Complaint / Use: Eczema

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

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

Use leaves. (Preparation/ Admin not specified. )

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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).

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

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

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

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.

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)

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

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

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

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

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

Eat large amounts of grape jam.

Eat ripe fruits.

Mix wine vinegar + rose water & rub on forehead.

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.

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

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

Prepare rectal suppository with raisins + lard + sugar.

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)

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

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

Inhale steam of wine vinegar over a fire.

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

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

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

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

Massage irritated area with wine vinegar.

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)

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

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.

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

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

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

Drink alcohol prepared from raisins (dried grapes).

1.Grind leaves, soak in boiling water, squeeze to extract oil & apply to wound. (B)
2. Decoct leaves & use to wash wound x2/day. (B)
3. Extract oil from fruit & apply to wounds until healed. (Z)

Decoct leaves & use in a sitz bath. (See NOTES 2)

Boil fruits in 1 cup of water (tea can be added) & drink x1 cup/day a week before menstrual cycle.

Decoct leaves & drink 1 cup x1/day for 1 week.

Soak leaves in water + aerial parts of rue (Ruta sp.) & drink 1 cup x2-3 /day.

Boil 4 leaves in water for 5 min & inhale steam at night until well.

Prepare infusion of aerial parts & drink x1 cup /day.

Boil 20 gm leaves + 60 gm orange peel in 1L water for 10 min; filter & drink x3/day until well.

Decoct leaves & rinse mouth.

1.Grind 200 gm of fruits, spread over cloth & apply as poultice to affected area every 5 min until improved.
2. Decoct leaves & branches & drink 1 cup x2/day.
3. Mix oil extracted from fruit + vaseline & apply to affected area until relieved.

Cook Laurus branches + aerial parts Thymbra capitata + young branches/ leaves "kharub" (Ceratonia siliqua) + olive (Olea) + "saris" (Pistacia lentiscus) + "maryameyeh" (Salvia fruticosa); hold broken limb over steam for few min. After removing bone can be re-broken with a light tap.

1.Decoct leaves & apply locally to affected area x 2/day. .
2. Decoct leaves, sweeten + honey & drink x1 cup/day until recovery.

Arthritis: 1.Decoct leaves & drink 1 cup x3 /day. (B)
2. Extract oil from fruit & apply to affected area. (B)
3. Rheumatism: Extract oil from fruit & massage back & affected areas. (Z)

Extract oil from fruit & drink small amounts.

Decoct leaves + honey & drink x3 cups /day until well.

Extract oil from fruit & drink in small amounts.

Cook aerial parts of Dittrichia?viscosa in water in a closed pot + "rand" (Laurus sp.) (See NOTES 1) + "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.

Decoct leaves & use in bath.

Mix 1 handful of leaves +2 handfuls dried orange peel, soak in 1L hot water, boil, cover & leave 10-15 min; filter, sweeten & drink x2-3/ day.

1. Mix 20 gm leaves + 40 gm dried orange peel & soak in 1L boiling water; cover container & leave for 10-15 min, filter, sweeten & drink 2-3 cups/day.(B)
2. Eat fresh or powdered dry leaves. (Z)

Extract oil from fruit & drink in small amounts.

1.Decoct leaves & drink x2 cups/day for 40 days. (B)
2. Prepare infusion of leaves & drink for 40 days. ("increases blood flow to the face") (Z)

Decoct leaves & drink x1 cup after meals until improvement.

1. Boil leaves in water for 30 min, filter & drink x2 cups of filtrate /day.
2.Grind the boiled leaves (described in recipe 1)& apply as poultice to affected area x2 times /day.

Boil leaves & fruit in water & drink x1 cup as needed.

Decoct leaves, sweeten + sugar & drink 1 cup x3/day until health restored.

1.Abdominal pain & gas: decoct leaves in water & drink. (Z)
2. Flatulence: decoct leaves & drink x1 cup as needed. (B)

Cook leaves + carob (Ceratonia siliqua) fruits in water & drink.

Decoct leaves in water, cool, filter & drink.

Decoct leaves + honey & drink x3 cups/day until well.

Extract juice from fruits & apply to affected area until healed.

Apply oil extracted from fruit to affected area.

Extract juice from fruits & apply to affected area daily until healed.

1. Extract oil from fruits & apply to hair.
2. Decocot leaves + vinegar & apply to hair.
3. Decoct leaves & drink as tea
4. Apply decoction to hair x1/day for several days.

Use leaves. Preparation/ Admin. not specified.)

Extract oil from Laurus fruit (in place of olive oil) to make soap.