Black Seed (Black Cumin/Nigella Sativa)
- Region
- Western Asia / Middle East
- Tradition
- Islamic Prophetic Medicine (Tibb al-Nabawi); also ancient Egypt, Greece
- Era
- Ancient (pre-500 CE)
- Science
- Partial
- Today
- Widely Practiced Today
- Traditional logic
Endorsed in hadith as broad cure; Avicenna described it as an expectorant