Therefore, prayer to God or Allah is essential as part of the healing process. Psychosocial issues, which can lead to psychosomatic illness, may play a role in disease as well (Taheri, 2008).

Under TAIM, since prayer is a required part of healing during times of illness, daily prayers can be construed as preventive in nature (Sayeed & Prakash, 2013). Therefore, devout Muslims perform ritual prayers 5 times each day: at dawn, noon, midafternoon, sunset, and late night (Taheri, 2008).

Therefore, prayer to God or Allah is essential as part of the healing process. Psychosocial issues, which can lead to psychosomatic illness, may play a role in disease as well (Taheri, 2008).

Under TAIM, since prayer is a required part of healing during times of illness, daily prayers can be construed as preventive in nature (Sayeed & Prakash, 2013). Therefore, devout Muslims perform ritual prayers 5 times each day: at dawn, noon, midafternoon, sunset, and late night (Taheri, 2008).

(Taheri, 2008)

Early practitioners of Traditional Arabic and Islamic Medicine (TAIM) used a holistic approach for the treatment of disease that included dietary intervention and exercise as early as the 8th century CE (Azaizeh, Saad, Khalil, & Said, 2006; Saad, Azaizeh, & Said, 2005). Given this long history of using dietary interventions as treatment for disease, “no sharp dividing line separating food and drugs” (Azaizeh, Saad, Khalil, & Said, 2006, p. 230) exists within Middle Eastern culture. Therefore, many medicinal TAIM plants are also cuisine staples.

References

Azaizeh, H., Saad, B., Khalil, K., & Said, O. (2006). The state of the art of traditional Arab herbal medicine in the eastern region of the Mediterranean: A review. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 3(2), 229–235. doi:10.1093/ecam/nel034

Saad, B., Azaizeh, H., & Said, O. (2005). Tradition and perspectives of Arab herbal medicine: A review. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2(4), 475–479. doi:10.1093/ecam/neh133

Sayeed, S. A., & Prakash, A. (2013). The Islamic prayer (Salah/Namaaz) and yoga togetherness in mental health. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 55(Suppl 2), S224–S230. Doi:10.4103/0019-5545.105537

Taheri, N. (2008). Health care in Islamic history and experience. EthnoMed. Retrieved from https://ethnomed.org/cross-cultural-health/religion/health-care-in-islamic-...