Vomiting as a remedy

At-Termezey reported that a person narrated that Abu Ad-Dardaa said, “The Prophet, once performed ablution after he vomited.

Vomiting is one of the five methods used to disgorge septic substances from the body. They are diarrhea, vomiting, cupping, the passing of air or wind, and sweating. The Sunnah has mentioned these five types.

As for diarrhea, a Hadith is mentioned that states,

“Diarrhea is the best of your remedies.”

As for getting rid of septic substances by sweating, it does not usually involve puncturing the veins. The body naturally rids itself of these substances through the skin when sweat leaves the body through the open pores.

Vomiting involves throwing up harmful substances through the upper part of the stomach. An enema and medicines that instigate disgorging artificially through the lower parts of the stomach are of two types,

One that occurs naturally and one artificially instigated.

The naturally instigated vomit should not be prevented, except when it becomes excessive and becomes unsafe. In this case, one should take medicines that stop vomiting. The second type of vomiting is used for medicinal purposes, at the proper time, and under proper conditions. There are ten reasons for vomiting,

1. Excessive amounts of bile float on the stomach and seek an exit out of the body.
2. Excessive amounts of phlegm in the stomach seek a way out of the body.
3. When the stomach is weak and unable to completely digest the food and the partially digested food seeks an exit from the body.
4. Vomiting occurs when a harmful substance enters the stomach and causes a disruption in the digestion process.
5. When one eats excessive amounts of food or drink, more than the stomach can bear. In this case, the stomach will not be able to tolerate these excessive amounts of nourishment and will seek to throw them out.
6. Vomiting occurs when the food or drink consumed is not suitable for the stomach, which then throws them out.
7. When the stomach suffers from a condition that spoils the food and drink, which then seeks an exit.
8. Nausea might cause vomiting.
9. Depression, sadness, anguish, reason, and disregard for the needs of the body and its necessities of food, including the need to mature and digest the food. The stomach gets rid of this undigested food. Vomiting may occur under the pressure of various physiological conditions because the body and the psyche both affect each other profoundly, Tenth, one might feel nauseous and then vomit upon seeing other people vomit.

Vomiting is suitable as a remedy in hot weather and hot climates

In hot areas and hot weather, certain harmful substances are light and thus prone to float, and this is why vomiting becomes a proficient way to discard these mixtures. On the other hand, certain harmful substances in cold areas and in cold weather become thicker and are harder to extract from above. In this case, getting rid of these harmful mixtures is better done by diarrhea.

Getting rid of harmful mixtures is done by pulling them from the farthest exit or by extracting them from the nearest exit. For instance, there are various mixtures that are not stable and seek to either ascend or descend. If the mixture tends to ascend, then discarding it from below is better. If the mixture tends to descend, then pulling it from above is better. When the mixture becomes stable, then discarding it from the nearest exit is better. When the mixture starts to harm the upper organs, it should be pulled down through the lower parts, and vice versa. When these mixtures become stable, they should be discarded from the nearest exit.—~— The Prophetic Medicine

This is why the Prophet had cupping sometimes in his arm vein, sometimes on his head, and sometimes on the top of his foot so that the spoiled blood is discarded from the nearest possible exit.

Vomiting cleanses the stomach of harmful substances. Vomiting strengthens the stomach, sharpens the sight, and relieves headaches, ulcers, and infections in the kidneys and the prostate. It relieves and soothes chronic illnesses, such as leprosy, dropsy, partial paralysis, or trembling.

A healthy person should instigate vomiting once or twice a month each time vomiting two times so that the second vomit rids the body of the substances that remained after the first one. Excessive vomiting harms the stomach and weakens its protective layers. It a so harms the teeth, sight, and hearing along with causing headaches. In addition, those suffering from swelling in the throat, weak chests, those who have small windpipes, those who find it difficult to vomit intentionally or those prone to spitting up blood should not vomit intentionally. Those who have the bad habit of filling their stomachs with food and then instigating vomit will find that this method accelerates old age and leads to many harmful diseases, along with making vomiting habitual.

In addition, instigating vomiting while suffering from dehydration, weak or defective intestines, senility, or general weakness in the body is dangerous for health. The best time to instigate vomit is during summer and spring, not winter or autumn. When vomiting intentionally, one should cover his eyes, wash the face with cold water when finished, and should then drink apple juice with some mastic and rosewater if possible.