Complaint / Use: Leprosy

Prepare incense of dried leaves & fruits. (Admin. not specified.)

1. Cook cones + Cinchona bark + "shabba" (alum, usually hydrated double sulfate salt) + vinegar; gargle every morning. (Z)
2.Toothache only: decoct fruit & rinse mouth with decoction. (B)

Cook branch tips in covered pot; patient stands in a loose gown over the pot for as long as possibe & then rests in bed away from cold.

Boil in closed pot branch tips of "sarw" (Cupressus sp. ) + "tayun" (Dittrichia? viscosa) + "feijan" (Ruta chalepensis) + "maryameyeh" (Salvia fruticosa) + "el-jar" (Laurus nobilis) +" el-butum" (Pistacia atlantica) +" saris" (Pistacia lentiscus); place broken limb over steam for a few moments, then rebreak bone by tapping it lightly.

Prepare a "coffee" drink from dried, roasted fruit & drink.

Apply powder of dried, crushed leaves to lesion.

1.Grind 10 fresh green cones into small particles, boil in approx. 3 cups of water for 15 min; cool, filter through gauze or flannel cloth & drink hot 1 cup x2/day morning & evening + 2 teaspoons sugar (if too bitter).
2. Cook branch tips in water & drink.
3.Cook cones in water & drink.

Prepare a "coffee" drink from dried, roasted fruit & drink.

Prepare plaster /compress from mashed fresh fruit. (Admin. not specified.)

Apply powder of dried, crushed leaves to lesion.

Apply powder of dried, crushed leaves to lesion.

Apply powder of dried, crushed leaves to lesion.

Eat fruit, leaf & root for 6 mths. (Preparation details not specified).

Decoct fruit. (Admin.not specified).

Use fruit. (Preparation/ Admin. not specified.)

Use fruit. (Preparation/ Admin. not specified).

Eat fruit, leaf & root for 6 months.(Details of preparation not specified).

1. Add fresh aerial parts to salad & eat daily until recovery. (B)
2. Eat fruit, leaf & root for 6 months. (Details of preparation not specified) (Z)

Eat fruit, leaf & root for 6 months. (Details of preparation not specified).

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

Decoct aerial parts + parsley, mix + small amount carrot juice + whale liver oil + pollen & drink 1 cup x3/day.

Prepare infusion of fruit, leaf & root, strain & drink.

Prepare infusion by adding 1 teaspoon of ground seeds to 1 cup boiled water; drink 1 cup x2/day after meals for 10 days.

(Recipes 1& 2 are "to expel" kidney stones) 1. Prepare mixture of root or leaves + parsley + radish. (Admin. not specified.) (Z)
2. Decoct fruit + Carum fruit + parsley. (Admin. not specified.)(Z)
3. Mix seeds + equal amounts of parsley +mustard + watercress seeds; grind & eat x1 teaspoon x3/day. (B)

1. Prepare mixture of root or leaves + parsley + radish. (Admin. not specified.)
2. Decoct fruit + Carum fruit + parsley. (Admin. not specified.)
3. Prepare infusion of root & fresh leaf & drink. Can also rub on abdomen Curcuma sp. in araq.
4. Decoct fruit, leaf & root + parsley & drink. Can also rub on abdomen Curcuma sp. in araq. ( Z notes that in preparations 3 & 4 the plant part is unclear but seems to refer to root and/or leaves)

Grind leaves, mix +1 teaspoon ammonia + honey & apply to affected area x 2/day for 1 week.

Grind root & leaf + fresh onion, mix + honey & eat for 6 days mornings.

Leaf & root used. (Preparation/ Admin. not specified).

Decoct fruit & root + Eucalyptus bark & drink.

Prepare mixture of root or leaves + parsley + radish. (Admin. not specified.)

Decoct fruit + caraway (Carum carvi) fruit + parsley. (Admin. not specified.)

Prepare mixture of root or leaves + parsley + radish. (Admin. not specified.)

Prepare mixture of root or leaves + parsley + radish (Admin. not specified.)

Prepare infusion adding 1 teaspoon of ground seeds to 1 cup of boiled water; drink 1 cup x1/day after meals for 15 days.

Decoct leaves in water, then cook decoction + pomegranate juice + sugar; eat x1/day for 3 days.

Decoct fruit. (Admin. not specified.)

Mix juice from aerial parts + vinegar + rose oil & apply to affected area x 2/day for 4 days.

Eat leaf & root