Black Seeds is known around the world by many names because of its ancient popular history and medicinal value viz: black caraway, roman coriander, carvi (french), schwarzkummel (german), kalonji (hindi/urdu), kezah(hebrew) chernushka (russian), corek-otu(turkish), habbat-albarakah or habbatus-?ÿ sauda (Arabic) siyah daneh (Persian) etc.
Black seed (Nigella sativa) is considered to be one of the greatest healing herbs of all times. This herb has been used for millenniums to strengthen the immune system, cleanse the body, purify the blood, protect against irritants, and support healthy longevity. Long forgotten this herb is now enjoying a positive and welcomed come-back.
In Islam, it is regarded as one of the greatest forms of healing medicine available. Muhammad (SAWW) once stated that:
The black seed can heal every disease-except death-as recounted in the following hadith. (Sahih Muslim: Book 26 Kitab As-Salam, Number 5489)
However, both Black Seeds oil and seeds are equally good but, Black Seeds oil is preferred over seeds as it is 35% to 50% more potent and convenient to use. However, black seeds are sometimes misleadingly confused with similar looking onion seed and black sesame, both are totally unrelated and definitely are not the same.
