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MEDICINE FOR DYSPNOEA (DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING)

Twenty-first: According to a narration, al-Mufazzal complained to Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) about dyspnoea (difficulty in breathing or shortness of breath), adding, “Whenever I walk, I feel difficulty in breathing; therefore, I would have to sit down for rest.” Instructing him, Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) said, “Drink from the urination of camels so that this disease will be calmed down.”

According to another tradition, a man complained to Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) about coughing, and the Imam (‘a), leading him to a medication, said, “Put in the palm of your hand an amount of lovage (a medicinal herb) and a similar amount of sugar and then swallow the mixture for one or a couple of days.” The man said, “I needed to do this one time only, and I was healed.”