Taking or using medicine in a dream symbolizes the cure from illness, protection from ailments, and the attainment of good health and blessings. It signifies self-correction and fulfillment of religious duties. Refusing to take medicine indicates straying from one’s spiritual path and focusing on worldly matters. Medicine also represents knowledge and acceptance of good advice.
Inserting a suppository into the rectum denotes spying or eavesdropping, while taking a laxative symbolizes purifying one’s religious devotion or cleansing the body from impurities. The effectiveness of the medicine in the dream reflects the potency of one’s efforts to improve their life.
Seeking good health in a dream suggests striving for self-improvement, and using ointment for the eyes symbolizes the desire for clarity and insight. However, a yellow-colored medicine signifies illness, while a laxative warns against neglecting spiritual duties.
The taste of the medicine in the dream also holds significance; bad tasting medicine represents a period of discomfort followed by relief, while good tasting medicine benefits the rich but may be detrimental to the poor.
Licking medicine with the index finger signifies proclaiming the truth or seeking profit, depending on the direction pointed by the finger. Swallowing medicinal powder suggests greed, self-absorption, or withdrawal, while taking liquid medicine orally represents profit.
Swallowing pills in a dream indicates urging a sinner to repent or guiding an ignorant person. For women, applying medicinal make-up symbolizes menstruation, marriage for unmarried girls, and childbirth for barren women.