What is the ruling on a woman using a medicinal product with a strong fragrant scent that clings to the body and clothes, especially when she goes out to work, if she is compelled to use it for healing?
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Using medicine is permissible as long as it does not contain prohibited ingredients. However, a woman's going out while the perfumed medicine's scent is on her body or clothes is impermissible. Rather, she must wash off this perfumed trace before going out, due to the many texts that prohibit a woman from going out perfumed.
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