System: Gastrointestinal

All Complaints for this Species

• Wound Healing Anti-septic

  1. Apply fresh leaves to wound & replace x1/day.
  2. Decoct leaves in water & use to wash & clean purulent wound/ lesion.

• Wound Healing Anti-Infective, Vulnerary

  Use vinegar or water to wet ground flax seeds, spread over cloth & apply.

• Wound Healing Vulnerary

  Use leaves. (Preparation/ Admin not specified. )

• Wound Healing Vulnerary

  Mix wine vinegar + salt + oil & apply to burn.

• Wound healing Antiseptic

  1. Place fresh leaves on wound & replace daily.
  2. Decoct leaves & wash/ clean affected area with decoction.

• Women`s Health Haemostatic

  Boil stems in water & drink 1 cup x3/day.

• Venoms, Bites & Stings Anti-venom

  Pour distilled alcohol (cognac, araq, ) over bite & tie string on both sides (of the bite).

• Surgical/ Trauma Haemostatic

  1. Use leaves as a compress.
  2. Mix donkey dung (see NOTES & CAUTIONS) + wine + honey & apply to haemorrhage.

• Respiratory Anti-tussive, Demulcent

  Cook Sambucus nigra in water + dried figs or raisins & drink liquid.

• Respiratory Anti-Infective, Anti-catarrhal

  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.

• Pain Relief Analgesic

  Immerse finger in cup of "araq" (distilled alcohol) until pain subsides.

• Oral Health Analgesic

  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.

• Oral Health Anti-caries, Anti-gum disease

  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).

• Oral Health Anti-septic, Mouth wash

  Mix distilled alcohol (cognac, araq) + water & use as mouthwash.

• Oral health Anti-gum disease

  Use distilled alcohol (cognac, "araq") + water as mouthwash or gargle.

• Opthalmic Non-specific

  Collect juice secreted from branches when pruning & apply to eyes.

• Nervous System Analgesic

  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.

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

  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)

• Musculoskeletal/ Joints Analgesic, Anti-inflammatory

  Heat wine vinegar + Dorema ammoniacum, add Pistacia lentiscus resin & heat till mixture turns red; cool, spread on cloth & apply to painful area.

• Men`s Health/ Sexuality Aphrodisiac

  1. Eat dried fruits (raisins).
  2. Prepare alcohol from raisins & drink.

• Mental Health Anti-psychotic, Sedative

  Mix raisins + almonds + nuts + bee honey + Majorana + garlic + Nigella + Cinnamomum Cassia + black pepper + olive oil & eat.

• Infectious Diseases Anti-Infective

  Spread distilled alcohol (cognac, "araq") over body. Burn goat`s hair & sleep in smoke filled room well covered. ( Z adds "disease exits through abdomen").

• Helminth infections Anthelmintic, Vermifuge

  1. Drink grape wine vinegar + "qat" (Catha edulis).
  2. Soak seeds of Cicer arietinum in white vinegar, drink liquid & eat seeds.

• General Refrigerant

  Eat large amounts of grape jam.

• General Nutritive

  Eat ripe fruits.

• General Anti-pyretic, Refrigerant

  Mix wine vinegar + rose water & rub on forehead.

• General Anti-pyretic

  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.

• General Tonic

  1. Eat raisins (dried fruits) morning & evening.
  2. Boil raisins in water & drink 1 cup x3 /day.

• Gastrointestinal Hepatic

  1. Eat fresh fruits in season.
  2. Drink fruit juice x1 cup/ day.

• Gastrointestinal Anti-haemorrhoidal

  Prepare rectal suppository with raisins + lard + sugar.

• Gastrointestinal Laxative

  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)

• Gastrointestinal Carminative

  1. Drink wine + cinnamon.
  2. Drink x1 cup distilled alcohol (cognac, araq) alone or +sugar.

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

  Mix wine vinegar + alum (hydrated double sulfate salt of aluminium) + honey & gargle.

• Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) Haemostatic

  Inhale steam of wine vinegar over a fire.

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

  Cook in (wine) vinegar Cinchona bark + alum + honey + water & gargle.

• Ear, Nose & Throat Anti-tumor

  Apply distilled alcohol + ? tartar oil (mustard seed) & apply to affected area.

• Dermatological Anti-allergy, Anti-pruritic

  Eat dried fruits (raisins) x2 teaspoons mornings for 3 days. ( Z notes it "causes contraction of the bile ducts causing rash." )

• Dermatological Anti-fungal

  1. Mix wine vinegar + egg yolk & apply to affected area.
  2. Mix wine vinegar + goat dung (see CAUTIONS), spread over cloth & bandage affected area.

• Dermatological Anti-pruritic

  Massage irritated area with wine vinegar.

• Dermatological Hair restorer

  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)

• Dermatological Anti-inflammatory

  Apply grape wine vinegar + henna (Lawsonia sp.) + Rheum sp. to affected area.

• Dermatological Anti-Infective, Vulnery

  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.

• Dermatological Anti-Infective, Vulnerary

  Prepare poultice from leaves & apply to abscess over night for 3 days.

• Cosmetic Dye

  Cook grape leaves + mulberry leaves (Morus nigra) + fig leaves (from tree producing black fruit) & wash hair with mixture.

• Child Health Anti-diarrheal

  Mix 1.5 cups of wine (Vitis) + dried bread in saucepan & heat a little; spread mixture over cloth & wrap baby in it at night.

• Ageing Nootropic

  Drink alcohol prepared from raisins (dried grapes).