Exploring Alternative Medicine Through Prophetic Medicine: A Systematic Review
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Prophetic medicine; Alternative medicine; Systematic Literature Review.Abstract
Alternative medicine has garnered considerable interest in modern healthcare discourse, with prophetic medicine emerging as a unique domain rooted on the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Notwithstanding its historical importance, a comprehensive understanding of prophetic medicine within the wider framework of alternative medicine remains insufficiently examined. This study seeks to address this gap by performing a systematic literature review (SLR) in accordance with the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) protocol to analyze the conceptual framework, academic discourse, and integration potential of prophetic medicine within contemporary alternative medicine. A thorough search was performed in prominent academic databases, such as Scopus and Science Direct, resulting in an initial collection of 1,727 articles. Following the application of inclusion and exclusion criteria, the elimination of duplicates, and a comprehensive full-text analysis, 21 studies were chosen for qualitative synthesis. The findings underscore several theme domains, encompassing religious and spiritual methodologies on health, traditional and cultural viewpoints on medicine, and public health and epidemiological research. The study highlights deficiencies in current research, especially regarding methodological rigor and multidisciplinary integration, emphasizing the necessity for more empirical investigations to bolster its legitimacy in academic and medical discussions. The study indicates that prophetic medicine, when rigorously examined, provides significant insights into holistic health methodologies while requiring important interaction with modern scientific frameworks. This review enhances academic discourse by delivering a systematic synthesis of current literature, establishing a basis for future research on the function of prophetic medicine within alternative medical frameworks.
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