"If you could Walk a few Km's and stand on your feet for 9 hours every day to do your job without any Back, Knee, and Neck Pain."
Would you want so? 

This is a very inspiring story about the oldest barber in Kurdistan, Uncle Zaher.

Uncle Zaher is 91 Years old, He was the most famous barber in his village for more than 40 years.

His suffering story started when he got arthritis with back pain in his 80s, That time Zaher started to reduce his working hours because he wasn’t able to stand on his feet for long hours to do his job.

Zaher House is 4KM away from his barbershop and with the passage of time his pain became worse and he wasn’t able to walk to his shop.

His friend Sami from a neighbor village used to visit him from time to time in his barbershop.

Sami visited Zaher and surprised that his shop is closed, The neighbors told Sami that Zaher hasn’t opened his shop for a few months, then he knew that something bad happened to his friend.

Sami went to Zaher’s house and found him lying on the bed unable to move.

Zaher told Sami about his pain suffering then suddenly Sami said: “don’t worry I will back to you with a solution to your arthritis and back pain soon”.

"Zaher was disappointed and believing that he became aged and nothing going to help him to regain his healthy body again"

One week later Sami knocked Zaher’s door and brought him a rare plant named Moxa which only can be found at Sami village.

«The Moxa is a downy substance obtained from the dried leaves of an Asian plant related to mugwort. It is burned on or near the skin in Eastern medicine as a counterirritant and bones relief. " 
Which been found 600 years ago in the Alsheik mountain area.

Zaher was wondering if this plant going to help him or not.

Sami started the procedure of burning the Moxa and state it on Zaher body areas such as back, Knees, Neck, Hands, and legs for 30 mins every day twice a day  

After a short while of applying the Moxa uncle Zaher became able to walk for a few minutes, "Week Two" Zaher walked to his shop and served his first customer and started to do his favorite activities after he regained his full power.

Zaher was disappointed and believing that he became aged and nothing going to help him to regain his healthy body again.

But the effect of the Moxa surprised him.

He said “ I didn’t imagine that I will see my shop and my customers again, I thought it was my last days” 

The village doctor visited Uncle Zaher and did the proper checkup, then said: “ Stand up uncle your body is better than mine ".

Uncle Zaher regained his full power and started to do his favorite things again as Sport, Dancing, and planting.

Uncle Zaher has told his friends that he decided to not stop here, He vowed to help all people who have the same situation. 
He called Sami to bring him the seed of the rare plant then
He started to plant it on his farm.

“ I will never keep the fountain of youth as secret, I believe that everybody in the world able to fight his sickness and achieve his goal” ». Uncle Zaher.

In 2018 uncle Zaher revealed his story to a local TV channel during an interview with him.

A company specialized in producing health products contacted uncle Zaher to help them to do the proper researches in order to make it a certified treatment for Arthritis and bone pain.

They sent the rare plant for a laboratory test and stunned to know the connection between science and “Moxa Effects”.

In their research, they found that Moxa prevents diseases and maintain health as part of detoxification treatments to help strengthen the organs and immune system. It warms the meridians and expels cold.

"Recently research posted by IBS university in Hungary revealed that Moxa can be used to promote circulation over areas of chronic pain or muscle tension. It is especially used for pain that is worse with exposure to cold or damp weather, as with some types of arthritis pain."