Soap substitute (ID: 599)

All Complaints for this Species

    • Wound Healing Anti-Infective

      Boil fruit syrup, cool & spread on infected area.

    • Veterinary Scabicide

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

    • Veterinary Parturient

      Add fruit to animal fodder.

    • Veterinary Depurative

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

    • Veterinary Anthelmintic, Vermifuge

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

    • Respiratory system Anti-Infective

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

    • Respiratory Anti-tussive

      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)

    • Pain Relief Analgesic

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

    • Oral Health Analgesic

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

    • Oral Health Anti-gum disease

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

    • Oral Health Mouth wash

      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.

    • Opthalmic Anti-inflammatory

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

    • Musculoskeletal/ Joints Vulnerary

      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.

    • Kidney & Urinary Tract Anti-Infective

      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.

    • Kidney & Urinary Tract Deobstruent

      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.

    • Kidney & Urinary Tract Anti-lithic

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

    • Infectious Diseases Anti-Infective

      Use fruit syrup. (Admin. not specified.)

    • Infectious Diseases Anti-Infective

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

    • Haematology Anti-anaemic

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

    • General Tonic

      Eat fruit.

    • General Anti-pyretic

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

    • Gastrointestinal Hepatic

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

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-inflammatory, Demulcent

      Decoct leaves in water & drink x3 tablespoons /day.

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-Infective, Anti-diarrheal

      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)

    • Gastrointestinal Laxative

      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.

    • Gastrointestinal Anti-hydropic

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

    • Endocrine/ Metabolic Hypoglycemic

      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)

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

      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.)

    • Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) Demulcent

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

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

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

    • Dermatological Anti-tumor

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

    • Dermatological Hair restorer

      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.

    • Culinary Nutritive

      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.

    • Cosmetic Cleansing product

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

    • Child Health Anti-asthmatic

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

    • Cardiovascular Vasoprotective

      Decoct fruit & drink 1 cup/day.