Allium neapolitanum Cirillo
Amaryllidaceae
- Daffodil Garlic
- False Garlic
- Flowering Onion
- Guernsey Star-of-Bethlehem
- Naple's Garlic
- Naples Onion
- White Garlic
- Wood Garlic
- busseileh بصيله
- thum al-ra'i ثوم الراعي
- שׁוּם מְשֻׁלָּשׁ
- shum meshulash(=triangular garlic)
Geophyte
- Mediterranean maquis and forest
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Medicinal Complaints / Uses
Allium neapolitanum Cirillo
| System/State | Traditional Complaint/Use |
Activity / Interpretation | Traditional Preparation/ Administration |
Parts Used | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dermatological | Pimples; bursts |
Anti-Infective, Vulnerary | Crush bulb, mix juice + salt & apply to pimple. |
Bulb | Z |
| Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) | Ear infection & deafness |
Anti-Infective | Peel bulb, crush, heat in sheep`s bile, cool, strain & apply as ear drops. (See NOTES). |
Bulb | Z |
| Gastrointestinal | Haemorrhoids |
Anti-haemorrhoidal | Boil bulb in water to obtain gel & apply as ointment. |
Bulb | Z |
| Kidney & Urinary Tract | Expel & dissolve stones in urinary tract |
Anti-lithic | Crush peeled bulb, mix + olive oil, spread on barley bread & eat for 3 days. |
Bulb | Z |
| Musculoskeletal/ Joints | Joint inflammation & muscle ache |
Analgesic, Anti-inflammatory | Heat bulb to obtain gel, mix + olive oil to make ointment & massage. |
Bulb | Z |
| Venoms, Bites & Stings | Scorpion bite & bee venom sting |
Anti-venom | Apply juice from bulb to sting. |
Bulb | Z |
The authors of FLORAPALE, (Flora Palaestina Ethnobotanical) web site do not take responsibility for any adverse effects from the use of the plants described here. Always seek advice from a health professional before using a plant medicinally or for other purposes. See DISCLAIMER.
Some recipes for Allium neapolitanum include use of animal parts (e.g sheep`s bile) applied as ear drops. Such preparations were an historical but long discredited way to treat these problems. It is dangerous & not recommended.
Allium genus has species containing compounds that can cause acantholysis (loss of cohesion between keratinocytes in skin epidermis e.g. in pemphigus vulgaris). Large amounts (> 5 cloves/day) can cause flatulence, flatus, hearburn & potentiate effects of many drugs including anticoagulants, hypertensive medications, NSAIDs, valium etc. Contraindicated in hyperthroidism. May cause allergies & irritate gastrointestinal tract causing nausea, vomiting & diarrhea.