All Complaints for this Species
- Wound Healing
Vulnerary
1. Grind seeds, moisten + water or vinegar & bandage affected area.
2. Cook ground seeds in little water, spread over cloth & bandage lesion (softens & opens lesion).
3. Apply powdered seeds to dry purulent lesion after pus is released.
4. Unravel flax/linen (Linum) cloth, dip in cold water & apply flax fibers to lesion for not more than 6 hours. (CAUTION: cloth should not be left on the lesion for too long.) - Womens Health
Anti-inflammatory
Decoct seeds + "khubbazi" (Malva sp.) & use as douche or enema.
- Respiratory
Anti-catarrhal, Anti-tussive
1. Boil/blanch seeds (Hebrew: "tashlik") (See NOTES 3) or prepare infusion of them & drink.
2. Roast seeds over fire, grind + fadi sugar & eat x3 teaspoons/day.
3. Cook seeds + "babunej" (Matricaria sp.) + Althaea sp. + sugar & drink. - Oral Health
Mouth wash
Boil seeds in water & use to gargle.
- Nervous System
Analgesic
Mix roasted, ground seeds + sugar & eat x1 teaspoonful mornings followed by raw egg.
- Musculoskeletal/ Joints
Analgesic, Anti-arthritic, Anti-inflammatory, Uricolytic
1.Prepare poultice (See NOTES 1) by adding boiling water to powdered seeds or cold water to powdered seeds & boiling. (Admin. not specified but probably applied to affected area).
2. Prepare compress (See NOTES 2) by macerating seeds in water & adding to cloth for external application. - Kidney & Urinary Tract
Anti-lithic
1. Cook seeds + barley or barley + "hilbeh" (Trigonella foenum-graecum) & drink.
2. Boil seeds in water & drink. - Kidney & Urinary Tract
Anti-inflammatory
Boil/ blanch seeds (Hebrew "tashlik") (See NOTES 3) or prepare an infusion & drink.
- Infectious Diseases
Anti-Infective
Macerate/ soften seeds in water, prepare a compress & apply to swelling.
- Infectious Diseases
Anti-Infective
Boil/blanch seeds (Hebrew "tashlik")(see NOTES 3) or prepare an infusion & drink.
- Gastrointestinal
Anti-Infective, Anti-inflammatory, Demulcent
Decoct seeds & use as an enema.
- Gastrointestinal
Anti-Infective, Anti-diarrheal
Boil/blanch seeds (Hebrew: "tashlik" (see NOTES 3) or prepare an infusion & drink.
- Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT)
Anti-Infective
Cook seeds in water, mash & spread on cloth/bandage; apply to throat.
- Dermatological
Rubefacient
Prepare compress/ poultice using either Linum seeds or Linum seeds + mustard seeds. (See NOTES 1 & 2).