Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.03-10-2019

Black-bread-weed

Plant

Family

Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae)

English

Black-bread-weed, Nigella, Wild fennel

Latin

Nigella arvensis L.

Plantparts

Oil, Seeds, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Alopecia, Alopecia areata, Anti-dandruff, Baldness, Dandruff, hair loss, loss of hair, Spot baldness

Cancer

Anticancer (Lung), Anti-Cancer (Skin), Brain cancer, Brain tumor, Lung cancer, Lung carcinoma, Skin cancer

Foods

Condiment, culinary, culinary herb, Spice

Other uses

against lice, Lice, Louse, Pediculicide, Used to treat lice (Pediculus humanus capitus)

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical used in West Bank, Palestine

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn11279

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