The founder of the Muslim religion, the prophet Mohammed, taught that black cumin seeds protect against all diseases. And he bequeathed to the faithful every morning on an empty stomach or before breakfast to use them little by little. Pliny, Dioscorides, Galen, and other prominent thinkers of antiquity came to the same conclusions. In their writings, they paid much attention to the modest field chernushka. What is so useful in this plant?
Description of black cumin
The scientific name of the plant is Nigella. It comes from the Latin word, which translates as "black." In our region, field nib is common, another type of nigella - niqui damask. This is a grassy annual of the buttercup family with leaves deeply cut into narrow, almost threadlike parts. It is easy to recognize thanks to the original pale blue flowers, shaped like fragile stars with five rays and dark stamens.
The folk names of the field Nigella reflect many romantic legends and traditions associated with the plant:
- Venus spit;
- forest maiden;
- unkempt young lady (ukr.);
- Forest Fairy;
- Prostolon is called (Ukr.).
Garden forms of a flower amaze with a variety of grades and shades. But they all contain a poisonous, characteristic for the family of Buttercup alkaloid, protoanemonin. Therefore, treatment with Nigella requires caution and accurate dosages.
Black cumin seeds have a light pleasant aroma with a slightly bitter spicy taste and are eaten as a spice. Sometimes as a substitute for black pepper, if excessive zhguchest undesirable. Instead of poppy seeds, they are sprinkled with cotton baking products, added to sauerkraut and cucumbers, in vegetable salads and other dishes.
Chemical composition
Chernushka seeds - wedge-shaped, faceted, black. Harvest them in August-September.
Contain in its structure:
- fatty oil - 35%;
- vitamin and mineral complex;
- phospholipids;
- amino acids;
- natural antibiotics;
- essential oil with a pleasant smell - 0.5%;
- glycoside melanthin;
- bitter stuff.
Field nipper grows like a weed. In folk medicine, the land part of the plant and seeds are used.
Medicinal properties and benefits
In a German clinic, patients after a stroke are prescribed to take ground black cumin seeds (10–15 pcs.) Several times a day. And all this because the plant lowers blood pressure, helps to avoid vascular spasms, significantly reduces the concentration of cholesterol.
Black cumin is popular in Sharia medicine. In Muslim families, black cumin oil is used to treat bronchitis and many other diseases. The Prophet Mohammed believed that the seeds of a plant could cure any disease. Oil should be drawn in through the nostrils and sharply cough and spit out. Then make inhalation (1 tbsp. / 1 cup of boiled water), immediately after it take 1 tsp. black cumin oil and drink honey water.
Black cumin does not tolerate internal parasites. From ancient times, people knew that it was a strong anthelmintic. More than half of all our diseases associated with parasitic lesions, it prophylaxis and treats.
American researchers have confirmed the ability of nigella to reduce the concentration of sugar in the blood. The impact of this plant through the strengthening of the immune system is so obvious that in some patients an excess of sugar passed into its disadvantage, which threatened with shock (this is reported in his recent book by Dr. Peter Schleicher and Mohamed Saleh). The antidiabetic properties of Chernushka were also confirmed by Josef Neumayer in his book “Chernushka sowing campaign is a home remedy for many diseases” (Munich, 1999).
Since ancient times, infusions and decoctions of Chernushka have been prescribed for poor digestion, pain and spasms in the intestines, gastritis with low acidity and lack of appetite, as well as for healing the liver. Chernushka contains in sufficient quantities choleretic alkaloids chelidonin, cholerethrin and hepatrylobin, which restores liver cells. This allows you to successfully treat inflammation of the liver, spleen, gallbladder and gallstone disease. A decoction of seeds of Chernushka, which has urinary, bile and anthelmintic properties, as well as a general tonic effect, can be prepared as follows: 1 tsp. l up to 4 times before meals.
Alcohol tincture of Chernushka seed seeds not only relieves painful attacks during migraine, but also prevents their occurrence. To make a tincture, you need 40 g of ground seeds, pour 50 ml of vodka. Give two weeks to stand. For bouts of illness, drink 10 drops every five minutes.
Regular intake of black cumin benefits in the treatment and prevention of:
- atherosclerosis;
- hypertension;
- CHD;
- vegetative dystonia;
- inflammatory diseases of the heart and blood vessels;
- pathologies associated with impaired cerebral circulation;
- varicose veins;
- thrombophlebitis;
- thrombosis.
For preventive purposes, daily consumption of 1 tsp is recommended. black cumin seed (for children the dose is 2 times less). And to get the therapeutic effect, black cumin is taken regularly for a long time (3-6 months)
The easiest way of treatment is that which the prophet Mahomet bequeathed to his followers: in the morning on an empty stomach, chewing thoroughly, take a pinch of seeds with honey. To expel the worms, repeat 2-3 times a day, and in the evening it is desirable to take a laxative. But you can brew: an incomplete teaspoon of seeds (grass, flowers) per cup of boiling water. Wrap for an hour, filter, drink a day in 3-4 doses, that is, 50-70 ml.
Black cumin can be used as an additive to tea or food, for inhalation, baths, compresses, in its pure form, with honey or just with a glass of water. Can be mixed with orange juice or yogurt. It combines with such rights as cardamom, coriander, bay leaf, ginger.
How is black cumin useful for women?
Black cumin is effective in diseases of the female reproductive organs. Decoction of seeds normalizes the menstrual cycle, is effective in many female diseases: mastopathy, a number of inflammatory, infectious and oncological diseases of the reproductive system.
It contributes to increased lactation in lactating women, normalizes stool in the presence of constipation, reduces flatulence. (1 tsp. / 300 ml of water, cook for 8 minutes, take 50 ml to 4 p / day). For cracks in the nipples, lubricate with black cumin oil.
Cumin during pregnancy
Many doctors believe that it is strictly forbidden to use Chernushka seeds during pregnancy. But in Sharia medicine a different opinion on this matter. During pregnancy, black cumin seeds are even good to drink. This should be done on an empty stomach, a teaspoon, washed down with cold water and honey diluted in it.
Black cumin oil for the face
Long reception of black cumin inside on an empty stomach with any oil makes the face pink and clean. There are many recipes for the external use of drugs from the seeds of chernushki in home cosmetology.
Add 2 drops of oil infused on the seeds of cumin in skin care products, thereby enriching them and enhancing the beneficial properties. Before you make a mask on the face, you need to steam it. For dry skin, this recipe will be useful: apply a mixture of butter (1.5 tsp.) And sour cream (1 tbsp. L.), Cinnamon (1 tsp.). For oily skin combine oils: cumin + grape seed + tea tree (all in equal amounts).
Cumin for weight loss
Cumin in its fat burning properties among spices gives way only to ginger. To lose extra kilos, prepare the following infusion of seeds: 2 tbsp. l. 100 ml of boiling water, insist 1/4 hours, drink in the morning and evening on an empty stomach. The duration of treatment is 1-1.5 months.
It is possible to carry out treatment on the basis of an oil extract of seeds. To do this, limit the intake of other fats in the body, as well as consume more water than usual. The first 10-14 days taken 1 tsp. before breakfast, washed down with warm water. Then the dose is doubled: the intake of oil is not only in the morning but also in the evening. Do so for two months, after which you enter the oil in the daily diet as a dressing for salads and other foods.
Useful properties of black cumin for men
Chernushka seeds are recommended to be eaten regularly for violations of erectile function, prostatitis, prostate adenoma. The plant has such an effect due to the phytosterols contained in it, with the participation of which the production of the male hormone testosterone is enhanced.
The seeds also contain Mg and Se - trace elements that have a positive effect on male potency. They also contain vitamin E, which improves the condition of the sex glands, which, in turn, leads to better testosterone secretion. Vitamin C, also present in the seeds, provides a high activity of sperm. Nigella oil improves blood circulation and protects against inflammatory processes.
Honey and black cumin
Black cumin is better to use ground. For long-term storage and enhancement of beneficial properties, it can be mixed with honey and stored in a small amount in a hermetically sealed container, but not in a refrigerator. Drinking both black and honey oils will help against malignant neoplasms of the throat.
Contraindications and harm
Contraindications include pregnancy (can cause placental abruption), the presence of implanted organs (kidneys, heart, and others). It is not recommended to take the drug also with:
- Thrombophlebitis.
- Myocardial infarction.
- CHD.
- Thrombosis
- Stones in the bile and urinary tract.
You can not take seeds to people suffering from hypotension, individual intolerance, etc.
Seeds of black cumin must be taken strictly in the prescribed dosage, without violating the instructions and advice of a doctor. Otherwise, various side effects may occur.
