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Black Seed – The Remedy for Everything but Death

Tuesday, August 8, 2023 12:23


by DIANE

Used throughout history for its amazing healing powers, black seed was reportedly found in King Tut’s tomb. This spice has been extensively studied and proven effective against many modern diseases, yet few people have even heard of it. We are here to spread the word about this potent therapy and encourage everyone to stock black seed in your medicine cabinet.
What is Black Seed?

Black seed is the seed of the Nigella Sativa plant but is known by many names including black cumin, black sesame, black caraway, onion seed and Roman coriander. Black seed is the most descriptive name, but the most accurate may be the Arabic name which translates to “seed of blessing.” It is reported the Islamic prophet Mohammed called black seed a “remedy for all diseases except death.”
Using What Does Black Seed

It would be impossible to discuss all of the conditions and diseases black seed therapy might be applied to in this article. Black seed benefits have been studied in over 656 peer-reviewed studies as far back as 1964. The research is solid, documenting the benefits of black seed and black seed oil. Here are just a few of the well-documented benefits of black seed.


Type 2 Diabetes and Insulin Resistance

A 2010 research study found that 2 grams of black seeds per day reduced fasting blood glucose readings by an average of 45 mg/dl after four weeks and 62 mg/dl at eight weeks. HbA1C readings were reduced by 1.5% after 12 weeks. Participants had decreased insulin resistance, reduced HbA1C, and increased beta-cell function. Participants had no adverse liver or kidney reactions.
Helicobacter Pylori Infection
Helicobacter Pylori infection is implicated in a large number of diseases, including peptic ulcer, chronic gastritis, and gastric cancer. Black seeds were tested against triple eradication therapy using clarithromycin, amoxicillin, and omeprazole in patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia and black seeds were found to be as effective as the triple antibiotic therapy.
Hypertension

A randomized, double-blind study conducted in 2006 showed that 100-200 mg of Nigella Seed Extract taken twice a day for eight weeks significantly reduced both systolic and diastolic blood pressure values in patients with mild hypertension. Participants also experienced a decrease in total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol. Black seed has also been shown to have positive effects on heart health. No complications were recorded during the 2-month study.


Bacterial Infections Including MRSA

MRSA is a significant health problem encountered in hospitals and clinics worldwide. It is resistant to various anti-staphylococcus agents. Laboratory testing of black seed extracts inhibited the growth of MRSA. More testing is necessary for MRSA and other resistant bacteria. However, black seed is known to have antibiotic properties.
Asthma
Both animal and human studies have confirmed that boiled water extracts of black seed opens asthmatic airways, allowing easier breathing. Pulmonary function tests showed rapid improvement in asthmatic patients taking the extracts. Thymoquinone, an active compound found in black seed is a powerful anti-asthmatic.

Protects and Heals the Skin

Black seed oil has been shown to be beneficial and healing to the skin. Cleopatra, famed for her beauty is rumored to have used black seeds to enhance the health and beauty of her skin. Black seed oil contains valuable vitamins, minerals and trace elements that nourish the skin and help it heal.

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Black seed oil regulates the body’s immune cells and contains anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF.) TNF is a problem in some autoimmune skin diseases. Black seed oil has been shown to be beneficial when applied directly to the skin as a therapy for psoriasis, eczema, fungal infections and acne.
Black Seed Oil for Skin Cancer

Black seed has been shown to have a wide range of anti-cancer effects and specific activity against squamous cell carcinomas have been shown in vitro. Black seed extracts inhibited cell reproduction and increase cell death in squamous cell carcinoma. More studies are needed, but black seed oil shows promise as a potential therapy in squamous cell skin cancers.
Digestion

Black seeds have carminative properties, meaning they aid in the reduction of gas, bloating, stomach pain and digestive problems.
Candida and Fungal Infections

If you have problems with candida and fungus in the digestive system or on the skin, black seed oil may be the solution. It has been shown effective in battling candida infections.
Black Seed Supports the Immune System

Nigella Sativa contains beneficial antioxidants, acids, and vitamins that support the immune system. Black seeds appear to balance the immune system, up-regulating some functions and down-regulating others for better immune health. It appears to have a calming effect on the overactive immune reactions that cause autoimmune reactions.

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Many Other Uses

Black Seed (Nigella Sativa) has been documented to have over 600 beneficial effects on health. It is a powerfully healthy supplement that belongs in every medicine cabinet. Unlike many supplements, numerous studies have been done on Nigella Sativa that prove its efficacy.
If you want to discover more remedies that Native Americans have been using successfully for centuries, HERE you’ll find plenty of information.
Medicinal Properties of Black Seed

Black seed has been used for many different diseases throughout history. If you are concerned about a specific health condition, it is easy to test black seeds or black seed oil over a period of 3 months or more to determine whether it may be effective. Also search a medical library for original research on Nigella Sativa and your condition.
Black seed is known to have these medicinal properties:

Anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-virus

Anti-inflammatory

• Anti-ulcer
• Anti-Hypertensive
• Antioxidant
• Antispasmodic
• Bronchodilator
• Beneficial for reducing blood sugar and regulating insulin response
• Protects the liver and kidneys
• Interferon Inducer
• Inhibits Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)

How to Use Black Seed

The easiest way to use black seed is to sprinkle the seeds on salads or in a smoothie. There is probably some benefit in crushing the seeds before just before use. Your blender will do the job when making a smoothie.

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Another easy way to use black seed is to add black seed oil to your juice or a smoothie. You can also take a teaspoon of the oil straight several times a day. It has a slightly spicy taste that most people don’t find objectionable. If you choose to use the oil, make sure your supply is fresh. Black seed oil can become rancid, just like other oils.
Black seed oil is considered safe for culinary use and showed no side effects in testing. However, it is always possible that some individuals will have a reaction to a new food or oil, so start slowly and make sure it is tolerated. Like other herbs, spices, and essential oils, black seed is very potent, and a little goes a long way.
This article was inspired by ”The Lost Book Of Herbal Remedies‘. You can get you hard top copy HERE!



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From Chicks to Laying Hens–A Step by Step Guide

Keeping chickens is easy–and I highly recommend it! To give easy a reference point, having done both I’d say chickens is way less work than a dog, but more than a cat. You only need to consider a few factors to successfully raise hens from chicks, which I recommend over purchasing full grown hens because chicks, while they are actually a fair bit of work (think puppy) are cute and fun to watch grow up. Besides, they grow up Very Fast. Like in 3 months. And if you buy full-grown hens or pullets (adolescent female chickens) off Craigslist, you never know what you are actually getting. We have been majorly underwhelmed. We ended up with 6 cockerels (young roosters) and 2 hens from one purchase of supposedly pullets-only, and 2 very stressed and sick pullets from another transaction, and birds a fair bit older than advertised in a third.

Sometimes I am a slow learner. If you want to buy pullets or hens, do so from someone you know.

All chicks need is feed, water, a warm place to live and cleanliness. But before you bring any of these cute fluff balls home (and have I mentioned stinky?) read through this step-by-step guide and be prepared for them.

I’ll assume before you head to your Wilco store–or equivalent, you will know where your chickens will be housed once they outgrow the brooder box. If not FIGURE THIS OUT FIRST! It is very tempting to bring home chicks once you go look at them. Especially if you take your children with you–which I recommend. While you don’t have to have your coop built/bought/assembled, coop time will come upon you quicker than you’d imagine. If you are building or assembling a coop, give yourself twice as much time as you think you’ll need.

In another post I’ve talked about breed selection, which you should consider, too, although you might find yourself purchasing whatever is available–and that’s okay, too. They all scratch in the dirt, cluck, roost, dust bath, vie for a position in the pecking order, and lay eggs!

So let’s assume you’ve made the leap–that is, decided your breeds, figured out their final home and the little birds are either in transit via the post office (only likely if you are getting 25 or more), or chirping and cheeping away at your local farm and feed store, hoping for adoption.

Remember: care of chicks is not difficult even if I spend more than a few words talking about each requirement.

STEP ONE: Things To Gather BEFORE your chicks arrive. Yes. BEFORE.

1) A brooding box/pen/cage. We start with a big plastic tub for 25 chicks, which they’ll outgrow in a week. We’ll use it to hold 40-50 pound bags of feed later. If you have 3-6 you can keep them here for a 2-3 weeks. A cage for mice or birds or maybe rabbits can work well, too, and will give your chicks more to look at then plastic walls. Since ours are only here a week or two, a tub works for us.


2) Chick feed. It is important to feed your chicks food intended for chicks and not adult birds. We get ours from Buchanans Feed Store in McMinnville, though Wilco or any place that sells chicks will also sell feed and all these other supplies. I imagine pet stores will be getting into this market if they haven’t yet.

3) Chick grit. Chickens typically consume dirt and pebbles as they eat, and these are necessary to help break down their food. Since chicks are not outside for the first 5 weeks (in our case more like 6-8 since we get them in December) they need grit as a supplement added to their food. Adult birds that are not raised outside will continue to need a grit supplement.

4) Pine shavings or equivalent. Avoid hardwood shavings like oak, as they can be toxic to chicks. I’d avoid shredded newspaper, too, though some people use it. The ink will dirty your chicks, and it seems an unsatisfying bedding choice for new chicks.

5) Paper towels (non-bleached, plain) for the first 2 days. If you use newspaper be sure to shred it or chicks will slip on the surface. Slipping is problematic for proper foot development, so go with paper towels.

6) Water and food dispensers. Those pictured are specifically for chicks. They will need something bigger in about 5 weeks. Though again, if you only have three or four birds, the watering can pictured could work if you swap out a quart jar, but even with a quart jar you’ll have to fill it frequently.

7) Light with a 100 watt bulb if chicks will start in your home somewhere (a laundry room works well), or some heated area. Otherwise, get a heat lamp as well as a white light. If you plan to put them in your garage in early spring, you will still want a heat lamp.

Thermometer (not essential, but handy).

STEP TWO: Set up before the chicks arrive

1) Place about 1/2 inch of shavings in the bottom of your brood space and cover with one layer of paper towels. If you have a cage, lay a plastic bag or old shower curtain down to protect the floor. With our tub we put an old towel down. Partly it marks off chick space from other space. Consider “chick space” dirty. That is, hands should be washed well after entering “chick space”….

2) Put the filled feeder and water directly on the bottom of your brood area for a day. Once the chicks are actively eating and drinking, put a block of wood under the feed and water to raise them a bit. This will keep them cleaner. Separating the water and feed will also help keep both cleaner.

3) If chicks are brand new–that is, they have not had anything to eat or drink yet (most likely if they have been mailed to you), then mix 1/4 c. sugar with a 1 quart of warm water to dissolve. Use this water the first couple of days. The sugar will give the hungry and thirsty chicks an energy boost, and they’ll be inclined to drink because–well, sugar water is just SO tasty! After the second day use tap water. If chicks come from a farm and feed type store and are at least a few days old you can omit the sugar water.


STEP THREE: When Chicks Come Home

1) If the chicks have come in the mail they will be stressed, thirsty, and cold. So take them out of the box one at a time, dip their beak in your sugar water and set them down by the water. I keep the feed next to the water the first couple of days to be sure they find them both. You may need to dunk their beaks in the food too, if they aren’t finding it. Check them periodically to be sure they are eating and drinking. Occasionally you’ll need to double dip (I think of this as a baptizing of sorts–calling these chicks to life…) a chick who only wants to sleep. BUT sleeping is what they will do a lot the first couple of days.

If the chicks are coming from Wilco (or equivalent), they will be excited to explore their new area, and all you need to do is show them the water and feed. They will likely find them on their own, but set them down in front of it regardless, especially if your feeder looks different from the one in the store.

2) Hang your white light over the brood box. We put a screen on top of our tub and set the light on the screen–you can figure out another system, but you will want to cover the brood box by week 3. Follow these guidelines for temperature:

The first week keep the area beneath the light between 90-95. Every week decrease that 5 degrees by raising the light about 3 inches. By week five you’ll be at about 75 degrees, and depending on time of year, may not need a light anymore. If it is winter, keep their space above 60 at night for another few weeks until their chick fluff is fully replaced by feathers.

Chicks will communicate whether they are too hot or too cold by how they cluster. They will be inclined to collapse into a pile to sleep, but if they spend nearly all the time heaped up under the light they are too cold. If they are spread out away from the light they are too hot. If they are panting, they are too hot. In those cases, raise the light, or if you are using a heat lamp, switch to a 100 watt white bulb. This is why a thermometer is optional. Chicks communicate very well. Especially at this stage.

STEP FOUR: Things to Check in the First Week:

1) Observe to see that they are all drinking and eating. Feel free to hold them, but not overly much the first week. But handle them after that if you want hens that will tolerate petting! Certain breeds are also more amenable to petting than others.

2) When you pick them up, check their vent to be sure it is not plugged with poop. (Anatomy lesson: the vent is used for everything: pee-poop–urine and feces are mixed for chickens, and egg. Maybe disgusting, but true.) We only had this happen with one shipment–which arrived in bad shape. We lost five of the chicks in the first 24 hours, and about 5 of them had plugged vents over the first week. To clear, soak their bum in a small bowl/container of warm (not hot) water. Try not to get any more of the chick wet than is necessary. The poop plug will soften so that you can scrap it away gently. Dry chick and immediately put back in warm brood box. I used a yogurt container which I then recycled. THIS BEARS REPEATING: ALWAYS WASH YOUR HANDS AFTER HANDLING YOUR CHICKS. Not only when you’ve been cleaning pasty butts!

3) Turn off the white light every day 2-4 times for about 20 minutes at a time so they are not constantly under white lights. Imagine if you had to live and sleep under a bright white light 24/7…!

4) Add chick grit to the feed after the first few days. Mix your feed and grit together at this point. The ratio of feed to grit is 20:1. So 20 pounds of feed mixed with 1 pound of grit will keep you from having to make the calculation every time you feed them.

5) You’ll change the paper towels a couple of times a day the first day or two on account of the poop. Once you stop using paper towels, add new shavings on top of the old ones every few days as needed. If you are using a heat lamp you’ll notice the lamp dries the poop and reduces the smell. If you are using a white lamp, you will likely want to replace the shavings every few days. When the smell is strong–it’s time to replace them. For your sake, but also for the chick’s health.

STEP FIVE: Things to Do in Week Two or Three:


Mostly Continue what you’ve been doing, but you will notice they will muck up their water (so change it frequently–and depending on how many chicks you have, you might want to graduate to a quart jar for water), and you’ll be surprised how quickly they will go through feed.

Clean their water jar at least once a week with a vinegar/water solution. You’ll notice it gets to feeling slimy, and vinegar will keep it clean.

By the end of week two we move our birds to a bigger space–but that means moving them to the cold garage since we get our birds in December. So we add a heat lamp at that point, and leave both a heat lamp and a white light on during the day, and then turn off the white light at night. If you just have 3-4 chicks you’ll likely be able to keep them in your original space for the full 5-6 weeks unless the smell drives them or you out of the house! Better them than you! Since it takes five to six weeks for them to get their warmer set of feathers, heat continues to be an issue even after they appear to be awkward gawky teenagers.


Here’s our 2nd space–which fits 25 chicks well. We keep it well insulated. Foam pads fit in the sides and I use our backpacking pads and a few towels besides as insulation on the top and front.
Add clean shavings every few days on top of the old ones. I lift the top and take the opportunity to hold them when I add shavings. Mostly they spend week three well insulated like the photo to the left shows. As they get older (and more feathered) I open up a space for them to see into the garage, and eventually open the front up most of the way during the days before we move them from here to the hen house.

More to be added as this set of chicks continue their journey from toddlerhood (where they are now) through adolescence, to adulthood. I’ll use a separate posting for future steps. Good luck!

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