Black Seed

Health Benefits of Black Seed

Black seed contains fixed oil in the form of myristic, palmitric, stearic, arachidic oleic, linoleic, lilolenic and eicososadienoic acids and volatile oil. It also contains albumen, sugar, organic acids, glucoside, melanthin, metarbin and bitter substances.

The scientific name for black seed is nigella sativa. It is also called caraway and black cumin, or Konji in India.

Arab traditions regard black seed as a cure for all diseases (according to prophetic traditions, it cures all diseases except for the certainty of death). It strengthens the immune system; is a prescription for asthma, whooping cough, kidney ailments, gout, common cold, paralysis, facial palsy, migraine, amnesia, rheumatism, palpitations, diabetes mellitus, mad dog bites, cataract (early stages), earache, skin disorders, high blood pressure and thrombosis. Black seed aids digestion, strengthens the stomach, expels gas, increase lactation, induces menstrual flow, is a diuretic, improves memory, an expectorant and anti-fever.

Unfortunately, not many people in the west have yet to discover the magical healing properties of black seed.

Health Benefits - Black seed, caraway, konji or nigella sativa is beneficial for the treatment of the following diseases: acne, aids digestion, alopecia, amnesia, anti fever, anti helminthic, asthma, bee & wasp stings, bladder stones, kidney stones, cataract (early stages), cough, cold, diabetes mellitus, diuretic, dry skin, ear pain, expectorant, expels gases, facial palsy, gout, hemorrhoids, high blood pressure, increase lactation, incontinence, inflammation & pain of teeth & gums, improves memory, induces menstrual flow, jaundice, kidney ailments, lower backache, mad dog bites, migraine, palpitations, paralysis, rheumatism, skin disorders, strengthens stomach, strengthens immune system, thrombosis, whooping cough, wind.

General health
Swallow 1 tablespoon blackseed oil morning and night, or at least in the morning before breakfast on its own or with 1 teaspoon pure honey.

Bee stings, wasp stings
Take ½ teaspoon blackseed boiled in water.

Coughs
Take 3-4 drops of black seed oil in coffee or tea.

Cold
Put 21 black seed in a cloth and soak overnight. Use as droplets for the nose the next day. Inhale powdered blackseed kept in cloth.

Chronic headaches, migraine
Fry black seed and put it cotton-made cloth, tie or simply put the cloth on the forehead. Soak black seed in vinegar overnight, pound it the next day to make powder. Insert in nostril and inhale.

Worms
Take black seed with vinegar to get rid of worms.