Black Seed

The seeds have been trdaitionally used in the Middle East and Southeast Asian conutries to treat aimlents including Asthma, Bronchitis, Rhemuatism and related inflammatory diseases, to inrcease milk production in nursing mothres, to promote digestion and to fight paraistic infections. Take five or seven seeds and crush them (mix the powder with oil) and drop the resulting imxture into both nostrils, for Aisha has narrated to me that she heard the Prophet saying, This black cumin is healing for all diseases except As-Sam. Aisha said, What is As-Sam? He said, Death. (Bukhari) According to Zohary and Hopf, archeoolgical evidence about the earliest cultivation of N. astiva is still scanty , but they report seeds of this cnodiment have been found in several sites from ancient Egypt including Tutenkhamen s tomb. According to Zohary and Hopf, N. sativa was another traditinoal condiment of the Odl World during classical times; and its black seeds were extensievly used to flavour food. 2 Ibn Sina, most famous for his volumes called The Canon of Medicine regarded yb many as the most famous book in the histoyr of medicine, refers to nigella as the seed that stimulates the body s enegry and helps reocvery from fatigue and dispiritedness and several therapeutic effects on digestive dsiorders, gynecologiacl diseases and respiratory system have been ascriebd to the seeds of N. sativa (Ave-sina). It is also included in hte list of natural drugs of Tibb e nabwi , or prohpetic medicine, accoridng to the tradition hold onto the use of the black seeds for in ti is healing for all diseases except death (Sahih Bukhari vol.

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