this time, the patient goes to the healer who transmits more energy as before, advancing the patient’s treatment. As the moon reflects the light of the sun onto the earth, so too does the healer reflect the universal energy through his body to the patient. This produces a state of immense heat and spiritual interaction between the healer and the patient. This process is repeated for several days or even weeks until the patient recovers.
As he recovers, the patient begins to experience a psychological effect from the dynamic, synergistic interaction between himself and the healer. This psychological effect of recovery and relief from pain induces the endocrine glands to secrete hormones which balance the whole system and begin to cure the ill organs, raising the patient to higher levels of health and spirituality than would be possible in the former painful, diseased condition.
As the surgical patient is anesthetized, so too is the spiritual patient put in a pain-free state in which the spiritual healer can work on him in the way he finds suitable.
ConclusionDisease at any station of the energy field will express itself in that particular level of consciousness. Each expression of disease is manifested as some form of pain, be it physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual. It is essential that we probe the deeper meaning of our illnesses. We need to ask, "What does this illness and pain mean to us? What can we learn from this?"
Pain is the driving belt in the body’s own self-defense mechanism that alerts us to correct a situation. Pain is like a warning bell in our system which brings our attention to the fact that something is wrong and forces us do something about it. Pain says, "You are not listening to your whole self." Pain teaches us to ask for help and healing and is, therefore, a key to the education of the soul and to the function of the spirit and the body’s energy.
A comprehensive approach to pain relief and health in general which includes spiritual healing will greatly help the progress of modern medicine. While volumes can and have been written on Islamic spiritual healing, it is hoped that this brief introduction will help bring this subject to the attention of the medical community and foster greater appreciation and understanding of this rich tradition and science.

Shaykh Hisham Muhammad Kabbani, 1997
Source: Harvard Medical School's SPIRITUALITY & HEALING IN MEDICINE - IIhttp://naqshbandi.org/events/benson/paper.htm