Introduction
Kalonji is cultivated in many states of India. Kalonji plant is slightly smaller than fennel plant. Its flowers are light blue and yellow in colour and are star-shaped. Flowers bloom in the early stages of winter and fruits in winter. After the flowers fall, it bears half-inch long black fruits. Inside the fruit, there are black or dark brown seeds which are pungent and aromatic. This seed is called Kalonji. The seeds are 2 to 3 millimeters long and 2 millimeters wide. The seed is rough from the outside and smooth from the inside. Kalonji leaves are joined together. Kalonji is used as a spice and to cure many diseases. Kalonji is used more in making Unani medicines.
Harmful effects
Consuming Kalonji in excess can cause pain, confusion, excitement etc. Kalonji has a stimulating effect on the skin, kidneys, intestines, stomach and uterus. Do not eat lemon while consuming Kalonji.
Treatment of various diseases
1. Cold and Cough:
By cooking 20 grams of Kalonji well, tying it in a cloth and smelling it through the nose, the blocked nose opens and the cold is cured.
Mix half a teaspoon of Kalonji oil and a quarter teaspoon of olive oil in half a cup of water and boil it till the water evaporates and only oil remains. After this, filter it and put 2 drops in the nose. This cures cold and cough. It is also beneficial for chronic cold.
By mixing fine powder of Kalonji in olive oil, filtering it in a cloth and putting it drop-by-drop in the nose, sneezing in cold stops repeatedly and the cold is cured.
Smelling Kalonji provides relief from cold. Cold and cough are cured by roasting Kalonji seeds, wrapping them in a cloth and smelling them, and by dripping equal amounts of Kalonji oil and olive oil into the nose.
2. Acne:
Grind Kalonji in vinegar and apply it on the entire face before sleeping at night and by cleaning the face with water in the morning, acne is cured in a few days.
3. Piles:
Piles are cured by applying Kalonji ash on warts regularly.
4. Skin disorders:
Mixing Kalonji powder in coconut oil and massaging it on the skin cures skin disorders.
5. Rheumatism:
Massaging the diseased organs with Kalonji oil cures the disease of Rheumatism.
6. Nerve pain:
Applying the paste made by grinding Kalonji in curd on the affected organ cures nerve pain.
7. Baldness:
By mixing burnt nigella seeds in hair oil and massaging the head regularly, baldness is cured and hair grows.
8. Swelling:
If there is swelling at any part of the body due to injury or sprain, then grind nigella seeds in water and apply it to remove it. This removes swelling and cures pain.
By grinding nigella seeds and applying it on hands and feet, swelling of hands and feet is cured.
9. Intestinal worms:
By grinding 10 grams of nigella seeds and consuming it with 3 teaspoons of honey at bedtime regularly for a few days, stomach worms are destroyed.
10. Paralysis:
By drinking a quarter teaspoon of nigella oil with a cup of milk every day for a few months and massaging the affected body parts with nigella oil, paralysis is cured.
11. Labor pain:
Making decoction of nigella seeds and consuming it relieves labor pain.
12. Ear swelling:
Putting nigella oil in the ear relieves ear swelling. It is also beneficial in deafness.
13. Blood pressure:
Mixing half a teaspoon of nigella oil in a cup of hot water and drinking it twice a day keeps blood pressure normal. Mixing 28 ml of olive oil and one teaspoon of nigella oil and massaging the whole body and staying in the sun for half an hour benefits blood pressure. This activity should be done every third day for one month.
14. Polio:
Mix one teaspoon of honey and half a teaspoon of nigella oil in half a cup of hot water and take it in the morning on an empty stomach and at night before sleeping. This cures polio.
15. Joint pain:
Mix one spoon vinegar, half spoon nigella oil and two spoons honey and drink it in the morning on empty stomach and at night before sleeping, it cures joint pain.
Extract 10 grams fennel juice and mix it with kanji and drink it, it cures arthritis pain.
By drinking decoction of Kulanjan with reetha leaves, arthritis disease ends.
16. Eye disease:
Redness of eyes, cataract, watery eyes, poor eyesight etc. In such eye diseases, mix one cup carrot juice, half spoon nigella oil and two spoons honey and consume it twice a day. This cures all eye diseases. Apply nigella oil around the eyes and on the eyelids at night before sleeping. This cures eye diseases. The patient should not eat pickles, brinjal, egg and fish.
17. Revitalization:
Mixing half a teaspoon of Nigella oil in orange juice and consuming it relieves laziness and fatigue.
18. Mental stress:
Adding half a teaspoon of Nigella oil in a cup of hot water and drinking it at night before sleeping relieves nervous and mental stress.
19. Tumor:
Applying Nigella oil on the lump and drinking one teaspoon of Nigella oil in hot milk destroys the lump.
20. Headache:
Massage Nigella oil thoroughly from forehead to ears and mix half teaspoon Nigella oil with 1 teaspoon honey and consume it morning and evening to cure headache.
Along with eating Nigella, massage the head with Nigella oil and olive oil. This gives relief from headache and also cures other diseases related to the head.
