🦒East African Traditional Medicine
Black Cumin (Tikur Azmud)
Nigella sativa
About Black Cumin (Tikur Azmud)
Black Cumin (Tikur Azmud) (Nigella sativa) is a herb used in the East African Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Immune Support, Asthma, Digestive Issues, and High Blood Pressure, among 1 other condition it addresses. The seeds are the part traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Nigella sativa (black-caraway, also known as black cumin, nigella and kalonji) is an annual flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to south and southwest Asia.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Seeds · both