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The eye powder of Abu Jafar AS

alkafi-15341Vol. 8, p. 383-384

فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ع ابْتِدَاءً مِنْ عِنْدِهِ مَا يَمْنَعُكَ مِنْ كُحْلِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع جُزْءُ كَافُورٍ رَبَاحِيٍ‌[1] وَ جُزْءُ صَبِرٍ أُصْقُوطْرِيٍّ يُدَقَّانِ جَمِيعاً وَ يُنْخَلَانِ بِحَرِيرَةٍ يُكْتَحَلُ مِنْهُ مِثْلَ مَا يُكْتَحَلُ مِنَ الْإِثْمِدِ[2] الْكَحْلَةُ فِي الشَّهْرِ تَحْدُرُ كُلَّ دَاءٍ فِي الرَّأْسِ وَ تُخْرِجُهُ مِنَ الْبَدَنِ قَالَ فَكَانَ يَكْتَحِلُ بِهِ فَمَا اشْتَكَى عَيْنَيْهِ

583. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Suleym the slave of Ali Bin Yaqteen, who has said: He said: ‘I had conjunctivitis in my eye which hurt. ‘Abu Al-Hassan (asws) wrote to me about it initiating from himself (asws); ‘What is preventing you from applying the application of Abu Ja’far (asws),