Spiritual medicine in the history of Islamic medicine

Spiritual Medicine has two components: Distant Healing and Self-care. It is known that the spiritual elements also play an important role in the recovery process from acute or chronic sickness. Spiritual healing techniques frequently can support or complement conventional health care modality. It has been known for centuries, that the "placebo effect" is substantial and has positive influence over the body. In this paper, the relation between religion and health is emphasized and the importance of spiritual medicine is defined