* Occasionally fumigate the house – every room – with fragrant incense (lobaan), and close the doors for a while.
* Don’t eat to full satiation. This will save you from many sicknesses.
* Eat less during the spring season.
* The meat of an old cow thickens and contaminates the blood.
* Pregnant women should abstain from eating carrots.
* Pregnant women should never eat beans.
* Beans cause distressful dreams. (This does not mean that it is necessary to totally abstain from eating beans. Excessive indulgence in anything is harmful).
* Excessive consumption of sour things weakens the muscles and hastens old age. Females should exercise extra caution and never eat sour things during pregnancy.
* Do not eat sour things with milk.
* Never eat fish and milk together. This combination can cause paralysis and leprosy.
* Do not drink water after eating oily foods.
* Don’t drink water after eating fruit.
* Drinking cold water with hot food, causes considerable damage to the teeth.
* Don’t sleep immediately after eating. There should be a minimum interval of two hours.
* Don’t drink water immediately after waking up from sleep. If overcome with thirst, close the nose then drink the water, and drink slowly. After drinking, keep the nose closed for a few moments.
* Don’t drink water after a strenuous walk or exercise. It is very harmful.
* After relieving yourself in the toilet, don’t immediately drink water.
* Ice is harmful for the kidneys.
* Don’t resort to medicine in minor illnesses. Overcome such illness by means of correct eating, drinking, walking and fresh air.
* Regardless of how serious a sickness may be, never panic. Panic adversely affects medication.
* Sleeping on a full stomach can lead to deafness. Never sleep before two hours after meals.
* Don’t bite something hard. It harms both the teeth and the eyes.
* Biting ice is harmful.
* Pay special attention to the health of the stomach. Do not eat unless you are hungry. Do not fill the stomach to eliminate all vestiges of hunger.
* Don’t become addicted to fine and delicious foods.
* Occasionally keep Nafl fasts. It benefits both physically and spiritually.
* Don’t eat fruit on a full stomach nor on an empty stomach. Consume fruit when the stomach is neither empty nor full.
* Excess of oily foods weakens the stomach.
* As far as possible abstain from laxatives. Without the opinion of a physician (hakeem) never take laxatives.
* During pregnancy, as far as possible abstain from sexual relations, especially prior to four months and after the seventh month. Sexual relations during this period are harmful.
