Black Seed Oil - A Goldmine Of Healing

Black seed oil from Egypt has been a go-to health product for centuries in Africa, but is now becoming more talked about in the U.S. It is made by cold-pressing Nigella Sativa (black cumin) seeds; which contain about 28-35% oil. It has many obvious benefits; but it also has some lesser known benefits that are just now being talked about in the medical field.

The Benefits You Hear About the Most:
Black seed oil is known to
Help heal psoriasis.
Relieve symptoms of eczema.
Moisturize and heal dry skin.
Stimulate hair growth.
Nourish and strengthen hair.
Reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Reduce inflammation or swelling.

Some Lesser-Known Benefits:

Helps to Heal Autoimmune Diseases

Although natural medicine may be dismissed by some, it should be noted that black seed oil has been found superior to almost every other natural remedy when used to treat autoimmune disorders; conditions in which patients suffer greatly because their own systems attack their bodies.

Black seed oil, especially when combined with garlic, is used as a harmonizer of the imbalance which allows immune cells to destroy healthy cells. The technical language to describe this property is immunomodulatory action.

Protects Healthy Cells

The first major study of black seed in cancer prevention and treatment was performed by scientists at Cancer Immuno-Biology Laboratory of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. They found out that a healthy immune system will detect and destroy cancer cells before the cancer endangers the patient.

The immune system does this by supporting increased production of immune cells, bone marrow cells, and B-cells that produce antibodies. Black seed stimulates neutrophil activity. These are the short-lived immune cells that are commonly found in bone marrow but put into action when there is a bacterial infection.

Extracts of black cumin have also been shown to modulate production of interleukins, which are proteins that help to improve the immune system.

In animal studies, while none of the subjects in the control group survived, two-thirds of the mice that had been given black seed oil were still alive 30 days after deliberate efforts to cause cancer in the subject groups.

Black seed oil is particularly useful in treating aggressive cancers whose growth depends on angiogenesis. Angiogenesis refers to the body's ability to grow and develop new blood vessels.

Black seed oil was once considered such a healer that people would put the seeds or the oil in the tombs of Egypt. In fact black cumin seeds were found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. They are also mentioned in the Bible as well as in the words of the Prophet Mohammed.