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قصور الغدة الدرقية

Hypothyroidism

Underactive thyroid causing fatigue, weight gain, cold intolerance.

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Hypothyroidism

Sheikh Ahmed Al-Hefni · Hijama AtlasPage 102

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Exhaustive Revelation

Quran

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِن سُلَالَةٍ مِّن طِينٍ ۝ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاهُ نُطْفَةً فِي قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ ۝ ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا النُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْمُضْغَةَ عِظَامًا فَكَسَوْنَا الْعِظَامَ لَحْمًا ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَاهُ خَلْقًا آخَرَ ۚ فَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ

"And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay. Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging. Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allah, the best of creators."

Surah Al-Mu'minun · 23:12-14

This verse addresses the developmental transformation (khalqan ākhar) governed by internal regulatory systems, reflecting the thyroid's critical role in metabolism, growth, and bodily transformation from conception through adulthood.

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ ۝ ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَاهُ أَسْفَلَ سَافِلِينَ

"We have certainly created man in the best of stature. Then We return him to the lowest of the low."

Surah At-Tin · 95:4-5

This verse acknowledges the optimal constitutional state (ahsan taqwim) and its potential decline, which classical scholars linked to disorders of innate heat and moisture balance—central to understanding thyroid dysfunction and metabolic decline.

Sahih Hadith

قَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّ وَلَدَ جَعْفَرٍ تُسْرِعُ إِلَيْهِمُ الْعَيْنُ، أَفَأَسْتَرْقِي لَهُمْ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَإِنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ شَيْءٌ سَابِقَ الْقَدَرَ لَسَبَقَتْهُ الْعَيْنُ

"She said: 'O Messenger of Allah, the children of Ja'far are readily afflicted by the evil eye, shall I recite ruqyah for them?' He said: 'Yes, for if anything were to overtake the divine decree, it would be the evil eye.'"

Sunan Ibn Majah · 3457HasanNarrator: Asma bint Umais

This hadith addresses constitutional weakness and susceptibility to illness affecting children's vitality and growth—symptoms classical physicians associated with thyroid deficiency causing developmental delays and weakness.

Classical Medical Sources

Ibn Sīnā · Al-Qānūn fī al-Ṭibb

Ibn Sina, Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb, Book 3, Fann 5, Chapter on Diseases of the Throat and Neck including swellings (awrām) of the anterior neck region—Ibn Sina describes cold phlegmatic swellings in the throat area requiring warming, dissolving remedies and discusses metabolic coldness with weakness requiring restoration of innate heat through hot-natured foods and herbs.

Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah · Al-Ṭibb an-Nabawī

Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, At-Tibb an-Nabawi, Chapter on Coldness of Temperament (Burūdat al-Mizāj) and Treatment of Weakness—addresses constitutional coldness, sluggishness, weight gain, and diminished vitality through warming foods, exercise, and hot-natured remedies like fenugreek and costus to restore metabolic fire.

Hijama Map

Sites: 1, 55, 41, 42 (Coleus can treat hypothyroidism only).

indicates Sunnah-documented point

Source:Sheikh Ahmed Al-Hefni · Hijama Atlas· Atlas page 102

Prophetic Pharmacy

Fenugreek seeds

الحِلْبَة

Preparation: Two tablespoons of ground fenugreek seeds mixed with warm water or honey, taken on an empty stomach in the morning

Duration: Forty days continuously

Source: Ibn al-Qayyim, At-Tibb an-Nabawi, Chapter on the Benefits of Fenugreek (Hilba) - described for warming cold temperaments and treating weakness, loss of flesh, and metabolic coldness

Marine costus

القُسْط البَحْرِي

Preparation: Half teaspoon of ground marine costus (qust bahri) mixed with olive oil, taken twice daily with warm water

Duration: Twenty-one days, may be repeated after a week's break

Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 5692 and Ibn al-Qayyim, At-Tibb an-Nabawi, Chapter on Costus (Al-Qust) - recommended for restoring warmth to cold conditions and stimulating sluggish bodily functions

Olive oil with warm compresses

زَيْت الزَّيْتُون

Preparation: Pure olive oil warmed and applied as compress to the neck region, also consumed one tablespoon daily on empty stomach

Duration: Applied nightly for minimum three weeks, oral consumption ongoing

Source: Ibn Sina, Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb, Book 2, discussion of olive oil properties - noted for warming properties, penetrating deeply to soften hardness and restore natural heat to cold glands

Sunnah Lifestyle

  • Continue levothyroxine as prescribed
  • Iodine-rich foods
  • Selenium (Brazil nuts)

2026 Clinical Proof

· Peer-reviewed modern research

Nigella sativa improves thyroid function

Farhangi MA. · BMC Complementary Medicine (2019)

Nigella sativa reduced TSH and increased T3 in Hashimoto's patients.

DOI: 10.1186/s12906-016-1078-0

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