Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491
Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1890
Botanical name:
Sesamum indicum
Parts used:
Seed (Black are stronger)
Temperature & Taste:
Slightly Warm, moist. Sweet
Classifications:
2K. RESOLVENT. 2L. EMOLLIENT. 2P. HEMOSTATIC. 2Q. ANODYNE. 2U. SUPPURATIVE
3H. LACTAGOGUE. 3I. APHRODISIAC. 3J. INCREASE SEMEN
Sesamum indicum
Parts used:
Seed (Black are stronger)
Temperature & Taste:
Slightly Warm, moist. Sweet
Classifications:
2K. RESOLVENT. 2L. EMOLLIENT. 2P. HEMOSTATIC. 2Q. ANODYNE. 2U. SUPPURATIVE
3H. LACTAGOGUE. 3I. APHRODISIAC. 3J. INCREASE SEMEN
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Uses:
1. Nourishes and Tonifies the Liver and Kidneys: (West, TCM, Ayurveda, Tibet)
-weakness of the Kidney and Liver Yin (Body moisture), with failing Eyesight, blurred Vision, Tinnitus and Dizziness. (TCM)
-for old weak patients, and for those recovering from severe and chronic disease; used for Paralysis, Rheumatism (TCM)
-‘It is a remedy against ... pains of the Joints... It is a remedy against Sounding and Ringing of the Ears’. (Gerard)
-good hair tonic and is used for premature Greying of the Hair;
2. Nourishes the Blood, Calms Wind, Stops Spasm: (West, TCM, Ayurveda, Tibet)
-Headaches, Numbness and Dizziness from Wind, deficient Blood or Yin (TCM, Tibet)
-Itching from Phlegm or Blood Humors (Avicenna)
3. Moisten the Intestines: (West, TCM, Ayurveda, Tibet)
-promotes passage of stool; used for Constipation from dryness, weakness, or deficient blood.
-Piles, including bleeding Piles in Ayurveda, for which it may be applied topically and taken internally.
4. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis:
-Amenorrhea and Dysmenorrhea; irregular menstruation and spasmodic menstrual pain.
-'dissolves hot swellings' (Avicenna)
-promotes Delivery and expulsion of the placenta. (Da Ming Ri Hua Ben Cao)
5. Nourish Lung Yin, Stops Cough:
-dry Cough, Asthma, Breathlessness (Avicenna)
-Lung Yin deficiency; a good Lung tonic
6. Yogavaha:
-enhances or strengthens the other medicines it is used with. (Ayurveda)
7. Externally:
-seeds have been used both internally and externally for skin conditions including Eczema, Leprosy and Psoriasis.
-A decoction of the seeds is used as a hip-bath to promote Menstruation.
-In India, a Decoction of the leaves and roots is used as a hair wash to promote hair growth, and to blacken the hair
-Sesame oil decocted with myrtle, preserves and strengthens the hair. (Avicenna)
-Plaster for hardening of the nerves and sinews (Avicenna)
-extract of the plant is used for Dandruff (Avicenna)
Dose:
Decoction: 5–30 grams
Powder: 2–6 grams
Paste (Tahini): 1–2 spoonfuls
Correctives:
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Substitutes:
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Preparation:
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Decoction: 5–30 grams
Powder: 2–6 grams
Paste (Tahini): 1–2 spoonfuls
Correctives:
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Substitutes:
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Preparation:
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Main Combinations:
1. Tonic for the aged:
i. Black Sesame seed powder with Honey and Ghee (Ayurveda)
ii. Black Sesame powder with ... available in PRO version
iii. to the above can be added ... available in PRO version
iv. Black Sesame seed (50 grams), ... available in PRO version
2. As a tonic, increasing strength and Intellect:
i. Black Sesame seed with ... available in PRO version
ii. Black Sesame seed with ... available in PRO version
iii. Black Sesame seed with ... available in PRO version
3. Aphrodisiac, to strengthen the Kidney and nourish Semen:
i. Black Sesame seed with ... available in PRO version
ii. Roasted Sesame seed, ... available in PRO version
iii. Black Sesame seed with ... available in PRO version
iv. Black Sesame seed with ... available in PRO version
4. Infertility from Kidney deficiency:
i. Sesame seed, ... available in PRO version
ii. Sesame seed, ... available in PRO version
iii. Sesame seed, ... available in PRO version
5. Strengthen the Bones and lower Back:
i. Sesame seed, ... available in PRO version
ii. Sesame seed, ... available in PRO version
6. Wounds and Fractures, steep Sesame seed ... available in PRO version
7. Premature Ejaculation, Sesame seed ... available in PRO version
8, Chronic Constipation:
i. Sesame seed oil (5 grams), Honey (15 grams). Mix well and take before breakfast.
ii. Sesame seed, ... available in PRO version
iii. in the aged due to dryness and deficiency, Black Sesame seed with ... available in PRO version
9. Dysentery, Blood in the Stool, combine Raw Sesame seed ... available in PRO version
10. Dry Cough from Lung deficiency, Sesame seed, ... available in PRO version
11. Headache Sesame oil, ... available in PRO version
12. Dry, itchy Skin conditions:
i. Sesame seed, ... available in PRO version
ii. Sesame oil, ... available in PRO version
13. To promote Milk:
i. Black Sesame seed with ... available in PRO version
ii. Black Sesame seed with ... available in PRO version
14. As a hair tonic, ... available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
Confection of Sesame and Triphala (Ayurveda)
Triphala Electuary Greater (Unani)
Triphera of the Saracens (Triphera Saracenica Magna)
Antidote for Cold Lumbar, for Venery, and Defect of Semen (Nicholas)
Powder for Defect of Milk
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1. Tonic for the aged:
i. Black Sesame seed powder with Honey and Ghee (Ayurveda)
ii. Black Sesame powder with ... available in PRO version
iii. to the above can be added ... available in PRO version
iv. Black Sesame seed (50 grams), ... available in PRO version
2. As a tonic, increasing strength and Intellect:
i. Black Sesame seed with ... available in PRO version
ii. Black Sesame seed with ... available in PRO version
iii. Black Sesame seed with ... available in PRO version
3. Aphrodisiac, to strengthen the Kidney and nourish Semen:
i. Black Sesame seed with ... available in PRO version
ii. Roasted Sesame seed, ... available in PRO version
iii. Black Sesame seed with ... available in PRO version
iv. Black Sesame seed with ... available in PRO version
4. Infertility from Kidney deficiency:
i. Sesame seed, ... available in PRO version
ii. Sesame seed, ... available in PRO version
iii. Sesame seed, ... available in PRO version
5. Strengthen the Bones and lower Back:
i. Sesame seed, ... available in PRO version
ii. Sesame seed, ... available in PRO version
6. Wounds and Fractures, steep Sesame seed ... available in PRO version
7. Premature Ejaculation, Sesame seed ... available in PRO version
8, Chronic Constipation:
i. Sesame seed oil (5 grams), Honey (15 grams). Mix well and take before breakfast.
ii. Sesame seed, ... available in PRO version
iii. in the aged due to dryness and deficiency, Black Sesame seed with ... available in PRO version
9. Dysentery, Blood in the Stool, combine Raw Sesame seed ... available in PRO version
10. Dry Cough from Lung deficiency, Sesame seed, ... available in PRO version
11. Headache Sesame oil, ... available in PRO version
12. Dry, itchy Skin conditions:
i. Sesame seed, ... available in PRO version
ii. Sesame oil, ... available in PRO version
13. To promote Milk:
i. Black Sesame seed with ... available in PRO version
ii. Black Sesame seed with ... available in PRO version
14. As a hair tonic, ... available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
Confection of Sesame and Triphala (Ayurveda)
Triphala Electuary Greater (Unani)
Triphera of the Saracens (Triphera Saracenica Magna)
Antidote for Cold Lumbar, for Venery, and Defect of Semen (Nicholas)
Powder for Defect of Milk
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Cautions:
1. Not for chronic Diarrhea associated with Spleen deficiency.
2. Large doses are abortifacient
Main Preparations used:
Expressed Oil
1. Not for chronic Diarrhea associated with Spleen deficiency.
2. Large doses are abortifacient
Main Preparations used:
Expressed Oil
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'Sesame is a plant which we find on the authority of the most ancient documents of Egyptian, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Greek, and Roman literature, has been used by mankind for the sake of its oily seeds from the earliest times. The Egyptian name Semsemt already occurring in the Papyrus Ebers, is still existing in the Coptic Semsem, the Arabic Simsim, and the modern Sesamum. The Indian languages have their own terms for it, the Hindustani Til, from the Sanskrit Tila, being one of the best known. Tila already occurs in the Vedic literature. In the days of Pliny the oil was an export from Sind to Europe by way of the
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Red Sea, precisely as the seeds are at the present day. During the middle ages the plant, then known as Suseman or Sempsen, was cultivated in Cyprus, Egypt and Sicily; the oil was an article of import from Alexandria to Venice. Joachim Camerarius gave a good figure of the plant in his "Hortus medicus et philosophicus" 1588. In modern times sesame oil gave way to that of olives, yet at present it is an article which, if not so renowned, is at least of far greater consumption'. (Pharmacographia, Fluckiger & Hanbury, 1879)
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The Chinese Classic Ben Cao Kang Mu said: 'Taking black sesame seeds can heal all the chronic illness after 100 days, improve skin tone of body and face after 1 year, reverse gray hair after 2 years, and regrow teeth after 3 years'.
Daoists texts on Sesame (from A Soup for the Qan, Hu Sihui et al. 2010)
Food for Beneficent Immortals:
'Sesame seeds: eaten they can eliminate all kinds of obstinate illnesses. If eaten for a long time they lengthen life, and make a person plump and strong. They lengthen the years and prevent one from getting old'.
Daoists texts on Sesame (from A Soup for the Qan, Hu Sihui et al. 2010)
Food for Beneficent Immortals:
'Sesame seeds: eaten they can eliminate all kinds of obstinate illnesses. If eaten for a long time they lengthen life, and make a person plump and strong. They lengthen the years and prevent one from getting old'.