TALBINAH AS FOOD AND MEDICINE: A REVIEW (Talbinah sebagai Makanan dan Ubat: Satu Tinjauan)

Nurul Hafizah Mohd Nor, Nabila Syafiqa Abdul Rani, Farah Ayuni Mohd Hatta, Wan Nasyrudin Wan Abdullah

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ABSTRACT

Talbinah is a carbohydrate-rich, nutritious food that contains various important macro- and micronutrients. This so-called barley porridge or barley water is a type of Prophetic food and one of the favourite foods of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). In one of the hadiths in the Book of Medicine (Book 76) of Sahih al-Bukhari, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) mentioned that this traditional food is a source of nourishment that helps the people who consume it to calm their hearts and emotions. Although this food has been traditionally consumed since ancient times, there is a dearth of scientific study that has been done on this food. Therefore, this article aimed to investigate the therapeutic effect of talbinah specifically on emotional problems. The study was conducted by focusing mainly on the hadith book Sahih al-Bukhari, in which the hadiths with the word ‘talbinah’ occurs were reviewed and selected. Then, the scientific data on the selected hadiths were searched in four academic search engines, i.e, Google Scholar, PubMed, Medline and Science Direct were analysed regardless of the year of publication to investigate the therapeutic effectiveness of talbinah in alleviating stress, anxiety, depression and other emotional problems. The results showed that talbinah may provide mental health benefits for people, although there are still a limited number of studies on this nutritious food. More in vitro and in vivo studies are needed, in addition to other types of experimental studies on talbinah.

ABSTRAK

Talbinah ialah makanan yang kaya dengan karbohidrat, berkhasiat yang mengandungi pelbagai nutrien makro dan mikro yang penting. Bubur barli atau air barli ini adalah sejenis makanan kenabian dan salah satu makanan kegemaran Nabi Muhammad (selawat dan salam ke atas baginda). Dalam salah satu hadis dalam Kitab Perubatan (Kitab 76) Sahih al-Bukhari, Nabi Muhammad (selawat dan salam ke atas baginda) bersabda bahawa makanan tradisional ini merupakan sumber khasiat untuk membantu orang yang memakannya menenangkan hati dan emosi mereka. Walaupun makanan ini telah diamalkan secara tradisional sejak zaman dahulu, namun terdapat kekurangan kajian saintifik yang telah dilakukan terhadap makanan ini. Oleh itu, artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji secara sistematik kesan terapeutik talbinah khususnya terhadap masalah berkaitan emosi. Kajian dilakukan dengan memfokuskan terutamanya kepada kitab hadith Sahih al-Bukhari, di mana hadith-hadith yang terdapat perkataan ‘talbinah’ telah disemak dan dipilih. Kemudian, data saintifik berkenaan hadis yang terpilih tersebut telah dicari dalam empat enjin carian akademik, iaitu Google Scholar, PubMed, Medline, dan Science Direct tanpa mengira tahun diterbitkan telah dinilai untuk menganalisis keberkesanan terapeutik talbinah untuk melegakan tekanan, kebimbangan, kemurungan dan sebarang masalah berkaitan emosi. Penemuan menunjukkan bahawa talbinah boleh memberi manfaat kesihatan mental kepada orang ramai, walaupun bilangan kajian mengenai makanan berkhasiat ini masih terhad. Sehubungan itu, penyelidikan in vitro dan in vivo perlu lebih banyak dijalankan sebagai tambahan kepada jenis kajian eksperimen lain mengenai talbinah.


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