System: Gastrointestinal

All Complaints for this Species

• Wound Healing Anti-Infective, Vulnerary

  1. Apply leaves as compress on closed lesion to soften & open it.
  2. Spread fig honey (or date honey) over suppurative wound (to open & dry it up).

• Wound Healing Vulnerary

  Mix latex of unripe fruit + barley flour & apply to burned area.

• Women`s Health Haemostatic

  Heat powdered dried fruit in oven, wrap in gauze to make vaginal suppository & insert.

• Women`s Health Abortifacient

  Decoct dried fruit in water & drink x1 full glass of decoction while sitting in hot bath for 15 min.

• Women`s Health Emmenagogue

  Decoct dried fruit in water & drink 1 full glass x3/day.

• Venoms, Bites & Stings Anti-venom

  Obtain latex/ juice by squeezing fresh plant parts & unripe fruit & apply to sting.

• Respiratory Anti-tussive, Demulcent

  1. Decoct dried fruit in water & drink x3 cups/day.
  2. Cook dried figs in water + inflorescence of "balasan" (Sambucus nigra) & drink the water.

• Respiratory Anti-asthmatic

  Decoct leaves & drink 2 cups x2/day.

• Oral Health Analgesic

  1. Apply latex (milky fluid) from unripe fruit onto tooth.
  2. Boil leaves in vinegar, cool & gargle after eating or as needed.

• Opthalmic Non-specific

  Massage eyes with fig leaves (See CAUTIONS), then spread almond oil & a compress of chamomile flowers.

• Kidney & Urinary Tract Anti-lithic

  Decoct leaves & drink 1 cup x /2day.

• Kidney & Urinary Tract Diuretic

  Decoct dried fruit & drink all day instead of water.

• Gastrointestinal Anti-Infective, Anti-diarrheal

  Boil dried fruit in water & drink x3 cups /day.

• Gastrointestinal Laxative

  Eat fruit.

• Gastrointestinal Carminative

  Mix dried, powdered leaves + boiled honey + soft-boiled egg & eat mornings.

• Gastrointestinal Laxative

  1. Eat (dried) fruit alone
  2. Eat dried fruit + juice of one of the following plants dripped onto it: (i)"mahmoudiya" (Convolvulus scammonia), or (ii) "halablub" (Euphorbia sp.), or (iii) "faqus himar" (Ecballium elaterium), or (iv) carob honey (Ceratonia siliqua) + cow`s milk.

• Gastrointestinal Stomachic

  Eat (dried) fruit

• Endocrine/Metabolic Hypocholesterolemic

  Decoct leaves & drink 3 cups x 2/day.

• Dermatological, Ritual /Ceremonial Anti-Infective

  1. Spread latex from fresh plant & unripe fruit onto wart.(Z)
  2. Squeeze milky sap secreted from stem & apply to affected area; repeat daily until improvement. (B)
  3. Ritual /Ceremonial use: Make cuts on fresh twig equal to the number of a patient`s warts; leave twig to dry; when it dries the warts will disappear. (Z)

• Dermatological Scabicide

  Obtain latex /juice by squeezing fresh plant parts & unripe fruit; use it to make a dough with barley flour & apply as compress.

• Dermatological Anti-inflammatory

  Obtain latex/ juice by squeezing fresh plant parts & unripe fruit; use it to make a dough with barley flour & apply as compress.

• Dermatological Anti-fungal

  Obtain latex/ juice by squeezing fresh plant parts & unripe fruit & apply to skin.

• Dermatological Anti-inflammatory

  Use latex.(Preparation/ Admin. not specified.)

• Dermatological Hair restorer

  Prepare compress of leaves; wet in "qutran" (Pix liquida liquid tar is a dry distillation of various pine woods). (Admin. not specified.)

• Cosmetic Dye

  Cook leaves of black figs + black mulberries + vine leaves & use to wash hair.