OFFICIAL NAME – Nigella Sativa
HEALTH BENEFIT – This is useful in skin diseases, hair loss, headache, bad odour from mouth, anorexia, indigestion, dysentery and worm infestation.
HOME REMEDY – Apply a paste made of its seeds to cure hair loss and skin diseases. Take nasya of its powder in headache and jaundice. Take medicated smoke in the cold.
NUTRITION CONTAIN – It is analgesic, carminative, diuretic, galactagogue.
OTHER NAME – Kalajazi, Upkeenchika, Mangrel, Kareen jeram, Shoniz etc.
FLAVOUR – Bitter and pungent.
CHEMISTRY – It contains albumin, carbonic acid, glucose, saponin melanthin, arabic acid, nigellin and cymine.
