• Enemas, eyedrops, eardrops, tooth extraction and treatment of injuries do not invalidate the fast.

• Medical tablets that are placed under the tongue to treat asthma attacks etc, so long as you avoid swallowing any residue.

• Insertion of anything into the vagina such as pessaries, or a speculum, or the doctor’s fingers for the purpose of medical examination.

• Insertion of medical instruments or IUD into the womb.

• Anything that enters the urinary tract of a male or female, such as a catheter tube, or medical scopes, or opaque dyes inserted for the purpose of x-rays, or medicine, or a solution to wash the bladder.

• Fillings, extractions or cleaning the teeth, so long as you avoid swallowing anything that reaches the throat.

• Rinsing the mouth, gargling, sprays etc. so long as you avoid swallowing anything that reaches the throat.

• Oxygen or anesthetic gases, so long as that does not give the patient any kind of nourishment.

• Anything that may enter the body via absorption through the skin, such as creams, poultices, etc.

• Insertion of a fine tube via the veins for diagnostic imaging or treatment of the veins of the heart or any part of the body.

• Insertion of a scope through the stomach wall to examine the intestines by means of a surgical operation (laparoscopy).

• Taking samples from the liver or any other part of the body, so long as that is not accompanied by administration of solutions.

• Endoscopy, so long as that is not accompanied by administration of solutions or other substances.

• Introduction of any medical instruments or materials to the brain or spinal column.