System: Ophthalmic

All Complaints for this Species

• Wound Healing Anti-Infective

  Boil fruit syrup, cool & spread on infected area.

• Veterinary Scabicide

  1.Crush leaves or fruits, soak in water, boil for 4 hr & apply to affected skin of animal.
  2.Add fruit to animal feed.

• Veterinary Parturient

  Add fruit to animal fodder.

• Veterinary Depurative

  Add fruit to animal fodder of cows, sheep, goats.

• Veterinary Anthelmintic, Vermifuge

  Boil fruit in water & and add to animal`s drinking water

• Respiratory system Anti-Infective

  Mix fruit syrup + "tahina" (sesame seed paste). (Admin. not specified.)

• Respiratory Anti-tussive

  1. Macerate fruit in cold water + "sus" (Glycyrrhiza sp.) root & drink. (Z)
  2. Mix fruit syrup + "tahina" (sesame seed paste). (Admin. not specified.) (Z)
  3. Cook fruits for a long time to obtain jam, add + "reihan" (Myrtus) seeds + almond shells + dried figs + "nabat" sugar + brown sugar + mustard; eat 1 teaspoon x1/day mornings. (Z)
  4. Boil dried fruits in water for 1hr. & drink x 2-3 cups/day until well.(B)

• Pain Relief Analgesic

  Grind dried fruits, boil in water, filter & drink filtrate 2 teaspoons x2/day in morning & evening until well.

• Oral Health Analgesic

  Decoct leaves in water, cool, filter, add vinegar & gargle.

• Oral Health Anti-gum disease

  Grind dried fruits, soak in water overnight, filter & rinse mouth x3 /day.

• Oral Health Mouth wash

  Boil fruit syrup until a paste is formed. This can be spread inside the mouth using any of following: 1. "shabba" (alum, see NOTES 1).
  2. Sour pomegranate juice (Punica sp.)
  3. NaHCO3 (sodium bicarbonate) + "nasha" (Amylum Tritici) (See NOTES 2 + butter.

• Opthalmic Anti-inflammatory

  Crush leaves or fruits, soak in water, boil for 4 hr & apply to eye.

• Musculoskeletal/ Joints Vulnerary

  Cook young branches & leaves + "za'tar" (Thymbra capitata) + branches of "ghar" (Laurus nobilis) + branches of olive (Olea sp.) + "saris" (Pistacia lentiscus) + "maryameyeh" (Salvia fruticosa). After holding broken limb over steam for few minutes, the bone can be re-broken with a light tap.

• Kidney & Urinary Tract Anti-Infective

  1. Grind dried fruits, soak in water for 12 hr, boil (time not-specified) & drink x1 cup mornings for 1 week.
  2. Add 1 kg of dried fruits to 3L of water, boil for 15 min, soak overnight, filter & drink 1 cup x3/day until healed.

• Kidney & Urinary Tract Deobstruent

  1. Decoct fruits & drink x1 cup/day until healed.
  2. Dry fruits & eat daily until healed.
  3. Prepare juice of fruits, boil + sugar till thickens & drink daily until healed.

• Kidney & Urinary Tract Anti-lithic

  Add 1 spoon of fruit paste to 1 cup of water & drink 1 cup x1/day for 1 week.

• Infectious Diseases Anti-Infective

  Use fruit syrup. (Admin. not specified.)

• Infectious Diseases Anti-Infective

  Mix fruit syrup + "tahina" (sesame seed paste) (Admin.not specified.)

• Haematology Anti-anaemic

  Dry fruits, grind, soak in water overnight, filter syrup & drink 1 cup x2-3/day.

• General Tonic

  Eat fruit.

• General Anti-pyretic

  Prepare fruit syrup + salt, moisten gauze pad with mixture & use as a suppository.

• Gastrointestinal Hepatic

  Grind dried fruits, soak in water overnight, filter & drink 1 cup of the syrup/ filtrate x2-3/day.

• Gastrointestinal Anti-inflammatory, Demulcent

  Decoct leaves in water & drink x3 tablespoons /day.

• Gastrointestinal Anti-Infective, Anti-diarrheal

  1.Diarrhea: Dry fruits, grind & soak in water overnight, filter syrup & drink 1 cup x2-3/day. (B)
  2. Diarrhea & dysentery: Grind roasted seeds to powder & drink as medicinal coffee. (Z)

• Gastrointestinal Laxative

  1. Mix fruit syrup + cow's milk & drink. After eat as many dried figs as possible.
  2. Crush ripe fruit (seeds removed), cook in water + sugar for hours until syrup & eat 1 tablespoon x3/day.

• Gastrointestinal Anti-hydropic

  Cook fruit in water + leaves of "ghar" (Laurus nobilis) & drink.

• Endocrine/ Metabolic Hypoglycemic

  1.Grind dried fruits, boil in water, filter & drink filtrate x2 teaspoons/day mornings until well. (B)
  2.Grind roasted seeds to powder & drink as medicinal coffee. (Z)

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

  1. Crush ripe fruit (seeds removed), cook in water + sugar for hours until syrup; eat 1 tablespoon x4/day after meals.
  2. Mix fruit syrup with "tahina" (sesame seed paste). ( Admin. not specified.)

• Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) Demulcent

  Macerate fruit in cold water + "sus" (Glycyrrhiza sp.) root & drink.

• Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) Anti-septic

  Decoct leaves in water, cool, filter, add vinegar & gargle after meals & before sleep.

• Dermatological Anti-tumor

  Decoct leaves in water & apply decoction topically x3 /day.

• Dermatological Hair restorer

  Cut 400 gm of fruit into small pieces, soak in 1L water for 12 hr & boil for 10 min; squeeze or pound boiled fruit, filter & apply filtrate to scalp x1/day.

• Culinary Nutritive

  Prepare an extract of crushed fruit in hot water; boil until most fluid evaporates leaving a concentrated viscous, sweet, brown syrup ("rubb" or "dibs-el-kharub" = carob honey) which is eaten.

• Cosmetic Cleansing product

  Dry leaves & use to lather water as soap substitute in laundry. (See NOTES.)

• Child Health Anti-asthmatic

  Decoct crushed/ grated seeds in water, cool, filter & drink x3/day.

• Cardiovascular Vasoprotective

  Decoct fruit & drink 1 cup/day.