Scientific noun: Nigella Damascena L.
Family: Buttercup family- ranunculaceae
Habitat: In sown fields and dry Mediterranean places. Also cultivated in some other cold places as a garden plant.
Composition: . Alkaloids: Damascenine. . Essential oil
Active parts:: The seeds where damascenine is concentrated in a proportion of 0, 7 %. and essential oil - in this case proportion may reach to 9%
Properties : hepatic, astringent, carminative, vermifuge.
Toxicity: Very high. Symptoms: vomits, headache, diarrhea, convulsions, icterus, liver injuries, weakness , comma and death. Medical treatment : The patient must vomit without taking vomitives. Gastric lavage and artificial respiration.