Action medicinal: Anti-arthritic

Rheumatic pain in muscles/ joints (ID: 1072)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Oral Health Analgesic, Anti-caries

      Squeeze juice from crushed leaves & fruit & gargle several times without swallowing.

    • Nervous System Hypnotic

      Decoct fruit & drink x1 tablespoon before sleeping.

    • Nervous system Analgesic

      Decoct flowers & drink x2 cups /day as needed until recovery.

    • Musculoskeletal/ Joints Analgesic, Anti-arthritic, Anti-inflammatory

      Use fruit juice and/or leaf juice to: 1. Massage painful area directly
      2. Massage area after daily hot bath;
      3. Use in steam bath.

    • Kidney & Urinary Tract Anti-lithic

      Decoct leaves in water & drink x3 cups /day.

    • Kidney & Urinary Tract Diuretic

      Decoct leaves in water & drink x3 cups /day.

    • General Anti-hydropic

      Decoct fruit in water & drink x3 large tablespoons/day.

    • Gastrointestinal Hepatic

      Extract juice from squeezed fruit & apply x1-2 drops into nose (helps remove yellow colour from body).

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-Infective, Hepatic

      Use fruit juice as nose drops x1 drop to each nostril, after which large amount of yellow liquid escapes from nose & faeces become yellow.

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-haemorrhoidal

      1. Extract juice from squeezed fruit & apply for pain as needed using syringe. (B)
      2. Peel fruits, cover with vaseline & use as suppositories daily until healed. (B)
      3. Add few drops of fruit juice to glass of milk & drink. (May cause initial discomfort ("a hard condition") but which heals later.) (Z)

    • Gastrointestinal Laxative

      Add few drops of fruit juice to dried fig & eat.

    • Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) Anti-Infective

      Extract juice from squeezed fruit, apply x1 drop to each nostril & inhale.

    • Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) Analgesic

      1.Extract juice from squeezed fruit & apply x1-2 drops into ear daily until healed. (B)
      2. Apply fruit juice locally as eardrops. (Z)

    • Dermatological Anti-Infective

      Prepare compress of crushed leaves + "leben" (See NOTES). & apply topically

    • Cosmetic Freckle remover

      Extract juice from squeezed fruit & apply to face x 2/day for whitening effect. .

    • Child Health Weaning

      Apply juice of leaves to nipples; the bitter taste causes baby to stop breastfeeding.

Rheumatic pain (ID: 2211)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Wound Healing Anti-Infective, Vulnerary

      Extract pulp from bulb & apply to affected area x2/day until improvement.

    • Respiratory Anti-asthmatic

      Roast inner layers of bulb over fire, mash, mix + honey & eat.

    • Nervous System Nervine

      Decoct bulb in water & drink hot or add + honey (3:1 ratio) & eat 1 large tablespoon x3/day.

    • Musculoskeletal/ Joints Analgesic, Anti-arthritic, Anti-inflammatory

      Crush bulb & apply to affected area as stiff bandage (with or without egg white + soap).

    • Musculoskeletal/ Joints Vulnerary

      Crush bulb & apply to affected area as stiff bandage (with or without egg white + soap).

    • General Anti-hydropic

      Decoct bulb & drink.

    • Dermatological Anti-dandruff, Hair restorer

      Crush dried bulb into fine powder, mix + sulphur powder + soap + "henna" (Lawsonia inermis) + olive oil & cook until a paste/ lotion. Apply to shaven head x1/day for 1 mth. Before treatment wash shaven head with solution of cooking salt + garden onion juice.

Rheumatic pain in back/legs /arms & muscles (ID: 1287)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Wound Healing Anti-Infective, Vulnerary

      1.Powder dried leaves & apply to wound.
      2. Extract juice from fresh plant & apply to wound.

    • Wound healing Haemostatic

      Apply dried powdered leaves to wound.

    • Wound Healing Anti-Infective, Vulnerary

      Prepare infusion of aerial parts & apply to affected skin.

    • Wound Healing Anti-Infective, Vulnerary

      Prepare powder of dried leaves & apply to wound.

    • Women`s Health Anti-inflammatory

      Decoct whole plant (aerial parts + root) in water in closed pot & either: 1. Sit over steam or
      2. Add decoction to bath and sit in it for 30 min.

    • Women`s Health Emmenagogue

      Decoct plant (part unspecified) +"feijan" (Ruta sp.) + olive buds & use in a steam bath.

    • Women`s Health Contraceptive

      Prepare hot bath using plant & stand over steam for few minutes on last day of period. Afterwards, eat mixture of "bu'ithran" (Teucrium polium) (See NOTES 3) + cloves (Eugenia sp.) + honey for 3 days.

    • Women`s Health Anti-inflammatory

      Boil roots in water until viscous & apply as poultice to affected area.

    • Veterinary Anti-Infective

      Decoct leaves, filter & add to animal`s drinking water.

    • Veterinary Stomachic

      Decoct leaves, filter & add to animal`s drinking water.

    • Veterinary Carminative

      Decoct leaves, filter & add to drinking water of animals (sheep, cows, goats, donkeys).

    • Respiratory Anti-Infective, Anti-catarrhal, Anti-tussive

      Boil whole plant (aerial parts + root) in water & inhale steam x1/day or as needed.

    • Respiratory Anti-asthmatic

      Boil whole plant (aerial parts + root) in water & inhale steam x1/day or as needed.

    • Oral Health Analgesic

      Chew fresh leaves to alleviate pain.

    • Musculoskeletal/ Joints Analgesic, Anti-arthritic, Anti-inflammatory

      1. Decoct whole plant (aerial parts +root) in water & add to hot bath; bathe body or affected area.
      2. Boil root in olive oil + "qizha" (Nigella sp.) + "feijan" (Ruta sp.) leaves & massage painful areas.
      3. Cook aerial parts in water in closed pot alone or + olive branches + "maryameyeh" (Salvia fruticosa ) + "shirsh el-'aqul" (Alhagi maurorum) + "shabba" (alum; hydrated double sulfate salt of aluminium ). Patient in loose fitting gown stands over steam for some time, then goes to bed to keep warm. (See NOTES & CAUTION 2)

    • Musculoskeletal/ Joints Vulnerary

      Cook plant in water in closed pot + "feijan" (Ruta) + "maryameyeh" (Salvia fruticosa ) + branches of "el-ghar" (Laurus sp.) + "el-butum" (Pistacia atlantica) + "saris" (Pistacia lentiscus) + "sarw" (Cupressus sp.). Place affected limb in steam for few minutes. When removed, bone fracture can be lightly tapped to reset correctly.

    • General Anti-hydropic

      Cook plant in water in closed pot + "rand" (Laurus sp.) (See NOTES 2) + "maryameyeh" (Salvia fruticosa ) + "feijan" (Ruta sp.). Patient dressed in loose gown stands over the rising steam as long as possible then goes to bed & keeps warm.

    • General Anti-pyretic, Diaphoretic

      Prepare juice from crushed leaves + Oxalis sp. leaves & drink.

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-Infective, Anti-diarrheal

      1. Cook fresh plant in water & drink.
      2. Extract juice from fresh plant, add to "araq" (anise liquor) & drink.

    • Dermatological Anti-fungal, Anti-inflammatory

      Prepare poultice from crushed green leaves & apply.

Rheumatic pain in muscles/ joints (ID: 1277)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Womens Health Anti-Infective, Anti-inflammatory

      Decoct plant, add to hot bath water & bathe evenings.

    • Respiratory Anti-Infective, Anti-catarrhal, Anti-tussive

      Decoct plant in water & inhale steam x2/day.

    • Respiratory Anti-asthmatic

      Decoct plant in water & inhale steam x2/day.

    • Musculoskeletal/ Joints Analgesic, Anti-arthritic, Anti-inflammatory

      Decoct plant, add to hot bath water & bathe body or affected area x1/day.

Arthritis (ID: 5273)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Wound Healing Vulnerary

      Extract juice from corm & apply to affected area x2/day for 3 days.

    • Wound Healing Anti-Infective, Vulnerary

      Extract juice from ground corms & apply to affected area x3/day for 3 days.

    • Venoms, Bites & Stings Anti-venom

      Rub stung area with fresh tuber.

    • Respiratory Anti-asthmatic

      Clean, peel & squeeze tubers to extract juice & inhale x2 drops into nose for 3 days.

    • Respiratory Decongestant

      Decoct corm & drink x1 cup/day until well

    • Nervous System Analgesic

      Mix dried, ground tuber + dry ground tobacco & use as snuff.

    • Musculoskeletal/ Joints Vulnery

      Crush fresh tuber, apply to painful area & bandage.

    • Musculoskeletal/ Joints Analgesic, Anti-arthritic, Anti-inflammatory

      Boil corms in water for 5 min, cool & apply to affected area x2/day for 1 week.

    • Industrial Cleaning product

      Tuber used for laundry. (Preparation not specified.)

    • General Refrigerant

      Use juice of stems bearing flowers (Admin. not specified.)

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-haemorrhoidal

      1. Decoct corm in water & apply locally x3/day until healed. (B)
      2. Crush corms, squeeze, knead + flour, shape into chickpea form & use as suppositary. (B)
      3. Mix crushed tuber + cumin + "kamnon ha-anis" (or "yansun"), (Pimpinella anisum) & make into pills. (Admin. not described but probably used as suppository.) (Z)

    • Dermatological Anti-inflammatory

      Apply corm juice to affected skin x 2/day for 1 week.

    • Dermatological Anti-inflammatory

      Extract juice of corms & apply to affected area x2/day, morning & evenings until healed.

    • Dermatological Emollient

      Decoct 200 gm of leaves in 0.5 L water for 10 min & apply to affected area x3/day.

    • Dermatological Anti-inflammatory

      Extract juice from corm & apply to affected area x2/day until healed.

    • Dermatological Hair restorer

      Rub skin of scalp with wollen cloth until irritated, then rub with plant tuber.

    • Cancer Anti-carcinogenic

      1. Cut washed corm (see NOTES 1) into small pieces, boil in water, filter & drink x1 cup/day until recovery.
      2. Add leaves (when in season) to boiling water for 3 min; fill leaves with rice & meat, cook & eat.

Rheumatism (ID: 144)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Respiratory Anti-asthmatic

      Prepare incense of dried leaves & fruits. (Admin. not specified.)

    • Oral health Analgesic, Anti-caries

      1. Cook cones + Cinchona bark + "shabba" (alum, usually hydrated double sulfate salt) + vinegar; gargle every morning. (Z)
      2.Toothache only: decoct fruit & rinse mouth with decoction. (B)

    • Musculoskeletal/ joints Anti-arthritic, Anti-inflammatory

      Cook branch tips in covered pot; patient stands in a loose gown over the pot for as long as possibe & then rests in bed away from cold.

    • Musculoskeletal Vulnerary

      Boil in closed pot branch tips of "sarw" (Cupressus sp. ) + "tayun" (Dittrichia? viscosa) + "feijan" (Ruta chalepensis) + "maryameyeh" (Salvia fruticosa) + "el-jar" (Laurus nobilis) +" el-butum" (Pistacia atlantica) +" saris" (Pistacia lentiscus); place broken limb over steam for a few moments, then rebreak bone by tapping it lightly.

    • Kidney & Urinary Tract Renal

      Prepare a "coffee" drink from dried, roasted fruit & drink.

    • Infectious Diseases Anti-Infective

      Apply powder of dried, crushed leaves to lesion.

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-Infective, Anti-inflammatory, Demulcent

      1.Grind 10 fresh green cones into small particles, boil in approx. 3 cups of water for 15 min; cool, filter through gauze or flannel cloth & drink hot 1 cup x2/day morning & evening + 2 teaspoons sugar (if too bitter).
      2. Cook branch tips in water & drink.
      3.Cook cones in water & drink.

    • Endocrine/ Metabolic Hypoglycemic

      Prepare a "coffee" drink from dried, roasted fruit & drink.

    • Dermatological Anti-fungal, Anti-inflammatory

      Prepare plaster /compress from mashed fresh fruit. (Admin. not specified.)

    • Dermatological Anti-herpetic

      Apply powder of dried, crushed leaves to lesion.

    • Dermatological Haemostatic, Vulnerary

      Apply powder of dried, crushed leaves to lesion.

    • Dermatological Anti-inflammatory

      Apply powder of dried, crushed leaves to lesion.

Rheumatic pain (ID: 1611)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Wound Healing Vulnerary

      Prepare compress of crushed leaves & apply to burn.

    • Women`s Health Anti-abortive

      Prepare extract/ infusion in water of fruits + "yansun" (Pimpinella) + fennel + carrots & drink.

    • Surgical/ Trauma Haemostatic

      Use roasted fruits (Admin. not specified.)

    • Respiratory Anti-Infective

      Cook leaves in water (Admin. not specified.)

    • Oral Health Mouth wash

      Eat leaves.

    • Oral Health Anti-gum disease, Mouth wash

      Cook leaves in water (Admin. not specified.)

    • Opthalmic Visual health

      Roast fruits + "feijan" (Ruta chalepensis) leaves, grind & sift; apply on rims of eyelids like eyeliner ("kohol") (See NOTES 3).

    • Opthalmic Anti-inflammatory

      Mix crushed plant with a woman's breast milk & apply to eye.

    • Nervous System Analgesic

      1. Macerate fruits in cold water & use liquid as nose drops.
      2. Burn fruits + pumpkin peels & inhale smoke before sunrise.
      3. Cook leaves in water (Admin. not specified.)

    • Musculoskeletal/ Joints Analgesic, Anti-arthritic, Anti-inflammatory

      1. Add fruit to ground barley flour mixed + vinegar & prepare dough; apply to painful area. (Especially good when pain is accompanied by fever.) If treatment 1 does not help then use the following :
      2. Add fruit to ground lentils + burnt ground lamb bones + "halila" (Terminalia sp.) (See NOTES 2), peels + "surinjan" (Colchicum sp.) & eat for 3 days. (Also 1 cup of concentrated extract of "kosani" (Cichorium sp.) can be drunk evenings.)
      3. Decoct crushed fruits & drink.

    • Musculoskeletal/ Joints Analgesic, Anti-inflammatory

      Cook leaves in water. (Admin. not specified.)

    • Men`s Health/ Sexuality Aphrodisiac

      Use fruits. (Preparation/ Admin. not specified.)

    • Infectious Diseases Anti-Infective

      Mix leaves or fruits + crushed black pepper + cardamom + cumin; prepare compress & apply to swelling.

    • Helminth infections Anthelmintic, Vermifuge

      1. Mix powdered fruit s + powdered seeds of "rashad" (Lepidium sativum) + mint leaves + green pomegranate peel; decoct mixture in water for 15 min, cool, allow ingredients to sink & drink liquid (leaving sediment).
      2. Use fruit. (Preparation /Admin. not specified.)

    • Haematology Anti-anaemic

      Eat fresh leaves as salad with meal

    • General Anti-hydropic

      Bake bread with Coriandrum fruits + honey + raisins & apply as bandage to affected area.

    • General Anti-hydropic

      Macerate powdered fruit in vinegar for few hrs, filter through gauze; drink before meals & rub over body.

    • General Tonic

      1. Mix powdered fruits + honey & eat x1 tablespoon every morning.
      2. Macerate after removing seeds a mixture of raisins + "tamarhindi" (Tamarindus indica). Leave overnight then boil, cool, filter, add + sugar + powdered Coriandrum fruit, cook for 15 min & eat.

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-emetic

      Cook plant in water. (Admin. not specified.)

    • Gastrointestinal Hepatic

      Use fruits (Preparation/ Admin. not specified.)

    • Gastrointestinal Hepatic

      Mix powdered fruits + honey & eat x1 teaspoon /day.

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-haemorrhoidal

      Decoct seeds & apply as poultice.

    • Gastrointestinal Antacid

      1. Eat roasted fruits.
      2. Cook aerial parts & drink.
      3. Heartburn: cook leaves in water & drink.

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-Infective, Anti-diarrheal

      Boil fruit + 1 tablespoon "eshel" (Tamarix sp.) wood + "yansun" (Pimpinella) + cinnamon & drink morning & evenings. (Forbidden to eat meat)

    • Gastrointestinal Laxative

      Cook plant in water & drink.

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-spasmodic, Carminative

      1. Roast fruits. (Admin. not specified.)
      2. Decoct crushed fruits & drink.

    • Endocrine/ Metabolic Hypoglycemic

      Prepare powder of Coriander + cumin fruits. (Admin. not specified.)

    • Dermatological Anti-allergy, Anti-pruritic

      Decoct crushed fruits, make bandage/ compress & apply to affected area.

    • Dermatological Scabicide

      Decoct crushed fruits, make bandage/ compress & apply to affected area.

    • Cardiovascular Hypotensive

      Eat fresh leaves as salad with meal

    • Cardiovascular Cardiac

      1. Decoct crushed fruits & drink.
      2. Grind fruit + almonds + sesame seeds & warm a little ; mix + "nabat" sugar & eat x1 teaspoon morning & evenings. Drink above together + water extract of Citrus aurantium (bitter orange) flowers.

Arthritic & gouty pain (ID: 1007)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Musculoskeletal/ Joints Analgesic, Anti-arthritic, Anti-inflammatory, Uricolytic

      Apply compress/bandage of crushed bulbo-tuber to affected area. (See NOTES)

Rheumatic pain (ID: 715)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Respiratory Expectorant

      Prepare tea (infusion) of plant. (Admin. not specified.)

    • Respiratory Anti-tussive

      Decoct aerial parts & drink 1 cup x2/day until well.

    • Musculoskeletal/ Joints Analgesic, Anti-arthritic, Anti-inflammatory

      Prepare drink from plant + "za'tar" (thyme /Thymbra capitata) & drink.

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-ulcer

      Decoct aerial parts + nettle, filter & drink 1 cup x2/day.

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-inflammatory, Demulcent

      Decoct plant & drink as a tea few x /day.

    • Gastrointestinal Carminative

      Decoct plant & drink as a tea few x/day.

Rheumatic pain in back/ upper & lower limbs (ID: 986)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Musculoskeletal/ Joints Analgesic, Anti-arthritic, Anti-inflammatory

      Decoct plant in water & drink x3 cups/day.

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-inflammatory, Demulcent

      Decoct plant in water & drink x3 cups/day.

    • Gastrointestinal Carminative

      Decoct plant in water & drink x3 cups/day.