Health & Science

August 1, 2011

 

God Almighty has graced us with many wonderful herbs to help us heal ourselves.  A well-known and multi-purposeful herb is yarrow – a plant which has been used for thousands of years.  It is recognized world-wide as a wound healer; it fights infection and stops bleeding.  During World War One, the soldiers took it to the battlefields. Doctors and soldiers put it directly into open wounds. 

May 25, 2011

 

Spring is upon us again and we can prepare the soil for tilling and the fields for planting. We can also aid our bodies to clean themselves internally. During this season, when our bodies are naturally removing the winter wastes and preparing for warmer weather, it would be advantageous to your metabolism, if you ate “live food”. This would aid your body in removing winter sludge. Eat foods that have high nu-trient and vitamin content. Eat foods that are organic, and naturally packed with life- rendering energy, such as beets, wheat grass, barley grass (always drink any kind of grass juice on an empty stomach and wait 30-45 minute before eating anything solid for maximum effectiveness), fresh collard juice, spinach and all green, leafy vegetables. The word vitamin literally means “union of vitality”. Live foods are needed to maintain good health; however, it is very popular to use vitamin supplements. Vitamin supplements are synthetic. There have been millions of au-topsies recording large clumps of vitamin supplements lodged within the colon walls which have not been fully digested. If you must use, them use liquid vitamins and make sure they are of natural substances.

May 25, 2011

 

As a member of the Muslims of the Americas Department of Health and Wellness, we are always concerned with the well-being of every member of our communities, regardless of faith. For this reason, we expend great effort in trying to keep the public informed of helpful tips regarding disease and preventive health maintenance. Currently, the topics of obesity and diet are prevalent in healthcare; therefore, we are particularly mindful in sharing beneficial information regarding these. 

May 25, 2011

 

Abdur Rahim is a 21 year old male with no past medical history of diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney disease or any chronic illness. He has always had normal eyesight and never required glasses for vision. After returning from studies abroad, he complained of blurred vision that progressively worsened. Abdur Rahim sought the services of an eye specialist when he was unable to see the most beautiful, soothing words of the Holy Qur’an, or decipher the familiar faces of loved ones.

February 6, 2011

 

Cranberries are a very festive, holiday food, native to North America, and four-hundred-million pounds are used each year. Native Indians were the first to harvest them, mixing the berries with deer, elk or bison meat to make a survival food called “Pemmican”, similar to beef jerky.

June 10, 2010

Whenever anyone sees blood they are frightened because this usually signals something serious is happening. One rarely thinks of blood, unless it is seen.

May 15, 2010

Many people are unfamiliar with the disease malaria. While not as common as many illnesses, it has, however, shown its face to many travelers. Although it is not contagious, malaria kills nearly 3 million people worldwide every year. The disease is spread by mosquitoes which are infected with the malaria parasite. The parasite is found in the red blood cells and can be transmitted through a blood transfusion. New studies indicate it may also be transmitted from a mother to her unborn child before or during delivery -which is called congenital malaria.

April 15, 2010

Spring has arrived, the moment when buds emerge from trees and buds emerge from trees and grasses push through soil. The signs of Allah, Glorious is He, are ever present, and coming to life. Cleansing the body is an integral  part of spring. During the winter months an excess of carbon dioxide, uric acid and other chemical wastes accumulate in one’s system. If you weren’t sweating and burning calories this winter, you may require help pushing toxins out of the body – as soon as possible.

April 15, 2010

In recent months, there have been a rash of medical occurrences involving psychiatric maladies resulting from Jinn possessions. Jinns, those unseen entities that inhabit this world simultaneously with human beings, and often interact with human beings on varied levels. Occasionally, these human to Jinn interactions are congenial. However, for the most part, these exchanges have very troublesome results. Due to the current level of moral unrest in our society, the amount of negative interactions has escalated.

March 19, 2010

Hundreds of pilgrims travelled to Holy Islamville, South Carolina, to commemorate one of the most important holidays in the Muslim world, the Milad un Nabi or the birthday of the Holy Last Messenger, Muhammad (peace be upon him). Guests from other faiths joined  the Muslims of the Americas in the commemoration and celebration, which took place at the fourth holiest place in the world, the Holy Khanqah Qadiriyya Gilaniyya.

March 19, 2010

Oil Pulling is a remedy that has been practiced in Egypt, China and India for thousands of years, and it is slowly making a rise in America. The tongue is an indicator of what is going on in the body. The tongue is also connected to many organs in the body as are the feet. The Chinese and Japanese have used tongue diagnosis as an essential when determining health

March 19, 2010

Having failed many years of conventional medical treatment, a gentleman approached me seeking EGM therapy for his diagnosis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). After many months of counseling, the patient seemed to be adhering to the rationale that he first received from psychiatrists regarding his affliction.

March 19, 2010

Last month, a visiting scholar to Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Martin Kramer, made what he called a memorable argument for the role of population growth in radicalization.

February 21, 2010

In a study released by the International Journal of Biological Sciences (IJBS), analyzing the effects of genetically modified foods on mammalian health, researchers found that agricultural giant Monsanto's GM corn is linked to organ damage in rats, as reported by the Huffington Post.

February 21, 2010

In the first part of this series we introduced a query regarding Jani Schofield, a seven year-old girl afflicted with schizophrenia. In part two, we began to explain the true etiology of Jani’s primary symptom, hallucinations, beginning with the current scientific perspective of these occurrences.

February 21, 2010

Digestion of food is essential to the well being of everyone. Without proper digestion we invite countless illnesses to visit us. Digestion begins in the mouth, by chewing food down to the tiniest morsel possible. Most people are in such a rush to eat that they do not chew their food properly and the end result is acid reflex, indigestion, or heartburn. The pre-mentioned maladies can also come from eating poor food combinations, microwaved foods, or processed food daily. When you begin to digest your food you change it from one form into another: it is a physical and chemical process.

February 12, 2010

What is needed to prevent this illness, is the knowledge of what causes it exactly. Here are a few things that can cause Alzheimer’s disease:

February 12, 2010

A Miswak or Siwak, the twig a majority of people from Muslim countries use daily to brush their teeth, is an alien thing to most people in the Western world. Although it might sound outdated to use twigs from trees to clean one’s mouth and teeth, studies conducted on the Miswak prove otherwise, inferring that the Miswak is better than toothpaste for preventing gum disease.

February 12, 2010

Spring is approaching and you need to get your yard in shape for gardening. Lets start with soil testing. Most people think that they can just throw down some topsoil and toss in some plants, and everything will be ok. Weeks to a month later, you notice your plants aren’t doing too well. You water them, add fertilizer, do all that you think you can do to save them, and nothing seems to work. You have just wasted time and money because now your Designn and your plants are in ruin. All this could have been prevented with a simple soil test.

February 12, 2010

For the first time in the world, healing with the Holy Qur’an has been proven [scientifically]. A complete wing has been established in the Shahar Mental Hospital, Taif, where this type of therapy is being practiced. This project commenced last month [1976] under the supervision of a group of qualified doctors, headed by one Dr. Osama Radi, who are healing various [mental and physical] conditions through selected lines of the Holy Qur’an.

February 11, 2010

A few nights ago Layla Laville, loving mother of five, noticed that something was really wrong with her 16 year- old son, Muhayyaddin. For the last 3 months he had been experiencing symptoms of a crushing sensation, hearing odd sounds and seeing a silhouette of a figure that had been causing him extreme fear and agitation –so much so that he had often stayed up at night avoiding sleep and playing audio recitation of the Holy Quran.

February 11, 2010

Vitamins, minerals and supplements are now considered toxic and therefore harmful and have been banned. A commission sponsored by the United Nations Health Organization, and supported by the U.S Food and Drug Administration have banned over the counter herbs, minerals, and supplements.

February 11, 2010

Timbuktu is a name often used to describe an extremely faraway place, and is regarded by many as a myth. In reality it is a city in Mali, West Africa, where 700,000 preserved manuscripts from the 12th to the 16th century are now providing invaluable documentation of the region’s intellectual legacy. These manuscripts are changing the way world scholars understand and study Islam and African history. Additionally we now know that the first universities in the world were established in Timbuktu in the 12th century. The new image of Timbuktu is that of a historical symbol of intellectual light. In 1988 it was designated a World Heritage Site.

February 11, 2010

The slightly bitter drink from the mauby bark is popular in many Caribbean countries. Many Caribbean people reach for a cold glass of mauby instead of orange juice or citrus fruit punch. For generations, traditional folk medicine practitioners and grandparents have advised about the health benefits of mauby, which has specific properties for men.

December 1, 2009

It has been discovered that El Gilani Methodology (EGM) of Quranic therapy can and has cured victims of H1N1, also known as swine flu. In one such case, Raieesah Begum, who attends Luzerne Community College in Scranton, PA, was cured of this dreadful, and deadly, affliction.

December 1, 2009

Cold and flu season has finally arrived, and it is very likely your immune system is in battle. Ever-present viral and bacterial agents are constantly waiting to attack healthy cells. There are also many man made germs and chemicals that are major contributors to our illnesses; however, during the winter months many people suffer from flu and allergy symptoms too. Recently flues are more resistant now and have become harder to cure. Admittedly trying to avoid a cold is hard work, but there are ways to combat illness by eating proper foods and utilizing herbs that introduce heat and healing to the system.

December 1, 2009

In the first article of the series we introduced Jani Schofield, a 7 year-old girl unfortunately afflicted with Schizophrenia. The hallmark symptoms of her condition are extremely vivid hallucinations which have debilitated the Schofield family structure.  It was when these hallucinations caused her to became violent that her parents sought help.