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Triticum aestivum L.
Poaceae
- Triticum vulgare Vill.
- Bread Wheat
- qamh el-khubz قمح الخبز
- qamh tari قمح طري
- khitat ha-lekhem
- חיטת הלחם
Annual
- Disturbed habitats
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Medicinal Complaints / Uses
Triticum aestivum L.
| System/State | Traditional Complaint/Use |
Activity / Interpretation | Traditional Preparation/ Administration |
Parts Used | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Cancer |
Anti-carcinogenic | Prepare bread from grain & bran (crushed hard outer layers) & eat. |
Bran, Grain | B |
| Endocrine/ Metabolic | Diabetes |
Hypoglycemic | Prepare bread from grain & bran (crushed hard outer layers) & eat. |
Bran, Grain | B |
| Endocrine/ Metabolic | Obesity |
Anti-obesity | Prepare bread from grain & bran (crushed hard outer layers) & eat. |
Bran, Grain | B |
| Gastrointestinal | Diarrhea/ dysentery |
Anti-Infective, Anti-diarrheal | Cook starch in water & drink. |
Starch | Z |
| Haematology | Anaemia |
Nutritive | Soak seeds 30 min, decoct 1 hr then + sugar & eat 1 plate x3/ day. |
Seed | B |
| Musculoskeletal/ Joints | Broken bones |
Vulnerary | Mix bran (crushed hard outer layers of grain) + egg + soap; apply on splint to affected part. |
Bran | B |
| Oral health | Oral lesions (? ulcers) |
Mouth wash | Boil "nasha" (wheat starch /Amylum Tritici of Triticum aestivum) + Ceratonia siliqua fruit syrup (see entry) + "shabba" (Alum) (hydrated double sulfate salt of aluminium) or sour Pomegranate juice (Punica) or NaHCO3 (Sodium bicarbonate) + butter until ointment /paste is formed. Spread inside mouth. |
Starch | Z |
| Wound Healing | Burn |
Vulnerary | 1. Grind roasted grains & spread on burn for 3 days. (B) |
Grain, Starch | B, Z |
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Notes
1. In recipes for Triticum different parts of the wheat kernal, composed of 3 principal fractions, are used; bran (13-17%), germ or embryo (2-3%) & endosperm (80-85%), rich in starch.
Cautions
Triticum aestivum can cause bowel obstruction in those with stenotic lesions of Gastrointestinal tract or with inadequate fluid intake. Do not take with anti-peristaltics.