Friday 30 May 2014

BLACK SEED

Black seed contains fixed oil in the form of myristic, palmitric, stearic, arachidic oleic, linoleic, lilolenic and eicososadienoic acids and volatile oil. It also contains albumen, sugar, organic acids, glucoside, melanthin, metarbin and bitter substances. The scientific name for blackseed is nigella sativa. It is also called caraway and black cumin, or Konji in India. Arab traditions regard it as a cure for all diseases.
Black seed strengthens the immune system, is a prescription for asthma, whooping cough, kidney ailments, gout, common cold, paralysis, facial palsy, migraine, amnesia, rheumatism, palpitations, diabetes mellitus, mad dog bites, cataract (early stages), earache, skin disorders, high blood pressure and thrombosis. Black seed aids digestion, strengthens the stomach, expels gas, increase lactation, induces menstrual flow, is a diuretic, improves memory, an expectorant and anti-fever.

General health
Take 1 tablespoon blackseed oil morning and night, or at least in the morning before breakfast on its own or with 1 teaspoon pure honey.
Bee stings, wasp stings
Take ½ teaspoon blackseed boiled in water.
Coughs
Take 3-4 drops of black seed oil in coffee or tea.
Cold
Take 21 black seed, put it in a cloth and soak overnight. Use as droplets for the nose the next day. Inhale powdered blackseed kept in cloth.
Chronic headaches, migraine
Fry black seed and put it cotton-made cloth, tie or simply put the cloth on the forehead.Soak black seed in vinegar overnight, pound it the next day to make powder. Insert in nostril and inhale.
Worms
Take black seed with vinegar to get rid of worms.

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