- Wound Healing
Vulnerary
Make compress of crushed seeds & apply to affected area. (See NOTES 1.)
- Womens Health
Emmenagogue
Add powdered seed to full bath or sitzbath. (Admin. further details not specified).
- Womens Health
Abortifacient
Immerse in hot mustard bath (using seeds) mornings for x3 days while drinking mixture of 5-6 onions cooked in brown outer peel + "henna" (Lawsonia inermis) +? teaspoon cinnamon.
- Venoms, Bites & Stings
Emetic
Add 1 tablespoonful powdered seeds to 1 cup of warm water & drink.
- Respiratory
Anti-Infective
1. Add powdered seeds mixed in water to bath & immerse.
2. Prepare poultice/hot compress of powdered seeds & apply to back & chest.
- Respiratory
Anti-Infective
Prepare poultice/ hot compress of powdered seeds & apply to chest. (See NOTES 1.)
- Respiratory
Anti-tussive
Cook seeds slowly for several hours + Myrtus seeds + dry almond peels + dried figs + nabat sugar (see NOTES 2) + brown sugar + carob fruit to obtain jam-like substance; eat mornings x1 teaspoon/day.
- Respiratory
Anti-Infective, Anti-catarrhal, Anti-pyretic
Prepare poultice/hot compress of powdered seeds & apply to back & back of neck. (See NOTES 1.)
- Respiratory
Anti-asthmatic
1. Add powdered seeds mixed in water to bath & immerse.
2. Add powdered seeds to foot bath.
3. Grind seeds & eat x1 teaspoon/day.
- Poisoning
Emetic
Add 1 tablespoon of powdered seeds to 1 cup of warm water & drink.
- Pain relief
Analgesic
Grind seeds, mix + vinegar, prepare plaster/poultice & apply to aching parts of body & forehead. (See NOTES 1.)
- Nervous System
Nervine
Apply seed oil to hands.
- Nervous System
Analgesic
Apply compress to painful area for 15 min until area is stimulated (irritated).
- Nervous System
Analgesic
1. Mix powdered seed into footbath.
2. Apply powdered seeds as bandage to back of head or forehead.
- Nervous System
Hypotensive
Eat x2 seeds every morning for few days.
- Musculoskeletal/ Joints
Analgesic, Anti-arthritic, Anti-inflammatory
1. Add powdered seeds to foot bath & immerse x1/day over a prolonged period.
2. Prepare compress of crushed seeds & apply to painful area for 15 min until area is stimulated (irritated).
3. Extract oil from seeds ("zeit el- tartar" or tartar oil) (See NOTES 2) & apply as ointment to painful area. Can also mix + olive oil.
- Musculoskeletal/ Joints
Analgesic, Anti-inflammatory
1. Grind seeds, moisten + water, spread on cloth & apply as a compress to back for about 15 min. (See NOTES 1.)
2. Apply seed oil to painful area.
- Medical Preparations
Hand/foot bath
Make suspension of x2 teaspoons of powdered seeds in warm water, add to hot water & immerse hands or feet for 10 min. CARE: If severe irritation & reddening of skin with blisters develops, stop bath immediately & rinse skin with hot water. (See also CAUTIONS)
- Medical Preparations
Poultice
1. Mix powdered seeds in warm water & apply to wet cloth spread with flour dough/ paste (so that the powdered mixture sticks to cloth). Warm cloth & apply it to skin. Remove after 5-30 min according to patient`s tolerance.
2. Can also add powdered linum (flax) seeds to above & apply poultice to the affected area.
- Infectious Diseases
Anti-Infective
Soak towel in hot water containining x 2-3 teaspoons of powdered seeds & wrap around body.
- Helminth infections
Anthelmintic, Vermifuge
Add 1 tablespoon of powdered seeds to 1 cup warm water & drink.
- General
Anti-Infective
1. Mix x1 teaspoon of powdered seeds + little honey (can also add lard) to make ointment & apply to affected area for few hours.
2. Add warm water to 200 gm of powdered seeds to form a suspension. After 30 min add to hot bath & stay in bath for 10 min.
- General
Anti-pyretic
Soak towel in hot water containing x2-3 teaspoons of powdered seeds & wrap towel around body.
- Gastrointestinal
Anti-inflammatory, Demulcent
For internal use add 1 tablespoon of powdered seeds to 1 cup warm water. (Admin. not specified.)
- Gastrointestinal
Carminative, Digestive, Stomachic
Eat powdered seeds.
- Gastrointestinal
Anti-ulcer
Apply compress of powdered seeds to abdomen especially stomach area. (See NOTES 1.)
- Gastrointestinal
Antacid
Apply compress of powdered seeds to abdomen especially stomach area. (See NOTES 1.)
- Gastrointestinal
Carminative
Make compress with powdered seeds, add + na'na (mint) & apply to umbilical area. (See NOTES 1.)
- Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT)
Anti-Infective, Demulcent
1. Mixed powdered seeds into a footbath.
2. Apply powdered seeds as plaster/poultice over neck & throat.
3. Gargle using x3 teaspoons of powdered seeds mixed with hot water.
- Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT)
Anti-Infective
Extract oil from seeds ("zeit el-tartar" or tartar oil) (See NOTES 2) & cook + scorpions & apply externally as ear drops. (See NOTES 3)
- Dermatological
Anti-Infective, Vulnerary
1. Mix 1 teaspoon of powdered seeds + little honey (can also add lard) to make ointment & apply to pimple for few hours.
2. Add warm water to 200 gm of powdered seeds to form a suspension. After 30 min add to hot bath & stay in the bath for 10 min.
- Dermatological
Anti-inflammatory
Extract oil (also known as "zeit el-tartar" or tartar oil) from Brassica seeds, (See NOTES 2) mix + olive oil & apply ointment externally.
- Dermatological
Rubefacient
Mix powdered seeds into foot bath.
- Dermatological
Emollient
Mix powdered seeds + soap suds & massage.
- Culinary
Seasoning
Eat powdered seeds.
- Child Health
Rubefacient
Add powdered seeds to hot bath & immerse infant in water for 2 min. (See NOTES 1)
- Cardiovascular
Cardiac
Mix powdered seeds into bath water & take a whole body bath.
- Cardiovascular
Analgesic
1. Grind seeds, mix + vinegar, prepare plaster/ poultice & apply to chest.
2. Mix powdered seeds into foot bath.
