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I thought of opening a threat to discuss Tibb al-Islami (Islamic Medical Treatment) that hopefully we can benefit from the discussion.

Basically Tibb al-Islami is a branch of Islamic knowledge and is an effort to cure disease(s), sickness using methods that is/are in accordance to alQuran & asSunnah and the ijtihad of asSolafussoleh. The disease or sickness can be physically or spiritually. And the treatment is not confined to only on humans, but to a much wider including animals, plants/trees, buildings, roads, bridges etc.

Physical illness includes fever, cancer, paralysis etc...
Spiritual/mental illness includes illness afflicted by jinns, hasad (jealousy), uncontrolable rage/anger, etc.

Various physical and spiritual illness can be cured using Islamic treatment. The method includes using certain du'as (taken from alQur'an, alHadith and the practices of the Salafussoleh). Aside from du'as, using ingredients (eg water, honey, sidr leaves, etc) that are halal can also be used in treating the illness.

The Holy Prophet s.a.w. said (riwayah from Usamah bin Syarik r.a.)
تداووا عباد الله، فإن الله سبحانه لم يضع داء إلا وضع معه شفاء إلا الهرم
Get treatment o slave of ALLAH, for ALLAH s.w.t. did not create illness except was created together its cure, except old age.
- ibn Majah

Hence we muslims should not feel despair when afflicted by any disease/illness.