Nigella Sativa Extract

Nigella Sativa - The Most Miraculous Gift from Nature. You might have heard about a plant that’s been revered for centuries and now boasts extensive scientific backing. Let me, a 20th-century doctor living in the 21st century, state it this way: This remedy cures or solves more diseases than practically anything you can name, including all the pharmaceuticals ever invented. There, it's said.

So, what is this miraculous stuff?

Many of you will know the answer, but for those who don’t, here’s just a bit more teasing! Nigella Sativa, also known as Black Cumin or Black Seed, is an annual flowering plant native to eastern Europe and western Asia but now naturalized in many parts of the world. It’s a very delightful plant often used as a spice in various cuisines and renowned in traditional medicine systems like Unani Tibb, TCM, Ayurveda, and Siddha.

Why Nigella Sativa is Unparalleled

Nigella Sativa is not just a spice; it's a powerful health remedy with over 50 scientifically documented benefits. Here’s why it stands out:

• Powerful Antioxidant: Protects cells from damage caused by free radicals
• Anti-Inflammatory: Reduces chronic inflammation, which is a root cause of many diseases including cancer. It's particularly effective against high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and TNF-alpha.
• Immune Modulator: Enhances immune system function, helping to ward off infections and autoimmune conditions like Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, rheumatoid arthritis, and asthma.
• Heart Health: Improves cardiovascular health by regulating blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar levels.
• Liver and Kidney Support: Protects and enhances liver and kidney function, aiding in detoxification and potentially reversing the progression of kidney disease.
• Respiratory Relief: Acts as a bronchodilator, easing symptoms of asthma and other respiratory issues.
• Skin Health: Treats various skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis, and acne.

More Than Just a Supplement

• Supports achieving and maintaining a healthy weight in overweight individuals by helping to moderately reduce weight and body mass index. 
• Treats metabolic syndrome (diabesity, etc.), by reducing body mass index, waist circumference and body fat percentage, fasting glucose and lipid levels. The combination of nigella sativa + turmeric was even more effective. 
• Improves glucose status in patients with type 2 diabetes, by decreasing fasting plasma glucose, postprandial glucose and long-term glucose (HbA1c) levels. In patients with prediabetes, it reduces glycemic and anthropometric parameters just as effectively as the drug metformin. 
• Decreases blood lipid levels, including total cholesterol, very low-density cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and triglycerides for individuals with excessive levels. 
• Treats nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by improving the grades of liver steatosis, injury and fatty liver. Various liver and cholesterol parameters improved. 
• Improve cardiovascular health and therefore reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases via many different mechanisms (incl. reduction of hypertension, cholesterol and body weight, glucose regulation, reduction of silent inflammation and oxidative stress etc.) It also improved flow-mediated dilation, nitric oxide levels, and lowered mean arterial pressure and heart rate, to help and stabilize the health of the cardiovascular system.
• Improve kidney parameters, suggesting that it may help maintain or increase health of the kidneys. In patients with (advanced) chronic kidney disease (stage 3 or 4) due to diabetic nephropathy, it reduced blood glucose and improved kidney parameters incl. serum creatinine and glomerular filtration rate etc. suggesting that it may stop the progression of kidney disease or even help reverse it. An additional study confirmed that patients with advanced kidney disease greatly improve by nigella sativa. The addition of nigella sativa to the treatment protocol caused a "marked improvement" in clinical features and kidney parameters. 
• Helps dissolve kidney stones. In the nigella sativa group, 44% of patients excreted their kidney stones completely, and in a further 52% the size of the stones was reduced. In the placebo group, only 15% excreted their stones, 12% had a reduction of stone size, and 15% even had an increase of stone size. This suggests nigella sativa may also prevent kidney stone formation. 
• Improves Hashimoto thyroiditis, which is one of the most common autoimmune diseases. TSH, antibodies against the thyroid and vascular endothelial growth factor decreased, while the thyroid hormone T3 level increased, suggesting that it helps reverse the disease, strengthens the health of the thyroid and may also be an effective treatment for autoimmune diseases in general. 
• Reduces stool frequency in patients with ulcerative colitis. 
• Improves psoriasis. Both oral and gel administration of Nigella sativa were effective in most patients and led to improvements after several weeks of treatment. Of note, if the treatment was stopped, the condition returned in some patients, indicating that it may be helpful for these patients to continue the treatment. 
• Treats vitiligo (unpleasant pale patchy skin pigmentation). Nigella sativa (as a gel application) was more effective than fish oil in reducing the vitiligo area scoring index. 
• Treats hand eczema. Nigella sativa (as gel application) was just as effective as the drug betamethasone (a steroidal cream), reducing the severity of hand eczema and increasing quality of life in the affected patients. 
• Treats contact dermatitis. Nigella sativa reduced the symptoms and signs of occupational contact dermatitis like eczematous lesions. In many patients, dermatitis improved or disappeared completely. Of note, oral capsules were more effective than topical administration. 
• Treats acne vulgaris (as gel application). After 2 months, the acne disability index had declined by 64% in the Nigella sativa group, compared with 5% in the placebo group. 
• Reduces symptoms of asthma (shortness of breath, night time waking, interference with activity), reduce rescue treatment and inhaler use, rating of asthma control, and improve lung function measured as forced expiratory volume at 1 second (FEV1). 
• Treats impaired lung function in chemical war victims. Nigella sativa (as boiled extract) improved pulmonary function, chest wheezing and all other respiratory symptoms. The need to use inhalers and drugs decreased, suggesting that it may at least partially substitute for drugs.  
• Treats allergic conditions, including allergic rhinitis, by reducing runny nose, nasal congestion, sneezing attacks, nasal itching, turbinate hypertrophy etc. in affected patients. 
• Reduces knee osteoarthritis symptoms and pain. Nigella sativa (as gel/oil application) was more effective in relieving pain (51% reduction) than the common pharmaceutical pain reliever diclofenac (14% reduction). 
• Improves symptoms of menopausal women (in combination with another herbal medication: Vitex agnus-castus). Psychosocial, physical and vasomotor (hot flashes) symptoms decreased. 
• Treats polycystic ovary syndrome. It was effective in the treatment of menstrual irregularities in women with PCOS. 
• Stabilizes/increases mood, calmness and cognition, and decreases anxiety. 
• Treats major depressive disorder. In the intervention group that received the antidepressant sertraline + Nigella sativa capsules, the depression scores declined more than in the control group that only received sertraline + placebo. 
• Increases attention and memory, suggesting that it may help prevent cognitive decline and dementia. 
• Treats epilepsy in patients resistant to conventional anti-epileptic drugs. Administration of the aqueous extract of Nigella sativa or high dose thymoquinone (one of its main active ingredients) reduced the frequency of epileptic seizures. 
• Improves nasal dryness, obstruction and crusting (as intranasal application) in older people suffering from nasal mucosa symptoms. 
• Improves oral submucous fibrosis. Burning sensation decreased by 80% after continuous application of nigella sativa. Mouth opening was also reduced. 
• Treats alveolar osteitis/dry socket (painful inflammation following tooth extraction). Nigella sativa (as oil and powder) was a more effective dressing material than a commonly used commercial dressing. Those who received this treatment had immediate and complete pain relief and required less repeated visits.
• Improves recovery of oral cavity ulcers or traumatic ulcers. 
• Treats gingivitis. Nigella sativa oil reduced the gingival index score, inflammation, and pathogenic (streptococcus) bacteria. By decreasing biofilm formation and disrupting the colonization of such bacteria, it may help reduce the progression of periodontal diseases. It was as effective as chlorhexidine, suggesting that nigella sativa could be an alternative to chemical mouthwashes. 
• Improves irritable bowel syndrome after some weeks of continuous intake. Severity of the disease symptoms, abdominal distention and the impact of the condition on daily life decreased, and defecation improved. 
• Reduces urinary incontinence (older women evaluated). 
• Improves semen quality (sperm count, motility, morphology, volume etc.) in infertile men, suggesting that it may help reverse infertility and increase pregnancy rates. 
• Treats female infertility by improving reproductive parameters including the number of ovarian follicles and reducing oxidative stress and may therefore help reverse female infertility and increase pregnancy rates. 
• Increases volume of breastmilk in breastfeeding mothers. 
• Treats (chronic) rhinosinusitis. Nigella sativa (as nasal drops) reduced the congestion, pain, numbness, pressure, fullness and bad breath in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis. 
• Treats arsenic poisoning in patients with palmar arsenical keratosis. Nigella sativa reduced the body arsenic load, which led to an improvement of arsenical keratosis. Therefore, it might also support detoxification of other toxic metals. 
• Improves immune health. Nigella sativa (1 g of seed oil per day) has an immune-potentiating effect, increasing total lymphocyte count, CD3+ and CD4+ cells, which may mean that it reduces the risk of many infectious diseases. 
  
• Prevents side effects of toxic cancer therapies: Nigella sativa (as a gel application) reduced the incidence and severity of phlebitis (inflammation of veins), a common complication of intravenous chemotherapy. As a mouth rinse it decreased the severity of chemotherapy-induced ghastly oral mucositis. Erythema, ulceration and pain were reduced. Therefore, it enabled those patients to consume normal food.
  Nigella (as a gel application) reduced the risk of developing acute radiation dermatitis in breast cancer patients treated with radiotherapy. Nigella sativa also reduced the risk of developing febrile neutropenia (FN), a dangerous complication of chemotherapy. Chemotherapy harms the immune system and often leads to a reduction of immune cells (neutrophil granulocytes). 5 grams (1 teaspoon) of nigella sativa seeds per day greatly reduced the risk of developing a chemotherapy-induced FN, inhibiting the harm done to the immune system and reducing by almost 90% severe or deadly (viral, bacterial, fungal) infections. 
• Helps hepatitis C infections by attenuating viral load. 50% of hepatitis C patients treated with (a relatively low dose of) nigella sativa had a decrease in the quantitative viral load and 17% even became seronegative. A higher dose might have been even more effective. Of note, another study also showed that hepatitis can be treated more effectively by adding nigella sativa and vitamin C to conventional therapy. 
• Treats vaginitis caused by a candida albicans infection. Standard therapy + nigella sativa was more effective in reducing several symptoms and signs of candida-induced vaginitis compared with standard therapy + placebo. 
• Eradicates helicobacter pylori infections (bacteria), which are among the leading causes of gastric ulcer and gastric cancer. Resistance of helicobacter towards pharmaceutical drugs has recently increased alarmingly. Eradication of helicobacter occurred in almost 60% of patients who were treated with high dose nigella sativa + honey. Double-blind randomized controlled trials confirmed that patients who received standard therapy + nigella sativa achieved a greater eradication. 
• Treats staphylococcal skin infections. In neonates with staphylococcal skin infections, it was similarly effective as the antibacterial drug mupirocin. 
• Inhibits bacterial wound infections caused by staphylococcus aureus. A lab study with samples obtained from cases of wound infections in a hospital showed that high dose thymoquinone may inhibit s. aureus and therefore prevent/treat such wound infections. 
• Inhibits MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus), which is one of the deadliest bacterial infections often acquired in a hospital. Nigella sativa (in high concentrations in a preclinical study) was shown to have inhibitory effects against MRSA. It also had inhibitory effects against vancomycin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (VRSA). 
• Accelerates the recovery of acute respiratory infections overall (flu/cold etc.). Patients with an acute respiratory infection who received nigella sativa had a greater chance of becoming symptom-free after only 4 days. A combination of nigella sativa oil + echinacea extract + garlic powder + panax ginseng extract + vitamin C + zinc cut the duration of a common cold in half (4 vs. 8 days of median recovery time).

Ingredients

Nigella Sativa Extract (seed) 200 MG with 5% thymoquinone 

How To Take It

Take 1-2 capsules with meals or as directed by healthcare professionals.