Complaint / Use: Liver disease

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.

Prepare compress of crushed leaves & apply to burn.

Prepare extract/ infusion in water of fruits + "yansun" (Pimpinella) + fennel + carrots & drink.

Use roasted fruits (Admin. not specified.)

Cook leaves in water (Admin. not specified.)

Eat leaves.

Cook leaves in water (Admin. not specified.)

Roast fruits + "feijan" (Ruta chalepensis) leaves, grind & sift; apply on rims of eyelids like eyeliner ("kohol") (See NOTES 3).

Mix crushed plant with a woman's breast milk & apply to eye.

1. Macerate fruits in cold water & use liquid as nose drops.
2. Burn fruits + pumpkin peels & inhale smoke before sunrise.
3. Cook leaves in water (Admin. not specified.)

1. Add fruit to ground barley flour mixed + vinegar & prepare dough; apply to painful area. (Especially good when pain is accompanied by fever.) If treatment 1 does not help then use the following :
2. Add fruit to ground lentils + burnt ground lamb bones + "halila" (Terminalia sp.) (See NOTES 2), peels + "surinjan" (Colchicum sp.) & eat for 3 days. (Also 1 cup of concentrated extract of "kosani" (Cichorium sp.) can be drunk evenings.)
3. Decoct crushed fruits & drink.

Cook leaves in water. (Admin. not specified.)

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

Mix leaves or fruits + crushed black pepper + cardamom + cumin; prepare compress & apply to swelling.

1. Mix powdered fruit s + powdered seeds of "rashad" (Lepidium sativum) + mint leaves + green pomegranate peel; decoct mixture in water for 15 min, cool, allow ingredients to sink & drink liquid (leaving sediment).
2. Use fruit. (Preparation /Admin. not specified.)

Eat fresh leaves as salad with meal

Bake bread with Coriandrum fruits + honey + raisins & apply as bandage to affected area.

Macerate powdered fruit in vinegar for few hrs, filter through gauze; drink before meals & rub over body.

1. Mix powdered fruits + honey & eat x1 tablespoon every morning.
2. Macerate after removing seeds a mixture of raisins + "tamarhindi" (Tamarindus indica). Leave overnight then boil, cool, filter, add + sugar + powdered Coriandrum fruit, cook for 15 min & eat.

Cook plant in water. (Admin. not specified.)

Use fruits (Preparation/ Admin. not specified.)

Mix powdered fruits + honey & eat x1 teaspoon /day.

Decoct seeds & apply as poultice.

1. Eat roasted fruits.
2. Cook aerial parts & drink.
3. Heartburn: cook leaves in water & drink.

Boil fruit + 1 tablespoon "eshel" (Tamarix sp.) wood + "yansun" (Pimpinella) + cinnamon & drink morning & evenings. (Forbidden to eat meat)

Cook plant in water & drink.

1. Roast fruits. (Admin. not specified.)
2. Decoct crushed fruits & drink.

Prepare powder of Coriander + cumin fruits. (Admin. not specified.)

Decoct crushed fruits, make bandage/ compress & apply to affected area.

Decoct crushed fruits, make bandage/ compress & apply to affected area.

Eat fresh leaves as salad with meal

1. Decoct crushed fruits & drink.
2. Grind fruit + almonds + sesame seeds & warm a little ; mix + "nabat" sugar & eat x1 teaspoon morning & evenings. Drink above together + water extract of Citrus aurantium (bitter orange) flowers.