Direct Healing Effect of the Holy Qur'an

Recitation of the Holy Qur'an by the sick person or for the sick
person (ruqya) has shown to have a direct healing effect on the sick person.
This most likely uses medical benefits of Echo.
Echo of sound is such a powerful force that it has been used to blast off mountains. Now the miniaturized version of Echo is used in medicine to break Kidney stones (lithotripsy), gallstones, and even vegetations in the sub endothelial bacterial endocarditic (SBE).
Listening to the Holy Qur'an, in a study conducted by Dr. Ahmed E. Kadi and Associates has been shown to lower blood pressure, heart rate and to cause smooth muscle relaxation in Muslim Arabs, non-Arab Muslims and even in non-Muslims.
It is postulated that Echo Target of "Alif Laam Meem" is in Heart and that of "Ya-seen" is in the pituitary gland of the brain. Thus Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) always stressed reading the Holy Quran (Quran-recitation) loudly and not silently by saying
"The comparison between a silent reader and a reciter (Qari) is like a bottle of perfume when it is closed and when it is opened".
Dr. Shahid Athar. M.D. F.A.C.E. USA
Published in "THE LAMP" April-1999