Black seed
The black seed is a fruit taken from a plant growing in the Mediterranean basin, up to 50 cm, has been used for the pill for the manufacture of drugs for more than two thousand years by the ancient Egyptians, and the fruit of this plant contains a capsule inside the seeds of white three-dimensional, which quickly turns black when exposed to air.
Ingredients of black seeds
The black seeds, as reported by chemical research on many chemicals, such as:
Oil
The relative composition of the fatty acids of this oil is: oleink acid, lanolin acid, nolinic acid, arrachidic acid, ekzadainok acid, Palmitic acid, acetic acid, astric acid, acidic acid, and estrolates.
Vitamins
The black seed contains vitamins such as vitamin E and B, as well as other substances such as melantin. It also contains carotene, which has an anti-cancer effect. It also contains hormones and enzymes that facilitate digestion and protect the acidity of the stomach.
Volatile oils
The most important components of the black bean, consisting of a volatile liquid available at 1.5%, and possess aromatic aroma and pale yellow color, and the most important components: Thymokinon complex, and a little dhydrothaimokinon, and a high proportion of paraciamine, and contains the Fabainin, Phenols, sugars, starches, minerals such as phosphates, phosphorus, iron, and calcium.
Benefits of volatile oils in the black seed
- Reduce arterial blood pressure.
- Asthma treatment as studies have shown about increased breathing speed and laxative cramps through the secretion of histamine.
- Treatment of gout, it increases the output of uric acid in the urine, the acid that causes gout.
- Eliminate germs and intestinal fungi. Examples of these bacteria include salmonella, typhoid, hyponatremia, zingaria, and fungus, some of which are black lichen and some intestinal worms.
- Reduce intestinal cramps and promote relaxation of muscles.
- Decreased blood sugar according to studies on the proper rats infected with experimental diabetes.
- Adjusting the body’s high temperature according to studies, black seed oil was injected into mice.
- Treatment of infections and inhibition of growth of certain bacteria, especially those associated with acne.
- Cancer treatment, in which the growth of some cancer cells in the rat liver was discouraged.