1. Extract oil from seeds, heat & eat x2 teaspoons of hot oil when contractions begin.
2. Add 1 teaspoon of seeds to yoghurt & eat x1 cup daily until delivery.
3. Decoct 1 teaspoon of dried flowers & drink daily until delivery.
Cook plant in the milk of a mother nursing a female infant; apply drops to eye.
1.Grind leaves, soak in boiling water, squeeze to extract oil & apply to wound. (B)
2. Decoct leaves & use to wash wound x2/day. (B)
3. Extract oil from fruit & apply to wounds until healed. (Z)
Decoct leaves & use in a sitz bath. (See NOTES 2)
Boil fruits in 1 cup of water (tea can be added) & drink x1 cup/day a week before menstrual cycle.
Decoct leaves & drink 1 cup x1/day for 1 week.
Soak leaves in water + aerial parts of rue (Ruta sp.) & drink 1 cup x2-3 /day.
Boil 4 leaves in water for 5 min & inhale steam at night until well.
Prepare infusion of aerial parts & drink x1 cup /day.
Boil 20 gm leaves + 60 gm orange peel in 1L water for 10 min; filter & drink x3/day until well.
Decoct leaves & rinse mouth.
1.Grind 200 gm of fruits, spread over cloth & apply as poultice to affected area every 5 min until improved.
2. Decoct leaves & branches & drink 1 cup x2/day.
3. Mix oil extracted from fruit + vaseline & apply to affected area until relieved.
Cook Laurus branches + aerial parts Thymbra capitata + young branches/ leaves "kharub" (Ceratonia siliqua) + olive (Olea) + "saris" (Pistacia lentiscus) + "maryameyeh" (Salvia fruticosa); hold broken limb over steam for few min. After removing bone can be re-broken with a light tap.
1.Decoct leaves & apply locally to affected area x 2/day. .
2. Decoct leaves, sweeten + honey & drink x1 cup/day until recovery.
Arthritis: 1.Decoct leaves & drink 1 cup x3 /day. (B)
2. Extract oil from fruit & apply to affected area. (B)
3. Rheumatism: Extract oil from fruit & massage back & affected areas. (Z)
Extract oil from fruit & drink small amounts.
Decoct leaves + honey & drink x3 cups /day until well.
Extract oil from fruit & drink in small amounts.
Cook aerial parts of Dittrichia?viscosa in water in a closed pot + "rand" (Laurus sp.) (See NOTES 1) + "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.
Decoct leaves & use in bath.
Mix 1 handful of leaves +2 handfuls dried orange peel, soak in 1L hot water, boil, cover & leave 10-15 min; filter, sweeten & drink x2-3/ day.
1. Mix 20 gm leaves + 40 gm dried orange peel & soak in 1L boiling water; cover container & leave for 10-15 min, filter, sweeten & drink 2-3 cups/day.(B)
2. Eat fresh or powdered dry leaves. (Z)
Extract oil from fruit & drink in small amounts.
1.Decoct leaves & drink x2 cups/day for 40 days. (B)
2. Prepare infusion of leaves & drink for 40 days. ("increases blood flow to the face") (Z)
Decoct leaves & drink x1 cup after meals until improvement.
1. Boil leaves in water for 30 min, filter & drink x2 cups of filtrate /day.
2.Grind the boiled leaves (described in recipe 1)& apply as poultice to affected area x2 times /day.
Boil leaves & fruit in water & drink x1 cup as needed.
Decoct leaves, sweeten + sugar & drink 1 cup x3/day until health restored.
1.Abdominal pain & gas: decoct leaves in water & drink. (Z)
2. Flatulence: decoct leaves & drink x1 cup as needed. (B)
Cook leaves + carob (Ceratonia siliqua) fruits in water & drink.
Decoct leaves in water, cool, filter & drink.
Decoct leaves + honey & drink x3 cups/day until well.
Extract juice from fruits & apply to affected area until healed.
Apply oil extracted from fruit to affected area.
Extract juice from fruits & apply to affected area daily until healed.
1. Extract oil from fruits & apply to hair.
2. Decocot leaves + vinegar & apply to hair.
3. Decoct leaves & drink as tea
4. Apply decoction to hair x1/day for several days.
Use leaves. Preparation/ Admin. not specified.)
Extract oil from Laurus fruit (in place of olive oil) to make soap.
1.Grind leaves, soak in boiling water, squeeze to extract oil & apply to wound. (B)
2. Decoct leaves & use to wash wound x2/day. (B)
3. Extract oil from fruit & apply to wounds until healed. (Z)
Decoct leaves & use in a sitz bath. (See NOTES 2)
Boil fruits in 1 cup of water (tea can be added) & drink x1 cup/day a week before menstrual cycle.
Decoct leaves & drink 1 cup x1/day for 1 week.
Soak leaves in water + aerial parts of rue (Ruta sp.) & drink 1 cup x2-3 /day.
Boil 4 leaves in water for 5 min & inhale steam at night until well.
Prepare infusion of aerial parts & drink x1 cup /day.
Boil 20 gm leaves + 60 gm orange peel in 1L water for 10 min; filter & drink x3/day until well.
Decoct leaves & rinse mouth.
1.Grind 200 gm of fruits, spread over cloth & apply as poultice to affected area every 5 min until improved.
2. Decoct leaves & branches & drink 1 cup x2/day.
3. Mix oil extracted from fruit + vaseline & apply to affected area until relieved.
Cook Laurus branches + aerial parts Thymbra capitata + young branches/ leaves "kharub" (Ceratonia siliqua) + olive (Olea) + "saris" (Pistacia lentiscus) + "maryameyeh" (Salvia fruticosa); hold broken limb over steam for few min. After removing bone can be re-broken with a light tap.
1.Decoct leaves & apply locally to affected area x 2/day. .
2. Decoct leaves, sweeten + honey & drink x1 cup/day until recovery.
Arthritis: 1.Decoct leaves & drink 1 cup x3 /day. (B)
2. Extract oil from fruit & apply to affected area. (B)
3. Rheumatism: Extract oil from fruit & massage back & affected areas. (Z)
Extract oil from fruit & drink small amounts.
Decoct leaves + honey & drink x3 cups /day until well.
Extract oil from fruit & drink in small amounts.
Cook aerial parts of Dittrichia?viscosa in water in a closed pot + "rand" (Laurus sp.) (See NOTES 1) + "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.
Decoct leaves & use in bath.
Mix 1 handful of leaves +2 handfuls dried orange peel, soak in 1L hot water, boil, cover & leave 10-15 min; filter, sweeten & drink x2-3/ day.
1. Mix 20 gm leaves + 40 gm dried orange peel & soak in 1L boiling water; cover container & leave for 10-15 min, filter, sweeten & drink 2-3 cups/day.(B)
2. Eat fresh or powdered dry leaves. (Z)
Extract oil from fruit & drink in small amounts.
1.Decoct leaves & drink x2 cups/day for 40 days. (B)
2. Prepare infusion of leaves & drink for 40 days. ("increases blood flow to the face") (Z)
Decoct leaves & drink x1 cup after meals until improvement.
1. Boil leaves in water for 30 min, filter & drink x2 cups of filtrate /day.
2.Grind the boiled leaves (described in recipe 1)& apply as poultice to affected area x2 times /day.
Boil leaves & fruit in water & drink x1 cup as needed.
Decoct leaves, sweeten + sugar & drink 1 cup x3/day until health restored.
1.Abdominal pain & gas: decoct leaves in water & drink. (Z)
2. Flatulence: decoct leaves & drink x1 cup as needed. (B)
Cook leaves + carob (Ceratonia siliqua) fruits in water & drink.
Decoct leaves in water, cool, filter & drink.
Decoct leaves + honey & drink x3 cups/day until well.
Extract juice from fruits & apply to affected area until healed.
Apply oil extracted from fruit to affected area.
Extract juice from fruits & apply to affected area daily until healed.
1. Extract oil from fruits & apply to hair.
2. Decocot leaves + vinegar & apply to hair.
3. Decoct leaves & drink as tea
4. Apply decoction to hair x1/day for several days.
Use leaves. Preparation/ Admin. not specified.)
Extract oil from Laurus fruit (in place of olive oil) to make soap.
1.Grind leaves, soak in boiling water, squeeze to extract oil & apply to wound. (B)
2. Decoct leaves & use to wash wound x2/day. (B)
3. Extract oil from fruit & apply to wounds until healed. (Z)
Decoct leaves & use in a sitz bath. (See NOTES 2)
Boil fruits in 1 cup of water (tea can be added) & drink x1 cup/day a week before menstrual cycle.
Decoct leaves & drink 1 cup x1/day for 1 week.
Soak leaves in water + aerial parts of rue (Ruta sp.) & drink 1 cup x2-3 /day.
Boil 4 leaves in water for 5 min & inhale steam at night until well.
Prepare infusion of aerial parts & drink x1 cup /day.
Boil 20 gm leaves + 60 gm orange peel in 1L water for 10 min; filter & drink x3/day until well.
Decoct leaves & rinse mouth.
1.Grind 200 gm of fruits, spread over cloth & apply as poultice to affected area every 5 min until improved.
2. Decoct leaves & branches & drink 1 cup x2/day.
3. Mix oil extracted from fruit + vaseline & apply to affected area until relieved.
Cook Laurus branches + aerial parts Thymbra capitata + young branches/ leaves "kharub" (Ceratonia siliqua) + olive (Olea) + "saris" (Pistacia lentiscus) + "maryameyeh" (Salvia fruticosa); hold broken limb over steam for few min. After removing bone can be re-broken with a light tap.
1.Decoct leaves & apply locally to affected area x 2/day. .
2. Decoct leaves, sweeten + honey & drink x1 cup/day until recovery.
Arthritis: 1.Decoct leaves & drink 1 cup x3 /day. (B)
2. Extract oil from fruit & apply to affected area. (B)
3. Rheumatism: Extract oil from fruit & massage back & affected areas. (Z)
Extract oil from fruit & drink small amounts.
Decoct leaves + honey & drink x3 cups /day until well.
Extract oil from fruit & drink in small amounts.
Cook aerial parts of Dittrichia?viscosa in water in a closed pot + "rand" (Laurus sp.) (See NOTES 1) + "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.
Decoct leaves & use in bath.
Mix 1 handful of leaves +2 handfuls dried orange peel, soak in 1L hot water, boil, cover & leave 10-15 min; filter, sweeten & drink x2-3/ day.
1. Mix 20 gm leaves + 40 gm dried orange peel & soak in 1L boiling water; cover container & leave for 10-15 min, filter, sweeten & drink 2-3 cups/day.(B)
2. Eat fresh or powdered dry leaves. (Z)
Extract oil from fruit & drink in small amounts.
1.Decoct leaves & drink x2 cups/day for 40 days. (B)
2. Prepare infusion of leaves & drink for 40 days. ("increases blood flow to the face") (Z)
Decoct leaves & drink x1 cup after meals until improvement.
1. Boil leaves in water for 30 min, filter & drink x2 cups of filtrate /day.
2.Grind the boiled leaves (described in recipe 1)& apply as poultice to affected area x2 times /day.
Boil leaves & fruit in water & drink x1 cup as needed.
Decoct leaves, sweeten + sugar & drink 1 cup x3/day until health restored.
1.Abdominal pain & gas: decoct leaves in water & drink. (Z)
2. Flatulence: decoct leaves & drink x1 cup as needed. (B)
Cook leaves + carob (Ceratonia siliqua) fruits in water & drink.
Decoct leaves in water, cool, filter & drink.
Decoct leaves + honey & drink x3 cups/day until well.
Extract juice from fruits & apply to affected area until healed.
Apply oil extracted from fruit to affected area.
Extract juice from fruits & apply to affected area daily until healed.
1. Extract oil from fruits & apply to hair.
2. Decocot leaves + vinegar & apply to hair.
3. Decoct leaves & drink as tea
4. Apply decoction to hair x1/day for several days.
Use leaves. Preparation/ Admin. not specified.)
Extract oil from Laurus fruit (in place of olive oil) to make soap.
Grind roasted seeds & apply to wound.
Mix roasted ground seeds + olive or castor oil & apply to burn.
Make soup from seeds by cooking & eat x1 plate (portion) / day.
1. Prepare flour from lentil seeds + flour made from crushed eggshells (Admin. not specified.)
2. Cook seeds in water + dried rose petals + young vine leaves + myrtle (Myrtus communis) leaves & use as gargle.
Cook lentils in water, sprinkle the water on cotton wool & apply to painful eye.
Cook seeds & drink the water. Consistently eat sweet foods.
Prepare soup from seeds. (Admin. not specified.)
Make soup from seeds by cooking & eat x1 plate (portion)/day.
Prepare soup from seeds. (Admin. not specified.)
1.Eat dried seeds. (Z)
2. Eat ground seeds or roast seeds first, then grind & eat. (Z)
3. Cook seeds in water & eat. (Z)
4. Eat uncooked seeds as needed. (B)
Prepare soup from seeds. (Admin. not specified.)
Cook lentil seeds in water briefly & use watery extract to wash affected area.
Cook plant in water & use as a vaginal rinse.
1. Decoct leaves & drink x3 cups/ day.
2. Decoct ground seeds & drink x1-2 cups/day as needed.
Extract fruit in water + fruits of "yansun" (Pimpinella anisum) + carrot + coriander & drink.
Decoct leaves & drink x1 cup/day as needed.
Decoct seeds & rinse mouth.
Cook 2 teaspoons of "tahlawa" (mixture of fennel fruit + sesame). (Admin. not specified.)
Use aerial plant parts & drink with tea. (Preparation not specified.)
Decoct root. (Admin. not specified.)
1. Decoct root. (Admin. not specified.)
2. Prepare hot coffee with fennel fruit & drink.
3. Extract fruit in water & drink as kidney flush.
1. Decoct powdered fruit in water & drink all day instead of water.
2. Decoct either root or fruit & drink.
1. Mix fruit with "za'tar" (Origanum sp.) + "qarfa" (Cinnamonum cassia) + "kammun" (cumin, Cuminum cyminum) + "nakhwa" (? Trachyspermum ammi) + "shedva" + "zeer" + "nu`ud" (unclear what these plants are). (Admin. not specified.)
2. Prepare tea from fruit + sugar.
Decoct seeds & drink x1-3 cups/day.
1. Decoct fruit in water & drink
2. Prepare fruit as tea & drink. (Admin. not specified.)
3.Cook fruit in water + chamomile & drink x1 glass/morning & evening for 4 days.
4. Eat fresh aerial parts.
Decoct fruit & drink.
Decoct leaves & drink x1 cup /day as needed.
Decoct powdered fruit in water & drink x3 glasses /day.
1.Eat fresh aerial parts until improved
2. Decoct leaves & drink x1 cup /day as needed. .
Eat dried ground fruit.
1.Decoct powdered fruit in water & drink.
2. Cook aerial parts + "na'na" (Mentha sp.) & drink extract.
3. Eat fresh plant
Decoct leaves & drink x2 cups /day as needed.
Use aerial parts (Preparation/ Admin. not specified.)
Use fruit. (Preparation/ Admin. not specified.)
1. Cook fruit in water, mix + "za'tar" (Origanum sp.) + "nakhwa" (? species) + ginger + "heel" (Elettaria cardamomum) + "qarfa" (Cinnamomum cassia). (Admin. not specified.)
2. Cook fruit in water + ginger + "mastika" (Pistacia lentiscus) & drink.
1.Add 1 teaspoon seeds to 1 cup hot mint tea (Mentha spicata) & drink x1 cup/day until recovery.
2.Mix 250 gm fennel seeds + 1 kg fenugreek (Trigonella berythea) + 0.5 kg anise (Anisum vulgare )+ 250 gm nigella (Nigella ciliaris) & eat daily.
3. Add to 1 cup of water 1 teaspoon fennel seeds + ? teaspoons nigella seeds (Nigella ciliaris) + fenugreek seeds (Trigonella berythea) + common mallow seeds (Malva sylvestris); drink.
1. Decoct leaves & drink x3 cups/ day.
2. Decoct ground seeds & drink x1-2 cups/day as needed.
Extract fruit in water + fruits of "yansun" (Pimpinella anisum) + carrot + coriander & drink.
Decoct leaves & drink x1 cup/day as needed.
Decoct seeds & rinse mouth.
Cook 2 teaspoons of "tahlawa" (mixture of fennel fruit + sesame). (Admin. not specified.)
Use aerial plant parts & drink with tea. (Preparation not specified.)
Decoct root. (Admin. not specified.)
1. Decoct root. (Admin. not specified.)
2. Prepare hot coffee with fennel fruit & drink.
3. Extract fruit in water & drink as kidney flush.
1. Decoct powdered fruit in water & drink all day instead of water.
2. Decoct either root or fruit & drink.
1. Mix fruit with "za'tar" (Origanum sp.) + "qarfa" (Cinnamonum cassia) + "kammun" (cumin, Cuminum cyminum) + "nakhwa" (? Trachyspermum ammi) + "shedva" + "zeer" + "nu`ud" (unclear what these plants are). (Admin. not specified.)
2. Prepare tea from fruit + sugar.
Decoct seeds & drink x1-3 cups/day.
1. Decoct fruit in water & drink
2. Prepare fruit as tea & drink. (Admin. not specified.)
3.Cook fruit in water + chamomile & drink x1 glass/morning & evening for 4 days.
4. Eat fresh aerial parts.
Decoct fruit & drink.
Decoct leaves & drink x1 cup /day as needed.
Decoct powdered fruit in water & drink x3 glasses /day.
1.Eat fresh aerial parts until improved
2. Decoct leaves & drink x1 cup /day as needed. .
Eat dried ground fruit.
1.Decoct powdered fruit in water & drink.
2. Cook aerial parts + "na'na" (Mentha sp.) & drink extract.
3. Eat fresh plant
Decoct leaves & drink x2 cups /day as needed.
Use aerial parts (Preparation/ Admin. not specified.)
Use fruit. (Preparation/ Admin. not specified.)
1. Cook fruit in water, mix + "za'tar" (Origanum sp.) + "nakhwa" (? species) + ginger + "heel" (Elettaria cardamomum) + "qarfa" (Cinnamomum cassia). (Admin. not specified.)
2. Cook fruit in water + ginger + "mastika" (Pistacia lentiscus) & drink.
1.Add 1 teaspoon seeds to 1 cup hot mint tea (Mentha spicata) & drink x1 cup/day until recovery.
2.Mix 250 gm fennel seeds + 1 kg fenugreek (Trigonella berythea) + 0.5 kg anise (Anisum vulgare )+ 250 gm nigella (Nigella ciliaris) & eat daily.
3. Add to 1 cup of water 1 teaspoon fennel seeds + ? teaspoons nigella seeds (Nigella ciliaris) + fenugreek seeds (Trigonella berythea) + common mallow seeds (Malva sylvestris); drink.
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).
Mix latex of unripe fruit + barley flour & apply to burned area.
Heat powdered dried fruit in oven, wrap in gauze to make vaginal suppository & insert.
Decoct dried fruit in water & drink x1 full glass of decoction while sitting in hot bath for 15 min.
Decoct dried fruit in water & drink 1 full glass x3/day.
Obtain latex/ juice by squeezing fresh plant parts & unripe fruit & apply to sting.
1. Decoct dried fruit in water & drink x3 cups/day.
2. Cook dried figs in water + inflorescence of "balasan" (Sambucus nigra) & drink the water.
Decoct leaves & drink 2 cups x2/day.
1. Apply latex (milky fluid) from unripe fruit onto tooth.
2. Boil leaves in vinegar, cool & gargle after eating or as needed.
Massage eyes with fig leaves (See CAUTIONS), then spread almond oil & a compress of chamomile flowers.
Decoct leaves & drink 1 cup x /2day.
Decoct dried fruit & drink all day instead of water.
Boil dried fruit in water & drink x3 cups /day.
Eat fruit.
Mix dried, powdered leaves + boiled honey + soft-boiled egg & eat mornings.
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.
Eat (dried) fruit
Decoct leaves & drink 3 cups x 2/day.
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)
Obtain latex /juice by squeezing fresh plant parts & unripe fruit; use it to make a dough with barley flour & apply as compress.
Obtain latex/ juice by squeezing fresh plant parts & unripe fruit; use it to make a dough with barley flour & apply as compress.
Obtain latex/ juice by squeezing fresh plant parts & unripe fruit & apply to skin.
Use latex.(Preparation/ Admin. not specified.)
Prepare compress of leaves; wet in "qutran" (Pix liquida liquid tar is a dry distillation of various pine woods). (Admin. not specified.)
Cook leaves of black figs + black mulberries + vine leaves & use to wash hair.
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).
Mix latex of unripe fruit + barley flour & apply to burned area.
Heat powdered dried fruit in oven, wrap in gauze to make vaginal suppository & insert.
Decoct dried fruit in water & drink x1 full glass of decoction while sitting in hot bath for 15 min.
Decoct dried fruit in water & drink 1 full glass x3/day.
Obtain latex/ juice by squeezing fresh plant parts & unripe fruit & apply to sting.
1. Decoct dried fruit in water & drink x3 cups/day.
2. Cook dried figs in water + inflorescence of "balasan" (Sambucus nigra) & drink the water.
Decoct leaves & drink 2 cups x2/day.
1. Apply latex (milky fluid) from unripe fruit onto tooth.
2. Boil leaves in vinegar, cool & gargle after eating or as needed.
Massage eyes with fig leaves (See CAUTIONS), then spread almond oil & a compress of chamomile flowers.
Decoct leaves & drink 1 cup x /2day.
Decoct dried fruit & drink all day instead of water.
Boil dried fruit in water & drink x3 cups /day.
Eat fruit.
Mix dried, powdered leaves + boiled honey + soft-boiled egg & eat mornings.
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.
Eat (dried) fruit
Decoct leaves & drink 3 cups x 2/day.
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)
Obtain latex /juice by squeezing fresh plant parts & unripe fruit; use it to make a dough with barley flour & apply as compress.
Obtain latex/ juice by squeezing fresh plant parts & unripe fruit; use it to make a dough with barley flour & apply as compress.
Obtain latex/ juice by squeezing fresh plant parts & unripe fruit & apply to skin.
Use latex.(Preparation/ Admin. not specified.)
Prepare compress of leaves; wet in "qutran" (Pix liquida liquid tar is a dry distillation of various pine woods). (Admin. not specified.)
Cook leaves of black figs + black mulberries + vine leaves & use to wash hair.
