- 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.
