Complaint / Use: Cough & asthma

All Complaints for this Species

• Womens health/ Reproductive Health Fertility

  Boil flowers + "mahniza" (Ferula asa-foetida) (See NOTES 4 ) in tub & sit over steam.

• Womens Health Anti-inflammatory

  Mix flowers +"fuwwa" (Rubia tinctorium) + "tya" (Ferula asa-foetida) (See NOTES 4) & apply as uterine rinse.

• Womens Health Tonic

  Prepare infusion of flowers & drink.

• Womens Health Analgesic, Emmenagogue

  Decoct flowers + "kamnon" (Pimpinella anisum) & drink.

• Respiratory Anti-asthmatic, Anti-tussive

  Decoct flowers in water, cool, filter & drink 1 cup x3/day.

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

  1. Decoct fowers in water, cool, filter & drink 1 cup x3 -4/day.
  2. Decoct ground dried flowers & drink after fasting for 12 hr.
  3. Cook plant in water alone or + "khatmiyeh" (Alcea acaulis) or + "ward el-hasad" (Alcea setosa), + "bizr kittan" (Linum sp.) + sugar & drink.

• Pain Relief Analgesic

  Decoct flowers & drink x1 cup + sugar as necessary.

• Oral Health Analgesic

  Cook plant in water & gargle.

• Oral Health Mouth wash

  Prepare flowers as tea & use as mouth rinse.

• Opthalmic Analgesic, Anti-inflammatory

  Massage eyes with fig leaves, apply almond oil & then a compress of Matricaria chamomilla flowers.

• Opthalmic Anti-Infective

  Decoct flowers + tea leaves & apply as compress.

• Nervous system Nervine

  Prepare flowers as tea & drink.

• Nervous System Analgesic

  Prepare flowers as tea & drink.

• Mental Health Anxiolytic

  Prepare flowers as tea & drink.

• Mental Health Anti-depressant, Anti-psychotic

  Mix flowers + "kanjabeen" (unknown, but possibly means "sakanjubeen" , a mixture of honey & vinegar). (Admin. not specified.)

• Kidney & Urinary Tract Anti-inflammatory, Demulcent

  Decoct flowers + "kamnon" (Pimpinella anisum) & drink.

• Kidney & Urinary Tract Deobstruent

  Cook plant in water + "farfahina" (Portulaca oleracea) & drink.

• Kidney & Urinary Tract Anti-lithic

  Prepare flowers as tea & drink.

• Kidney & Urinary Tract Anti-inflammatory

  Prepare flowers as tea & drink.

• Kidney & Urinary Tract Diuretic

  Decoct flowers in water, cool, filter & drink all day instead of water.

• Infectious Diseases Anti-Infective, Anti-pyretic

  Decoct flowers, sweeten with "kamnon" (Pimpinella anisum) & drink.

• General Refrigerant

  Prepare flowers as tea & drink.

• General Anti-pyretic, Diaphoretic

  Decoct flowers & drink hot x1 cup as necessary.

• General Anti-inflammatory

  Decoct flowers in water, cool, filter & drink 1 cup x3/day.

• General Anti-hydropic, Anti-inflammatory

  1. Decoct flowers & apply externally as compress.
  2. Prepare tea from flowers & drink.

• General Panacea

  Prepare flowers as tea & drink.

• Gastrointestinal Carminative, Digestive, Stomachic

  1. Decoct flowers + "kamnon" (Pimpinella anisum) & drink.
  2. Decoct flowers & drink after meals.
  3. Prepare infusion of flowers & drink.
  4. Cook flowers in water + fennel & drink x1 cup morning & evening for 4 days.

• Gastrointestinal Anti-inflammatory, Demulcent

  Decoct flowers + "kamnon" (Pimpinella anisum) & drink.

• Gastrointestinal Laxative

  Decoct flowers in water, cool, filter & drink x2 cups evenings.

• Gastrointestinal Carminative

  Cook plant in water + "bu'ithran" (Teucrium polium) (See NOTES 3) + "na'na" (Mentha sp.) & drink.

• Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) Analgesic

  Cook flowers in water + "marzanajush" (Stachys lavandulifolia) (See NOTES 2) & drink.

• Child Health Anti-Infective, Anti-diarrheal, Laxative

  Decoct flowers + "kamnon" (Pimpinella anisum) & drink.

• Child Health Carminative

  Decoct flowers +" kamnon" (Pimpinella anisum) & drink.

• Cancer (unclear if tumors maligant or benign) Anti-tumor

  Mix flowers + "maryameyeh" (Salvia fruticosa) + "ezuv" (Majorana sp., synonym Origanum syriacum) + "besamim" (Rosmarinus sp.). See NOTES 1) (Admin. not specified.)