Complaint / Use: Measles

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).

Boil fruit syrup, cool & spread on infected area.

1.Crush leaves or fruits, soak in water, boil for 4 hr & apply to affected skin of animal.
2.Add fruit to animal feed.

Add fruit to animal fodder.

Add fruit to animal fodder of cows, sheep, goats.

Boil fruit in water & and add to animal`s drinking water

Mix fruit syrup + "tahina" (sesame seed paste). (Admin. not specified.)

1. Macerate fruit in cold water + "sus" (Glycyrrhiza sp.) root & drink. (Z)
2. Mix fruit syrup + "tahina" (sesame seed paste). (Admin. not specified.) (Z)
3. Cook fruits for a long time to obtain jam, add + "reihan" (Myrtus) seeds + almond shells + dried figs + "nabat" sugar + brown sugar + mustard; eat 1 teaspoon x1/day mornings. (Z)
4. Boil dried fruits in water for 1hr. & drink x 2-3 cups/day until well.(B)

Grind dried fruits, boil in water, filter & drink filtrate 2 teaspoons x2/day in morning & evening until well.

Decoct leaves in water, cool, filter, add vinegar & gargle.

Grind dried fruits, soak in water overnight, filter & rinse mouth x3 /day.

Boil fruit syrup until a paste is formed. This can be spread inside the mouth using any of following: 1. "shabba" (alum, see NOTES 1).
2. Sour pomegranate juice (Punica sp.)
3. NaHCO3 (sodium bicarbonate) + "nasha" (Amylum Tritici) (See NOTES 2 + butter.

Crush leaves or fruits, soak in water, boil for 4 hr & apply to eye.

Cook young branches & leaves + "za'tar" (Thymbra capitata) + branches of "ghar" (Laurus nobilis) + branches of olive (Olea sp.) + "saris" (Pistacia lentiscus) + "maryameyeh" (Salvia fruticosa). After holding broken limb over steam for few minutes, the bone can be re-broken with a light tap.

1. Grind dried fruits, soak in water for 12 hr, boil (time not-specified) & drink x1 cup mornings for 1 week.
2. Add 1 kg of dried fruits to 3L of water, boil for 15 min, soak overnight, filter & drink 1 cup x3/day until healed.

1. Decoct fruits & drink x1 cup/day until healed.
2. Dry fruits & eat daily until healed.
3. Prepare juice of fruits, boil + sugar till thickens & drink daily until healed.

Add 1 spoon of fruit paste to 1 cup of water & drink 1 cup x1/day for 1 week.

Use fruit syrup. (Admin. not specified.)

Mix fruit syrup + "tahina" (sesame seed paste) (Admin.not specified.)

Dry fruits, grind, soak in water overnight, filter syrup & drink 1 cup x2-3/day.

Eat fruit.

Prepare fruit syrup + salt, moisten gauze pad with mixture & use as a suppository.

Grind dried fruits, soak in water overnight, filter & drink 1 cup of the syrup/ filtrate x2-3/day.

Decoct leaves in water & drink x3 tablespoons /day.

1.Diarrhea: Dry fruits, grind & soak in water overnight, filter syrup & drink 1 cup x2-3/day. (B)
2. Diarrhea & dysentery: Grind roasted seeds to powder & drink as medicinal coffee. (Z)

1. Mix fruit syrup + cow's milk & drink. After eat as many dried figs as possible.
2. Crush ripe fruit (seeds removed), cook in water + sugar for hours until syrup & eat 1 tablespoon x3/day.

Cook fruit in water + leaves of "ghar" (Laurus nobilis) & drink.

1.Grind dried fruits, boil in water, filter & drink filtrate x2 teaspoons/day mornings until well. (B)
2.Grind roasted seeds to powder & drink as medicinal coffee. (Z)

1. Crush ripe fruit (seeds removed), cook in water + sugar for hours until syrup; eat 1 tablespoon x4/day after meals.
2. Mix fruit syrup with "tahina" (sesame seed paste). ( Admin. not specified.)

Macerate fruit in cold water + "sus" (Glycyrrhiza sp.) root & drink.

Decoct leaves in water, cool, filter, add vinegar & gargle after meals & before sleep.

Decoct leaves in water & apply decoction topically x3 /day.

Cut 400 gm of fruit into small pieces, soak in 1L water for 12 hr & boil for 10 min; squeeze or pound boiled fruit, filter & apply filtrate to scalp x1/day.

Prepare an extract of crushed fruit in hot water; boil until most fluid evaporates leaving a concentrated viscous, sweet, brown syrup ("rubb" or "dibs-el-kharub" = carob honey) which is eaten.

Dry leaves & use to lather water as soap substitute in laundry. (See NOTES.)

Decoct crushed/ grated seeds in water, cool, filter & drink x3/day.

Decoct fruit & drink 1 cup/day.