Tag: Herbal Medicines

യെശയ്യാ (Isaiah) 28 : 25
25 നിലം നിരപ്പാക്കീട്ടു അവൻ കരിഞ്ജീരകം വിതെക്കയും ജീരകം വിതറുകയും കോതമ്പു ഉഴവു പൊളിയിലും യവം അതിന്നുള്ള സ്ഥലത്തും ചെറുകോതമ്പു അതിന്റെ അറ്റത്തും ഇടുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നില്ലയോ?
When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?

യെശയ്യാ (Isaiah) 28 : 27
27 കരിഞ്ജീരകം മെതിവണ്ടികൊണ്ടു മെതിക്കുന്നില്ല; ജീരകത്തിന്മേൽ വണ്ടിയുടെ ചക്രം ഉരുട്ടുന്നതുമില്ല; കരിഞ്ജീരകം വടികൊണ്ടും ജീരകം കോൽകൊണ്ടും തല്ലിയെടുക്കയത്രേ ചെയ്യുന്നതു.
For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

“Black Seed” best describes this herb and this name has been associated with Nigella Sativa for the last 30 years in the United States, Middle East and Europe.

For centuries, the Black Seed (Nigella Sativa) herb and oil have been used by millions of people in Asia, Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa to compliment their health. Highly aromatic and spicy, this tiny seed and its fixed oil is used for a variety of supportive health benefits—help restore the natural balance of the body’s vital organs and strengthen its natural defenses. Traditionally, it has been used to bolster vitality, aid digestion, respiratory, kidney, liver, inflammatory and circulatory support.

The first modern study on Black Seed was published in 1959 and since then, hundreds of studies at international universities and articles published in various journals have shown remarkable results supporting the benefits and uses of Black Seed alone or combined with other complimentary herbs.

Amazingly Black Seed’s chemical composition is very rich and diverse. It contains the phytochemicals thymoquinone and crystalline nigellone as well as anti-oxidants, amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, fixed oils (EFA’s 3/6/9), volatile oils, alkaloids, saponin, and fiber, as well as minerals such as calcium, iron, sodium and potassium. There are still many components in Black Seed that haven’t been identified and research is going on around the world to help shed more light into this remarkable little seed. Black seed has been researched for very specific health conditions. Some of the most compelling applications include:

• Type 2 Diabetes: Two grams of black seed a day resulted in reduced fasting
  glucose, decreased insulin resistance, increased beta-cell function, and
  reduced glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in human subjects.
• Helicobacter Pylori Infection: Black seeds possess clinically useful
  anti-H. pylori activity, comparable to triple eradication therapy.
• Epilepsy: Black seeds were traditionally known to have anticonvulsive
  properties. A 2007 study with epileptic children, whose condition was
  refractory to conventional drug treatment, found that a water extract
  significantly reduced seizure activity.
• High Blood pressure: The daily use of 100 and 200 mg of black seed
  extract, twice daily, for 2 months, was found to have a blood
  pressure-lowering effect in patients with mild hypertension.
• Asthma: Thymoquinone, one of the main active constituents within Nigella
  sativa (black cumin), is superior to the drug fluticasone in an animal model
  of asthma. Another study, this time in human subjects, found that boiled water
  extracts of black seed have relatively potent anti-asthmatic effect on
  asthmatic airways.
• Acute tonsillopharyngitis: characterized by tonsil or pharyngeal
  inflammation (i.e. sore throat), mostly viral in origin, black seed capsules
  (in combination with Phyllanthus niruri) have been found to significantly
  alleviate throat pain, and reduce the need for pain-killers, in human
  subjects.
• Chemical Weapons Injury: A randomized, placebo-controlled human study of
  chemical weapons injured patients found that boiled water extracts of black
  seed reduced respiratory symptoms, chest wheezing, and pulmonary function test
  values, as well as reduced the need for drug treatment.
• Colon Cancer: Cell studies have found that black seed extract compares
  favorably to the chemoagent 5-fluoruracil in the suppression of colon cancer
  growth, but with a far higher safety profile. Animal research has found that
  black seed oil has significant inhibitory effects against colon cancer in
  rats, without observable side effects.
• MRSA: Black seed has anti-bacterial activity against clinical isolates of
  methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
• Opiate Addiction/Withdrawal: A study on 35 opiate addicts found black seed
  as an effective therapy in long-term treatment of opioid dependence.