Bukhari

Hadith Commentary:
(1)
In one hadith, it is mentioned that when there was a sick person in the house, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would order that talbinah be prepared and would say:
“It gives comfort to the heart of the grieving person, and it removes sorrow from the heart of the sick person just as a woman removes dirt from her face with water.”
(Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi, Book of Medicine, Hadith: 3445)
(2)
In any case, it has many benefits.
There is much encouragement for its use in the ahadith.

Benefits and Issues:

➊ The explanation of talbinah is as follows:
It is a thin (liquid) food that is made from flour or bran (the husk of flour).
Sometimes honey is also added to it. (Al-Nihayah, under the root word "l-b-n")

➋ Nawab Waheeduz Zaman Khan has translated it as "harirah."
He has explained it as follows:
Hisa’ is that food which is made from flour, water, and oil.
Sometimes sweetness is also added to it, and sometimes honey; sometimes, instead of flour, bran is used.
This is called talbinah.
And in Hindi, it is known as harirah. (Translation of Sunan Ibn Majah, commentary on this hadith)

➌ In Feroz-ul-Lughat Urdu, the meaning of harirah is stated as follows:
A sweet and thick thing which is made by dissolving fine flour (maida) in sugar and cooking it.

➍ Encouragement for talbinah is also found in other authentic ahadith.
It is narrated from Umm al-Mu’minin, Hazrat Aisha radi Allahu anha:
The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said:
Talbinah gives comfort to the heart of the sick and lessens grief. (Sahih Bukhari, Book of Medicine, Chapter: Soothing the sick with talbinah, Hadith: 5689; and Sahih Muslim, Book of Peace, Chapter: Talbinah as a comfort for the heart of the sick, Hadith: 2216)