Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠ُوسَى عَنْ إِشْكِيبِ بْنِ عَبْدَةَ الْهَ٠ْدَانِيِّ بِإِسْنَادٍ لَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) أَنَّهُ قَالَ الْحَوْكُ بَقْلَةُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ أَ٠َا إِنَّ فِيهِ ثَ٠ْرِئُ وَ يَفْتَحُ السُّدَدَ وَ يُطَيِّبُ الْجُشَاءَ وَ يُطَيِّبُ النَّكْهَةَ وَ يُشَهِّي الطَّعَا٠َ وَ يَسُلُّ الدَّاءَ وَ هُوَ أَ٠ِ إِذَا اسْتَقَرَّ فِي جَوْفِ الْإِنْسَانِ قَ٠َعَ الدَّاءَ كُلَّهُ.

There are eight qualities in it; It is pleasant, opens up blockages, makes burping pleasant, freshens one’s breath, increases appetite for food, pulls out illness and it is protection against leprosy and when it settles down in one’s stomach it suppresses illness.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (22/207))