Complaint / Use: Asthma

Asthma (ID: 5524)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Womens Health Parturient

      Decoct 1 teaspoon aerial parts to 1 cup water & add to bath in which the patient sits.

    • Respiratory Anti-Infective

      Decoct aerial parts + sage (Salvia fruticosa) + anise (Anisum vulgare) + mint (Mentha spicata) & drink x1-2 cups/day.

    • Respiratory Anti-asthmatic

      1. Prepare infusion of 1 teaspoon flowers to 1 cup boiled water & inhale steam x1/day before sleep.
      2. Drink infusion x3-4/day until recovery.

    • Oral Health Analgesic

      Decoct leaves & flowers & drink x1 cup/day.

    • Opthalmology Anti-inflammatory

      Decoct leaves & flowers & apply locally as poultice.

    • Mental Health Anxiolytic

      Decoct leaves & flowers & drink x1 cup/day.

    • Kidney & Urinary Tract Anti-Infective

      Decoct leaves & flowers & expose to steam in a steam bath.

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-inflammatory, Demulcent

      Decoct leaves & flowers & drink x1 cup/day.

    • Gastrointestinal Carminative

      Decoct x2 teaspoons aerial parts to 2 cups of water & drink x2 cups as needed. Children: ? cup/day.

    • Dermatological Anti-inflammatory

      Decoct aerial parts, use to make poultice & apply to affected area.

    • Cancer Anti-carcinogenic

      1.Decoct 1 teaspoon aerial parts in 1 cup boiling water & drink x1/day.
      2. Decoct aerial parts + parsley (Petrosalinum sativa) + thyme? (unclear if this is Thymbra sp. or Origanum syriacum) & drink 1 cup x2/day until recovery.
      3.Decoct aerial parts +1.5 teaspoons mint (Mentha spicata) in 1 cup water & drink x1 cup/day for a short time.

Asthma (ID: 1244)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Respiratory Anti-asthmatic

      Decoct seeds in water, cool, filter & drink x3 cups/day.

Asthma (ID: 5398)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Smoking Cigarette

      Add powdered root to tobacco.

    • Respiratory Anti-Infective, Anti-tussive, Demulcent

      1. Soak root in water for few days, filter & drink x3 glasses/day. (Z)
      2. Soak root in water + carob fruit (Ceratonia siliqua) & drink the water. (Z)
      3. Prepare from root a thick juice or jam (+ other fruits) & drink or suck. (Z)
      4. Cough only: Boil 1 teaspoon ground roots in water for 10 min, drink x2/day for 3 days. (B) Do not exceed suggested dose (See CAUTIONS.).

    • Respiratory Anti-asthmatic

      Boil x3 tablespoons dried roots in 3 cups water for 5 mins & drink 1 cup x2/day. Do not exceed suggested dose. (See CAUTIONS.)

    • Oral Health Anti-gum disease

      1. Simmer 200 gm roots in 1 L of water for 20 min, leave 15 min, filter & drink as needed.
      2. Use above as mouth rinse x2/day. Do Not exceed suggested dose (See CAUTIONS.)

    • Oral Health Lubricant

      Simmer 200 gm leaves in 1L water for 20 min, stand 15 min, filter & apply to cracked lips x2/day. Do not exceed suggested dose (See CAUTIONS.)

    • Oral Health Mouth wash

      Chew root after eating.

    • Nervous System Analgesic

      Soak root in water for few days & drink as needed.

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

      Grind ? teaspoon of roots, boil in water & drink 1 cup x2/day. Do not exceed suggested dose. (See CAUTIONS.)

    • Kidney & Urinary Tract Anti-Infective

      Boil ground roots in water & drink 1 cup x 2-3/day. Can add equal quantity of fennel. Do Not exceed suggested dose (See CAUTIONS).

    • Kidney & Urinary Tract Deobstruent

      Decoct ground roots & drink x1-2 cups/day.

    • Kidney & Urinary Tract Anti-lithic

      Decoct ground roots & drink x1 cup/day as needed. Do not exceed suggested dose. (See CAUTIONS.)

    • General Anti-inflammatory

      Soak root in water for few days & drink x4 glasses /day.

    • Gastrointestinal Antacid

      1. Chew root.
      2. Suck candy made from root.

    • Gastrointestinal Carminative

      Cook root in water & eat.

    • Gastrointestinal Laxative

      Use root. Can also add aloe & "sanamakki" (Senna alexandrina). (Preparation/ Admin. not specified.)

    • Gastrointestinal Hepatic

      Boil 1 teaspoon ground roots in 1 cup water for 10 min, drink x2/day for 3 days. Do NOT exceed suggested dose (See CAUTIONS)

    • Gastrointestinal Emetic

      Prepare concentrated extract from root & rhizome & drink.

    • Gastrointestinal Laxative

      1. Boil 40 gm roots in water + 40 gm sulfur + 40 gm senna (Senna alexandrina), sweeten + sugar & drink x1 tablespoon evenings as needed.
      2. Boil 40gm roots in water + 40 gm senna (Senna alexandrina), filter, sweeten + sugar & drink 1 teaspoon/day as needed.
      3. Soak stems in hot water, filter, sweeten + sugar & drink x1 cup/day as needed.
      4. Mix equal amounts of licorice seeds + seeds of senna (Senna alexandrina), anise (Anisum vulgare ), cumin (Cuminum cyminum), fennel (Foeniculum vulgare); add x1 teaspoon of mixture to 1 cup boiling water & drink multiple doses as needed. Do not exceed suggested dose (See CAUTIONS).

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

      Boil ? teaspoon ground roots in 1 cup water for 5 min & drink x2/day. Do not exceed suggested dose (See CAUTIONS.)

    • Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) Expectorant

      Soak root in cold water & drink water.

    • Cardiovascular Hypotensive

      1. Decoct ground roots & drink x1-2 cups /day.
      2. Grind roots & eat x1 teaspoon /day. Do not exceed suggested dose (See CAUTIONS.)

Asthma (ID: 5364)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Wound Healing Anti-Infective, Vulnerary

      1. Apply leaves as compress on closed lesion to soften & open it.
      2. Spread fig honey (or date honey) over suppurative wound (to open & dry it up).

    • Wound Healing Vulnerary

      Mix latex of unripe fruit + barley flour & apply to burned area.

    • Women`s Health Haemostatic

      Heat powdered dried fruit in oven, wrap in gauze to make vaginal suppository & insert.

    • Women`s Health Abortifacient

      Decoct dried fruit in water & drink x1 full glass of decoction while sitting in hot bath for 15 min.

    • Women`s Health Emmenagogue

      Decoct dried fruit in water & drink 1 full glass x3/day.

    • Venoms, Bites & Stings Anti-venom

      Obtain latex/ juice by squeezing fresh plant parts & unripe fruit & apply to sting.

    • Respiratory Anti-tussive, Demulcent

      1. Decoct dried fruit in water & drink x3 cups/day.
      2. Cook dried figs in water + inflorescence of "balasan" (Sambucus nigra) & drink the water.

    • Respiratory Anti-asthmatic

      Decoct leaves & drink 2 cups x2/day.

    • Oral Health Analgesic

      1. Apply latex (milky fluid) from unripe fruit onto tooth.
      2. Boil leaves in vinegar, cool & gargle after eating or as needed.

    • Opthalmic Non-specific

      Massage eyes with fig leaves (See CAUTIONS), then spread almond oil & a compress of chamomile flowers.

    • Kidney & Urinary Tract Anti-lithic

      Decoct leaves & drink 1 cup x /2day.

    • Kidney & Urinary Tract Diuretic

      Decoct dried fruit & drink all day instead of water.

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-Infective, Anti-diarrheal

      Boil dried fruit in water & drink x3 cups /day.

    • Gastrointestinal Laxative

      Eat fruit.

    • Gastrointestinal Carminative

      Mix dried, powdered leaves + boiled honey + soft-boiled egg & eat mornings.

    • Gastrointestinal Laxative

      1. Eat (dried) fruit alone
      2. Eat dried fruit + juice of one of the following plants dripped onto it: (i)"mahmoudiya" (Convolvulus scammonia), or (ii) "halablub" (Euphorbia sp.), or (iii) "faqus himar" (Ecballium elaterium), or (iv) carob honey (Ceratonia siliqua) + cow`s milk.

    • Gastrointestinal Stomachic

      Eat (dried) fruit

    • Endocrine/Metabolic Hypocholesterolemic

      Decoct leaves & drink 3 cups x 2/day.

    • Dermatological, Ritual /Ceremonial Anti-Infective

      1. Spread latex from fresh plant & unripe fruit onto wart.(Z)
      2. Squeeze milky sap secreted from stem & apply to affected area; repeat daily until improvement. (B)
      3. Ritual /Ceremonial use: Make cuts on fresh twig equal to the number of a patient`s warts; leave twig to dry; when it dries the warts will disappear. (Z)

    • Dermatological Scabicide

      Obtain latex /juice by squeezing fresh plant parts & unripe fruit; use it to make a dough with barley flour & apply as compress.

    • Dermatological Anti-inflammatory

      Obtain latex/ juice by squeezing fresh plant parts & unripe fruit; use it to make a dough with barley flour & apply as compress.

    • Dermatological Anti-fungal

      Obtain latex/ juice by squeezing fresh plant parts & unripe fruit & apply to skin.

    • Dermatological Anti-inflammatory

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

    • Dermatological Hair restorer

      Prepare compress of leaves; wet in "qutran" (Pix liquida liquid tar is a dry distillation of various pine woods). (Admin. not specified.)

    • Cosmetic Dye

      Cook leaves of black figs + black mulberries + vine leaves & use to wash hair.

Asthma (ID: 1104)

All Complaints for this Species

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

      Decoct plant in water, cool, filter, add + sugar & drink 1 glass x3/day.

    • Respiratory Anti-asthmatic

      Decoct plant in water, cool, filter & drink 1 glass x3/day.

Asthma (ID: 2209)

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.

Asthma (ID: 1285)

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.

Asthma (ID: 1275)

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.

Asthma (ID: 5303)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Womens Health Contraceptive

      1.Prepare infusion of flower oil, mix + honey & eat.
      2. Dry leaves, grind & add 1 teaspooon to 1 cup of water & drink

    • Respiratory Anti-asthmatic

      1. Decoct flowers (optionally + cinnamon) & drink 1-2 cups/day as needed.
      2. Eat flowers raw or as condiment.

    • Reproductive Health Fertility

      Grind flowers, add ? teaspoon to 1 cup of milk + honey & drink x1/day mornings.

    • Oral Health Analgesic

      Grind seeds to powder & apply to affected area.

    • Nervous system Analgesic

      Decoct flowers & drink 1 cup x1/day.

    • Musculoskeletal/ Joints Anti-spasmodic, Muscle relaxant

      Mix flower oil + pumpkin oil + thyme oil & spread on cloth; apply to affected area x1-2/day, alternating position by twisting cloth.

    • Mental Health Anxiolytic

      1. Decoct flowers (optionally + cinnamon) & drink x1-2 cups/day.
      2. Eat flowers raw or as condiment.

    • General Anti-pyretic, Refigerant

      1. Decoct flower petals & drink x1-2 cups/day.
      2. Decoct leaves in water for 10 min & drink 1 cup x2/day.

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-emetic

      1. Decoct whole plant (Aerial parts + root) & drink x3/day.
      2. Grind whole plant (Aerial parts + root), add + black cumin oil (Nigella sativa) & add mixture to decoction of mint; drink 1 cup x3/day until recovery.

    • Gastrointestinal Stomachic

      Decoct flowers & drink x1 cup as needed.

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-haemorrhoidal

      Prepare infusion of roots & drink x1-2 teaspoons/day.

    • Gastrointestinal Carminative

      Decoct flowers & drink x1/day.

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-Infective, Anti-diarrheal

      Mix seeds + equal amounts anise + black cumin seeds; grind, soak in 1 glass of water, filter & drink 1 cup x3/day before meals.

    • Gastrointestinal Carminative

      1. Mix seeds + honey or boil seeds first in water then mix + honey; eat 1 tablespoon x3/day for 21 days.
      2. Mix 15 gm flowers +150 gm broccoli seeds +50 gm sesame + 15 gm chyrsanthenum (Glebionis coronaria) + 10 gm table salt + 10 gm ginger +10 gm mastic + 15 gm rosemary + 250 gm honey; eat 1 teaspoon x2/day until well.
      3. Grind 2 tablespoons flowers & sprouts + 5 tablespoons cinnamon +3 tablespoons ginger; crush 10 tablespoons of black raisins & mix together until becomes like dough; eat x1 teaspoon/mornings for 15 days.

Asthma (ID: 141)

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.