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.