[20] Relieving Blood Pressure fluctuations...
[20] Relieving Blood Pressure fluctuations: الْكَافِي، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُوسَى رَفَعَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: سَوِيقُ الْعَدَسِ يَقْطَعُ الْعَطَشَ وَ يُقَوِّي الْمَعِدَةَ وَ فِيهِ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ دَاءً وَ يُطْفِئُ الصَّفْرَاءَ وَ يُبَرِّدُ الْجَوْفَ (The book) ‘Al-Kafi’ – From Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Musa, raising it, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘The lentil Suweyq cuts the thirst and strengthens the stomach, and there is healing in it from seventy illnesses, and it extinguishes the yellowness (jaundice), and cools the inside.
وَ كَانَ إِذَا سَافَرَ ع لَا يُفَارِقُهُ وَ كَانَ يَقُولُ ع إِذَا هَاجَ الدَّمُ بِأَحَدٍ مِنْ حَشَمِهِ قَالَ لَهُ اشْرَبْ مِنْ سَوِيقِ الْعَدَسِ فَإِنَّهُ يُسَكِّنُ هَيَجَانَ الدَّمِ وَ يُطْفِئُ الْحَرَارَةَ. And it was so, whenever he -asws travelled, he -asws would not separate from it, and he -asws had said when the blood had agitated with one of his -asws servants, he -asws said to him: ‘ Drink from the lentil Suweyq for it would settle the agitation of the blood and extinguish the heat ’’.
[21] الْخِصَالُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى الْيَقْطِينِيِّ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا الْمُؤْمِنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ الْقَلَّاءِ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ أَبَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع يَحْتَجِمُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ تَحْتَجِمُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ قَالَ أَقْرَأُ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ فَإِذَا هَاجَ بِكَ الدَّمُ لَيْلًا كَانَ أَوْ نَهَاراً فَاقْرَأْ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَ احْتَجِمْ.
(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – From his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Muhammad Bin Isa Al Yaqteeny, from Zakariya Al Momin, from Muhammad Bin Rabah who said, ‘I saw Abu Ibrahim -asws getting cupping done on the day of Friday. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! You -asws are getting cupping done on the day of Friday!’ [22] He -asws said: ‘I -asws recited Ayat Al Kursy (2:255). Whenever the blood is agitated with you, be it night or day, so recite Ayat Al Kursy and get cupping done ’.
[23] General Precautions for Strengthening the Heart: وَ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى ع قَالَ: لَا تَمْتَشِطْ مِنْ قِيَامٍ فَإِنَّهُ يُورِثُ الضَّعْفَ فِي الْقَلْبِ وَ امْتَشِطْ وَ أَنْتَ جَالِسٌ فَإِنَّهُ يُقَوِّي الْقَلْبَ وَ يُمَخِّخُ الْجِلْدَ.
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