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Lying down can be on the back, on the abdomen,
on the left or right side. Which of these
positions is the best for the functioning of the
organs?
When lying on the abdomen, as Dr Attar says, a person will feel after a while short of breath as the backbones’ mass prevents the chest from contracting and then relaxing during inhalation and exhalation. Moreover this position leads to an obligatory bending in the neck vertebras. Also, the contact of the reproductive organs with the bed leads to masturbation.
The resulting respiratory crisis results in
brain and heart fatigue as well.
An Australian researcher noticed the increase in
the likelihood of babies’ sudden death when they
sleep on their stomach compared to those who
sleep on one of the sides. It is inimitable that
these modern studies agree with what our prophet
said as narrated by Abu Huraira (May Allah be
pleased with him): “When the prophet (peace be
upon him) saw a man lying on his front, He said
(Allah and his prophet dislike this position in
lying)
” (Reported by Al-Tirmdhi)
Another Hadith is the one narrated by Abu Umama
(May Allah be pleased with him) he said: “ When
the Prophet (peace be upon him) passed a man
sleeping on his front in the mosque he hit him
with his feet and said:
wake up and seat as this is a diabolic sleep”
Lying on the back, on the other hand, causes the
respiration to be through the mouth. Dr Attar
sees that the mouth opens up when lying on back
as the inferior jaw relaxes.
However, the nose is the one prepared for
respiration, as it contains hairs and mucous
that act to purify the air entering during
inspiration and as it has dense blood vessels
that make the entering air warmer.
Respiration through the mouth then makes the
person prone to colds, especially in the winter,
and also to gum dryness and its resulting
inflammation.
As well as it evokes potential situations of
dissemble excess or gumic hugely.
So these positions the jaw and uvula oppose the
wideness of nose and prevents current of breath.
So snoring will increase.
Moreover, in this case, the person wakes up with
an abnormal white layer covering h獩琠湯畧
is tongue and an undesirable mouth odour.
Sleeping on the left side is not favoured
either, as the heart would be then under the
pressure of the right lung, the biggest of the
two lungs, and this would affect its contraction
especially if the person is old. The full
stomach which itself is under the pressure of
the heaviest organ in the digestive tract, the
liver, which delays its emptying, would also
impose a pressure on the heart.
A group of experiments done by Galteh and Butseh found that the passage of food from the stomach to the intestines takes from 2.5 to 4.5 hours if a person is sleeping on the right side whereas its takes 5 to 8 hours if he is sleeping on the left side.
Thus, sleeping on the right side is the correct
position as the left lung is smaller than the
right one and the pressure on the heart would
therefore be less, the liver would not be
suspended, and the stomach would be on it and so
emptying its contents would be quicker.
Moreover sleeping on the right side is one of
the best medical interventions to facilitate the
excretion of the mucous secretions of the left
respiratory bronchioles.
That is what was said by Dr Al Rawi who added
that the reason for the expansion of the airways
in the left lung and not the ones in the right
one is that the right lung’s bronchioles are
laterally positioned to a certain extent,
whereas the ones in the left lung are vertical
and so it is harder to push the secretions
upwards to be excreted. This leads to their
accumulation in the inferior segment, leading to
the expansion .The sympto
Courtesy: Dr Mohammad Nezar Al Deker
References :
- Miracles of slamic medicine Vol.4 by Dr
Mohammad Nezar Al Deker
- Dr Thafer Al Attar “Lay down on your right
side”
from Your Doctor magazine 1961
- The Arabic medical magazine: The wrong
sleeping positions
N(196 Year 1993
- The Art Of Health And Protective Medicine
by Dr
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