Baldness (ID: 1440)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Wound Healing Anti-Infective

      Decoct leaves & apply to affected area x1/day until healed.

    • Wound Healing Vulnerary

      Burn dried roots, grind to powder & apply to affected area several times until healed.

    • Oral Health Analgesic

      Decoct leaves & use filtrate as mouth wash.

    • Opthalmic Anti-Infective

      Decoct leaves & apply as eye wash.

    • Opthalmic Visual health

      Decoct leaves & apply as eye wash.

    • Nervous System Analgesic

      Decoct root in water, cool, filter & drink x3 cups/day or as needed.

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

      1. Boil roots with soil & apply as poultice or paste to affected area. (B)
      2. Decoct root in water, cool, filter, prepare salve & massage painful area. (Effect is quick & long-lasting.) (Z)

    • Kidney & Urinary Tract Deobstruent

      Grind seeds together + seeds of Cucurbita maxima + "bizr faqus" (Cucumis sp.) + "bizr batikh" (Citrullus vulgaris) + "yansun" fruit (Pimpinella anisum) + "bishbash" weed (Senecio vulgaris) & eat.

    • Gastrointestinal Carminative

      Decoct leaves & drink x1 cup/day.

    • Gastrointestinal Analgesic, Anti-spasmodic

      Decoct root in water, cool, filter & drink.

    • Dermatological Anti-fungal

      Crush fresh leaves & apply to affected area.

    • Dermatological Hair restorer

      Cook leaves in water + salt & spread over head.

Baldness (ID: 1182)

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.

Baldness (ID: 1714)

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.