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Black Seed
Important safety information: May add to glucose- or blood-pressure-lowering medicines and may affect clotting. Avoid medicinal doses in pregnancy and stop before surgery as advised.
Herbal actions
- Culinary spice
- antioxidant
- possible metabolic support
Traditional and practitioner uses
These uses are presented for historical and educational context. They are not treatment claims.
- Food and spice use
- Traditional digestive and respiratory use
- Extracts studied for metabolic markers
Main constituents
Thymoquinone, fixed oil, nigellone, alkaloids and saponins
Preparation overview
Tea: Lightly crushed seed infusion. Food-level use is better established than concentrated homemade extracts.
Liquid extract reference: Food or standardised product preferred
Preparation strengths are not interchangeable. Open the interactive guide for the complete evidence notes and sources available for this herb.
Herbilous provides educational information only. It does not diagnose, prescribe, or replace professional medical advice. Seek urgent care for severe or worsening symptoms.