Imaam
Ibn al-Qayyim said in his excellent work, Zaad al-Ma'aad (3/97-98), after discussing the benefits of honey
in relation to the man who was advised by the Messenger (alayhis salaam) to
treat the ailment of his stomach with honey:
“His medicine (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) is NOT like the medicine
of the physicians, for the medicine of the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi
wasallam) is certain, definitive, emanating from (divine) revelation, the
lantern of prophethood, and perfection of reason. As for the medicine of
others, most of it is conjecture, presumptions and experimentation.