- Wound Healing
Anti-Infective, Vulnerary
1.Powder dried leaves & apply to wound.
2. Extract juice from fresh plant & apply to wound.
- Wound healing
Haemostatic
Apply dried powdered leaves to wound.
- Wound Healing
Anti-Infective, Vulnerary
Prepare infusion of aerial parts & apply to affected skin.
- Wound Healing
Anti-Infective, Vulnerary
Prepare powder of dried leaves & apply to wound.
- Women`s Health
Anti-inflammatory
Decoct whole plant (aerial parts + root) in water in closed pot & either: 1. Sit over steam or
2. Add decoction to bath and sit in it for 30 min.
- Women`s Health
Emmenagogue
Decoct plant (part unspecified) +"feijan" (Ruta sp.) + olive buds & use in a steam bath.
- Women`s Health
Contraceptive
Prepare hot bath using plant & stand over steam for few minutes on last day of period. Afterwards, eat mixture of "bu'ithran" (Teucrium polium) (See NOTES 3) + cloves (Eugenia sp.) + honey for 3 days.
- Women`s Health
Anti-inflammatory
Boil roots in water until viscous & apply as poultice to affected area.
- Veterinary
Anti-Infective
Decoct leaves, filter & add to animal`s drinking water.
- Veterinary
Stomachic
Decoct leaves, filter & add to animal`s drinking water.
- Veterinary
Carminative
Decoct leaves, filter & add to drinking water of animals (sheep, cows, goats, donkeys).
- Respiratory
Anti-Infective, Anti-catarrhal, Anti-tussive
Boil whole plant (aerial parts + root) in water & inhale steam x1/day or as needed.
- Respiratory
Anti-asthmatic
Boil whole plant (aerial parts + root) in water & inhale steam x1/day or as needed.
- Oral Health
Analgesic
Chew fresh leaves to alleviate pain.
- Musculoskeletal/ Joints
Analgesic, Anti-arthritic, Anti-inflammatory
1. Decoct whole plant (aerial parts +root) in water & add to hot bath; bathe body or affected area.
2. Boil root in olive oil + "qizha" (Nigella sp.) + "feijan" (Ruta sp.) leaves & massage painful areas.
3. Cook aerial parts in water in closed pot alone or + olive branches + "maryameyeh" (Salvia fruticosa ) + "shirsh el-'aqul" (Alhagi maurorum) + "shabba" (alum; hydrated double sulfate salt of aluminium ). Patient in loose fitting gown stands over steam for some time, then goes to bed to keep warm. (See NOTES & CAUTION 2)
- Musculoskeletal/ Joints
Vulnerary
Cook plant in water in closed pot + "feijan" (Ruta) + "maryameyeh" (Salvia fruticosa ) + branches of "el-ghar" (Laurus sp.) + "el-butum" (Pistacia atlantica) + "saris" (Pistacia lentiscus) + "sarw" (Cupressus sp.). Place affected limb in steam for few minutes. When removed, bone fracture can be lightly tapped to reset correctly.
- General
Anti-hydropic
Cook plant in water in closed pot + "rand" (Laurus sp.) (See NOTES 2) + "maryameyeh" (Salvia fruticosa ) + "feijan" (Ruta sp.). Patient dressed in loose gown stands over the rising steam as long as possible then goes to bed & keeps warm.
- General
Anti-pyretic, Diaphoretic
Prepare juice from crushed leaves + Oxalis sp. leaves & drink.
- Gastrointestinal
Anti-Infective, Anti-diarrheal
1. Cook fresh plant in water & drink.
2. Extract juice from fresh plant, add to "araq" (anise liquor) & drink.
- Dermatological
Anti-fungal, Anti-inflammatory
Prepare poultice from crushed green leaves & apply.