Complaint / Use: Abscess

Abscess (ID: 5969)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Surgical/ Trauma Haemostatic

      Use powdered tree core. (Preparation/ Admin. not specified.)

    • Respiratory Anti-tussive

      Decoct ground fruits + chamomile (Matricaria aurea) + fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) & drink 1 cup x2/day.

    • Oral Health Analgesic

      1. Wash & dry plant roots, grind till powder & apply to teeth as needed.
      2. Soak bark in water, boil & use as mouth rinse x1-2/day.

    • Helminth infections Anthelmintic, Vermifuge

      Soak fruit & leaves in water for 11 days, boil soaked material, filter & drink x1 cup as needed (+sugar can be added).

    • General Anti-hydropic

      Prepare compress /formentation (hot poultice) from powdered tree core & apply locally.

    • General Anti-pyretic

      1. Decoct leaves & drink x3/day.
      2. Eat 10-15 fresh leaves as needed.

    • Gastrointestinal Laxative

      Soak fruit & leaves in water for 11 days, boil soaked material, filter & drink x1 cup as needed (+ sugar can be added).

    • Gastrointestinal Carminative

      Soak fruit & leaves in water for 11 days, boil soaked material, filter & drink x1 cup as needed (+ sugar can be added).

    • Dermatological Hair restorer

      1. Decoct branches & apply externally by washing hair. (B)
      2. Decoct leaves & rinse hair with liquid.

    • Dermatological Anti-Infective, Vulnerary

      Grind 300 gm leaves, knead + 1 cup vinegar & apply as paste x2/day.

Abscess (ID: 6042)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Wound Healing Anti-septic

      1. Apply fresh leaves to wound & replace x1/day.
      2. Decoct leaves in water & use to wash & clean purulent wound/ lesion.

    • Wound Healing Anti-Infective, Vulnerary

      Use vinegar or water to wet ground flax seeds, spread over cloth & apply.

    • Wound Healing Vulnerary

      Use leaves. (Preparation/ Admin not specified. )

    • Wound Healing Vulnerary

      Mix wine vinegar + salt + oil & apply to burn.

    • Wound healing Antiseptic

      1. Place fresh leaves on wound & replace daily.
      2. Decoct leaves & wash/ clean affected area with decoction.

    • Women`s Health Haemostatic

      Boil stems in water & drink 1 cup x3/day.

    • Venoms, Bites & Stings Anti-venom

      Pour distilled alcohol (cognac, araq, ) over bite & tie string on both sides (of the bite).

    • Surgical/ Trauma Haemostatic

      1. Use leaves as a compress.
      2. Mix donkey dung (see NOTES & CAUTIONS) + wine + honey & apply to haemorrhage.

    • Respiratory Anti-tussive, Demulcent

      Cook Sambucus nigra in water + dried figs or raisins & drink liquid.

    • Respiratory Anti-Infective, Anti-catarrhal

      1. Wine + Cinchona (Admin. not specified.)
      2. Mix grape wine vinegar + Capparis leaves & apply as compress.
      3. Massage with distilled alcohol + lemon juice or vinegar.
      4. Apply vinegar compress to forehead & to wet cloths & inhale.

    • Pain Relief Analgesic

      Immerse finger in cup of "araq" (distilled alcohol) until pain subsides.

    • Oral Health Analgesic

      1. Mix grape wine vinegar + Capparis leaves or salt. (Admin. not specified.)
      2. Use distilled alcohol (cognac, "araq") alone or + water as mouthwash or gargle.
      3. Cook bark of Cinchona sp. in vinegar + cypress cones + alum (hydrated double sulfate salt of aluminium) & gargle mornings.
      4. Cook aerial parts of Majorana syriaca + vinegar + cumin + olive oil & apply to tooth.

    • Oral Health Anti-caries, Anti-gum disease

      1.Cook grapevines (Vitis) in water + flowers of Rosa sp. + Myrtus communis leaves + lentils & gargle
      2. Mix distilled alcohol (cognac, araq) + water & use as mouthwash (for gingivitis).

    • Oral Health Anti-septic, Mouth wash

      Mix distilled alcohol (cognac, araq) + water & use as mouthwash.

    • Oral health Anti-gum disease

      Use distilled alcohol (cognac, "araq") + water as mouthwash or gargle.

    • Opthalmic Non-specific

      Collect juice secreted from branches when pruning & apply to eyes.

    • Nervous System Analgesic

      1. Rub head with (wine) vinegar alone or + lemon juice or + distilled alcohol (araq)
      2. Infuse cloves (Eugenia sp.) + rose flowers in (wine) vinegar; spread over cloth & place on forehead.
      3. Grate onions + mint & macerate in (wine) vinegar; spread over forehead.
      4. Mix grape wine vinegar + crushed ginger & apply as poultice to forehead & temples. Chronic Headache: 5 .Prepare dough of wine vinegar + flour & apply to forehead.
      6. Inhale wine vinegar.
      7. Mix henna (Lawsonia sp.) or ground myrtle (Myrtus) leaves + wine vinegar; spread on cloth & apply to head.
      8. Migraine: Boil roasted ground seeds of Nigella sativa + olive oil or vinegar & inhale fluid through nose.

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

      1.Mix wine vinegar + goat or sheep dung + goat`s blood (see NOTES & CAUTIONS) & bandage knee.
      2. Mix wine + water + wheat fiber & bathe in mixture. (Unclear if Cinchona sp. Is also added to this recipe)

    • Musculoskeletal/ Joints Analgesic, Anti-inflammatory

      Heat wine vinegar + Dorema ammoniacum, add Pistacia lentiscus resin & heat till mixture turns red; cool, spread on cloth & apply to painful area.

    • Men`s Health/ Sexuality Aphrodisiac

      1. Eat dried fruits (raisins).
      2. Prepare alcohol from raisins & drink.

    • Mental Health Anti-psychotic, Sedative

      Mix raisins + almonds + nuts + bee honey + Majorana + garlic + Nigella + Cinnamomum Cassia + black pepper + olive oil & eat.

    • Infectious Diseases Anti-Infective

      Spread distilled alcohol (cognac, "araq") over body. Burn goat`s hair & sleep in smoke filled room well covered. ( Z adds "disease exits through abdomen").

    • Helminth infections Anthelmintic, Vermifuge

      1. Drink grape wine vinegar + "qat" (Catha edulis).
      2. Soak seeds of Cicer arietinum in white vinegar, drink liquid & eat seeds.

    • General Refrigerant

      Eat large amounts of grape jam.

    • General Nutritive

      Eat ripe fruits.

    • General Anti-pyretic, Refrigerant

      Mix wine vinegar + rose water & rub on forehead.

    • General Anti-pyretic

      1. Mix wine + Cinchona sp. (Admin not specified).
      2. Mix grape wine vinegar + Capparis sp. leaves & apply as compress.
      3. Rub head with vinegar alone or + lemon juice.
      4. Infuse cloves (Eugenia sp.) + rose flowers in vinegar; spread mixture over cloth & place on forehead.
      5. Grate onions & mint & macerate in vinegar; spread over forehead. For high fever:
      6. Rub body/ head with wine vinegar alone or + salt.
      7. Crush Mentha sp. & prepare bandage with water or vinegar on cloth; tie on forhead or chest.

    • General Tonic

      1. Eat raisins (dried fruits) morning & evening.
      2. Boil raisins in water & drink 1 cup x3 /day.

    • Gastrointestinal Hepatic

      1. Eat fresh fruits in season.
      2. Drink fruit juice x1 cup/ day.

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-haemorrhoidal

      Prepare rectal suppository with raisins + lard + sugar.

    • Gastrointestinal Laxative

      1. Eat fruit. (Z)
      2. Grind dried fruit (raisins) + figs + dates & eat x1 teaspoon before sleep. (Z)
      3. Eat fresh fruits in season. (B)
      4.Drink fruit juice x1 cup/day. (B)

    • Gastrointestinal Carminative

      1. Drink wine + cinnamon.
      2. Drink x1 cup distilled alcohol (cognac, araq) alone or +sugar.

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

      Mix wine vinegar + alum (hydrated double sulfate salt of aluminium) + honey & gargle.

    • Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) Haemostatic

      Inhale steam of wine vinegar over a fire.

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

      Cook in (wine) vinegar Cinchona bark + alum + honey + water & gargle.

    • Ear, Nose & Throat Anti-tumor

      Apply distilled alcohol + ? tartar oil (mustard seed) & apply to affected area.

    • Dermatological Anti-allergy, Anti-pruritic

      Eat dried fruits (raisins) x2 teaspoons mornings for 3 days. ( Z notes it "causes contraction of the bile ducts causing rash." )

    • Dermatological Anti-fungal

      1. Mix wine vinegar + egg yolk & apply to affected area.
      2. Mix wine vinegar + goat dung (see CAUTIONS), spread over cloth & bandage affected area.

    • Dermatological Anti-pruritic

      Massage irritated area with wine vinegar.

    • Dermatological Hair restorer

      1. Immerse tip of young branch in cup of water & steep for 12 hrs; water becomes cloudy with white sediment. Drink water & spread on head. (Z)
      2. Wash hair with grape water. (B)

    • Dermatological Anti-inflammatory

      Apply grape wine vinegar + henna (Lawsonia sp.) + Rheum sp. to affected area.

    • Dermatological Anti-Infective, Vulnery

      1.Mix wine vinegar + cow dung & bandage lesion (see CAUTIONS).
      2. Prepare dough of distilled alcohol ("araq") + flour & apply to affected area.
      3. Grind seeds of Linum usitatissimum, moisten + water or vinegar & bandage affected area.

    • Dermatological Anti-Infective, Vulnerary

      Prepare poultice from leaves & apply to abscess over night for 3 days.

    • Cosmetic Dye

      Cook grape leaves + mulberry leaves (Morus nigra) + fig leaves (from tree producing black fruit) & wash hair with mixture.

    • Child Health Anti-diarrheal

      Mix 1.5 cups of wine (Vitis) + dried bread in saucepan & heat a little; spread mixture over cloth & wrap baby in it at night.

    • Ageing Nootropic

      Drink alcohol prepared from raisins (dried grapes).

Abscess (ID: 5863)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Wound Healing Anti-Infective, Vulnerary

      Grind fresh aerial parts & apply to affected area.

    • Venoms, Bites & Stings Ant-venom

      Grind fresh aerial parts & apply to affected area.

    • Infectious Diseases Anti-Infective

      This preperation has 3 parts, A, B, C A. Cook fruit & aerial parts in water + Viola odorata + Nymphaea alba + Cichorium root. B. Cook Cassia fistula + Alhagi + almond oil. C. Cook Cassia fistula + Alhagi + almond oil+ Cotoneaster. Drink A for 3 days, morning and evening. If no improvement drink B. As a final treatment drink C. (TOXIC see CAUTIONS.)

    • Infectious Diseases Anti-malarial, Anti-pyretic

      This preperation has 2 parts A & B: A. Cook fruit & aerial parts in water + Viola odorata + Nymphaea alba + Cichorium root. B. Cook Cassia fistula + Alhagi + almond oil. Drink A for 3 days morning & evening. If no improvement drink B only once. Next day, drink B again but prepared without Cassia fistula. If fever persists on 6th day, give original B again. (TOXIC See CAUTIONS.)

    • Gastrointestinal Hepatic

      Cook aerial parts & fruit + Cotoneaster nummularia + Alhagi sp. + Anchusa sp. + Nymphaea sp. + Cichorium root. Pour liquid stew onto Cassia fistula, add almond oil & drink x1 morning for 5 days. Eat plenty of watermelon with above preparation & also eat a small live fish every morning. (TOXIC See CAUTIONS.)

    • Dermatological Vulnerary

      Cook aerial parts & fruit + Cichorium intybus + Descurainia sophia & drink. (TOXIC See CAUTIONS).

Abscess (ID: 6031)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Wound Healing Vulnerary

      Apply poultice of leaves to lesion.

    • Wound Healing Vulnerary

      1. Apply seed oil alone or as salve + other ingredients.
      2. Rub castor seed oil on burn then sprinkle with powder from roasted, ground lentils.
      3.To keep wound open: apply poultice of leaves

    • Wound Healing Anti-Infective

      Apply oil poultice from seeds on affected area x2/day.

    • Women`s Health Galactagogue

      Apply poultice of leaves to nipples. (See NOTES 3)

    • Women`s Health Contraceptive

      Drink x3 seeds (Preparation not specified) directly after birth. Contraceptive for 3 years.

    • Nervous system Nervine

      Apply seed oil as an enema.

    • Nervous system Nervine

      Apply seed oil & massage.

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

      1. Cook leaves in olive oil & spread over painful areas. Avoid exposure to wind.
      2. Apply seed oil locally & massage. ( See NOTES 1).

    • Musculoskeletal/ joints Analgesic, Anti-inflammatory

      Apply seed oil locally & massage.

    • Mental Health Anti-psychotic, Sedative

      Mix fruit + myrrh + saffron + salt + garlic + oil & apply externally. (Further details of Admin. not specified.)

    • Infections Anti-Infective

      Use seed oil. (Admin. not specified. (See NOTES 1).

    • Infections Anti-Infective

      Drink 1-3 dirhams (See NOTES 1 & 2) of seed oil.

    • Helminth Infections Anthelmintic, Vermifuge

      After fasting for 2 days, eat 200 gm peeled buttercup squash (Cucurbita maxima) seeds. After 4 hr eat 60 gm "zeit kharw'a" (Olea ricini, castor seed oil) or 2 fingers (may mean a pinch between 2 fingers) of English salt (Epsom salt = MgSO4).

    • Helminth Infections Anthelmintic, Vermifuge

      1.Drink seed oil followed by infusion of mint tea. For ascaris: after above, eat dried, coconut in evening. Avoid eating peanuts (Arachis hypogaea). (Z)
      2. Drink 1 cup oil on empty stomach x1/ day. (B)

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-haemorrhoidal

      Apply oil poultice from seeds onto affected area x2/ day.

    • Gastrointestinal Laxative

      1. Extract oil from seeds & drink (60 gm) (unclear if this refers to weight of the seeds or oil).
      2. Chronic constipation: drink x1 small glass castor seed oil.
      3. For babies: spread oil on abdomen & gently massage.

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-diarrheal

      Drink oil from seeds; after burn the patient with a hot iron on upper posterior part of arm, then eat pomegranate jam.

    • Gastrointestinal Carminative

      Use seed oil. (Admin. further details not specified.)

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

      Apply few drops of seed oil into ear. (See NOTES 1)

    • Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) Analgesic

      Apply seed oil as ear drops.

    • Dermatology Anti-pruritic

      Cut skin with razor blade & drink laxative e.g.castor seed oil.

    • Dermatology Vulnerary

      Apply fresh leaf to boil until it opens; then clean + cotton dipped in castor oil.

    • Dermatological Non-specific

      1. Apply oil externally to affected areas & massage. (B)
      2. Apply seed oil to affected area alone or made into salve + other ingredients. (Z)

    • Dermatological Hair restorer

      Apply oil externally to affected areas & massage.

    • Child Health Analgesic

      Apply oil externally as ointment.

Abscess (ID: 6046)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Wound Healing Anti-Infective, Vulnerary

      Dry leaves, grind mix + honey & apply x 3/day until healed