Complaint / Use: Preparing hand/foot bath. (See also other Complaints/Uses for Brassica nigra.)

All Complaints for this Species

• Wound Healing Vulnerary

  Make compress of crushed seeds & apply to affected area. (See NOTES 1.)

• Womens Health Emmenagogue

  Add powdered seed to full bath or sitzbath. (Admin. further details not specified).

• Womens Health Abortifacient

  Immerse in hot mustard bath (using seeds) mornings for x3 days while drinking mixture of 5-6 onions cooked in brown outer peel + "henna" (Lawsonia inermis) +? teaspoon cinnamon.

• Venoms, Bites & Stings Emetic

  Add 1 tablespoonful powdered seeds to 1 cup of warm water & drink.

• Respiratory Anti-Infective

  1. Add powdered seeds mixed in water to bath & immerse.
  2. Prepare poultice/hot compress of powdered seeds & apply to back & chest.

• Respiratory Anti-Infective

  Prepare poultice/ hot compress of powdered seeds & apply to chest. (See NOTES 1.)

• Respiratory Anti-tussive

  Cook seeds slowly for several hours + Myrtus seeds + dry almond peels + dried figs + nabat sugar (see NOTES 2) + brown sugar + carob fruit to obtain jam-like substance; eat mornings x1 teaspoon/day.

• Respiratory Anti-Infective, Anti-catarrhal, Anti-pyretic

  Prepare poultice/hot compress of powdered seeds & apply to back & back of neck. (See NOTES 1.)

• Respiratory Anti-asthmatic

  1. Add powdered seeds mixed in water to bath & immerse.
  2. Add powdered seeds to foot bath.
  3. Grind seeds & eat x1 teaspoon/day.

• Poisoning Emetic

  Add 1 tablespoon of powdered seeds to 1 cup of warm water & drink.

• Pain relief Analgesic

  Grind seeds, mix + vinegar, prepare plaster/poultice & apply to aching parts of body & forehead. (See NOTES 1.)

• Nervous System Nervine

  Apply seed oil to hands.

• Nervous System Analgesic

  Apply compress to painful area for 15 min until area is stimulated (irritated).

• Nervous System Analgesic

  1. Mix powdered seed into footbath.
  2. Apply powdered seeds as bandage to back of head or forehead.

• Nervous System Hypotensive

  Eat x2 seeds every morning for few days.

• Musculoskeletal/ Joints Analgesic, Anti-arthritic, Anti-inflammatory

  1. Add powdered seeds to foot bath & immerse x1/day over a prolonged period.
  2. Prepare compress of crushed seeds & apply to painful area for 15 min until area is stimulated (irritated).
  3. Extract oil from seeds ("zeit el- tartar" or tartar oil) (See NOTES 2) & apply as ointment to painful area. Can also mix + olive oil.

• Musculoskeletal/ Joints Analgesic, Anti-inflammatory

  1. Grind seeds, moisten + water, spread on cloth & apply as a compress to back for about 15 min. (See NOTES 1.)
  2. Apply seed oil to painful area.

• Medical Preparations Hand/foot bath

  Make suspension of x2 teaspoons of powdered seeds in warm water, add to hot water & immerse hands or feet for 10 min. CARE: If severe irritation & reddening of skin with blisters develops, stop bath immediately & rinse skin with hot water. (See also CAUTIONS)

• Medical Preparations Poultice

  1. Mix powdered seeds in warm water & apply to wet cloth spread with flour dough/ paste (so that the powdered mixture sticks to cloth). Warm cloth & apply it to skin. Remove after 5-30 min according to patient`s tolerance.
  2. Can also add powdered linum (flax) seeds to above & apply poultice to the affected area.

• Infectious Diseases Anti-Infective

  Soak towel in hot water containining x 2-3 teaspoons of powdered seeds & wrap around body.

• Helminth infections Anthelmintic, Vermifuge

  Add 1 tablespoon of powdered seeds to 1 cup warm water & drink.

• General Anti-Infective

  1. Mix x1 teaspoon of powdered seeds + little honey (can also add lard) to make ointment & apply to affected area for few hours.
  2. Add warm water to 200 gm of powdered seeds to form a suspension. After 30 min add to hot bath & stay in bath for 10 min.

• General Anti-pyretic

  Soak towel in hot water containing x2-3 teaspoons of powdered seeds & wrap towel around body.

• Gastrointestinal Anti-inflammatory, Demulcent

  For internal use add 1 tablespoon of powdered seeds to 1 cup warm water. (Admin. not specified.)

• Gastrointestinal Carminative, Digestive, Stomachic

  Eat powdered seeds.

• Gastrointestinal Anti-ulcer

  Apply compress of powdered seeds to abdomen especially stomach area. (See NOTES 1.)

• Gastrointestinal Antacid

  Apply compress of powdered seeds to abdomen especially stomach area. (See NOTES 1.)

• Gastrointestinal Carminative

  Make compress with powdered seeds, add + na'na (mint) & apply to umbilical area. (See NOTES 1.)

• Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) Anti-Infective, Demulcent

  1. Mixed powdered seeds into a footbath.
  2. Apply powdered seeds as plaster/poultice over neck & throat.
  3. Gargle using x3 teaspoons of powdered seeds mixed with hot water.

• Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) Anti-Infective

  Extract oil from seeds ("zeit el-tartar" or tartar oil) (See NOTES 2) & cook + scorpions & apply externally as ear drops. (See NOTES 3)

• Dermatological Anti-Infective, Vulnerary

  1. Mix 1 teaspoon of powdered seeds + little honey (can also add lard) to make ointment & apply to pimple for few hours.
  2. Add warm water to 200 gm of powdered seeds to form a suspension. After 30 min add to hot bath & stay in the bath for 10 min.

• Dermatological Anti-inflammatory

  Extract oil (also known as "zeit el-tartar" or tartar oil) from Brassica seeds, (See NOTES 2) mix + olive oil & apply ointment externally.

• Dermatological Rubefacient

  Mix powdered seeds into foot bath.

• Dermatological Emollient

  Mix powdered seeds + soap suds & massage.

• Culinary Seasoning

  Eat powdered seeds.

• Child Health Rubefacient

  Add powdered seeds to hot bath & immerse infant in water for 2 min. (See NOTES 1)

• Cardiovascular Cardiac

  Mix powdered seeds into bath water & take a whole body bath.

• Cardiovascular Analgesic

  1. Grind seeds, mix + vinegar, prepare plaster/ poultice & apply to chest.
  2. Mix powdered seeds into foot bath.