Al-Qust al-Hindi Powder

Al-Qust Al-Hindi [The Indian Costus Root]

This item is a valuable part of Tibb Nabawi. A  Hadith of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhari mentions it to be a  cure for seven ailments, including Tonsillitis and  Pleurisy. The Hadith even specifies that it should  be administered from the nostrils for Tonsillitis, and  from the side of the mouth (buccal) for Pleurisy.  The other five benefits have not been mentioned.  Having looked deeper to find the other five  benefits, researchers came up with about thirty  other benefits of Al Qust al Hindi, which are  mentioned below.

1. Lowers blood pressure.
2. Strengthens the heart muscle.
3. Helps against cramps, urinal pain, and spasms
4. A treatment for prostrate cancer.
5. Revives the thyroid glands.
6. Fights obesity.
7. Reduces phlegm.
8. Helps against chest pains.
9. Eases menstruation.
10. When burnt as an incense, it is highly  beneficial for colds and flu.
11. Helps against freckles and marks on the skin.
12. Helps against alopecia and white liver.
13. Strengthens potency.
14. Relaxes and strengthens nerves.
15. Very  beneficial  for  semi-paralysis  and  Parkinson.
16. Remedies migraines by taking orally, or by  snuffing, or dripping two drops of its oil into each nostril.
17. Remedies ear-aches by dripping its oil in the  ear.
18. Remedies tight chest, asthma, and chronic  cough.
19. Beneficial for the stomach, spleen, and  kidney.
20. Remedies jaundice, and ascites.
21. Beneficial against winds and lethal toxins.
22. Disintegrates stones.
23. Remedies Sciatica and Tetanus.
24. Kill worms and expels toxins.
25. Heals wounds when mixed with honey and  salt.
26. A remedy for liver related problems.
27. Very useful for liver cirrhosis and viral  hepatitis.
28. A cure for lower back pains, and other bone  pains in general.
29. Eases flow of urine.
30. Helps treat magic and jinn as incense.

Note: Al Qustul Hindi comes as a powder, oil, cream and incense. Above are it’s benefits in  general. Ibnul Qayyim RA says that “it is ‘hot and  dry in the third degree’ and they dry out phlegm  and colds. When taken as a drink, it helps weak  liver and stomach, and the colds associated  with such cases”. Below are the special benefits  of the Oil, Cream and Incense.

Methods of use of Powder:

The powder is generally administered by mixing
it with pure honey in equal parts. Dosage for  general  infections,  allergies,  obesity  and  inflammations is ½ to 1 tsp of this mixture in the
buccal (i.e. between the gum and cheek), twice
daily.
It can also be drunk as a tea, mixed with honey.
For skin issues, either the same mixture above can
be used, or the oil or cream as mentioned below.
When mixed with water and honey, and
anointed to the face, it heals skin spots, known by
some as pumpkin seeds.
Qust Hindi Powder can also be burnt as an
incense and inhaled for respiratory infections. But,
it should be inhaled when it first burns, as the
smoke of the burnt ashes should not be inhaled. I