GENERAL DATA
Plant parts: Seeds
Cultivation mode: Wild collection\Cultivated
In manufacturing: Pharmaceutical, spice, dairy, extract, alcoholic drink, shampoo, confectionary, oil.
In food: Bread, tea.
🌿 Industries That Use Black Seeds (Nigella sativa L.)
Black Seeds (commonly called Black Cumin, Black Caraway, or Kalonji) from Nigella sativa L.—a highly revered medicinal seed with deep roots in Islamic, Persian, Ayurvedic, and modern holistic medicine.
Black seeds are tiny, black, angular seeds with a bitter, peppery flavor and a pungent aroma. They are valued for their volatile oils—especially thymoquinone, which imparts antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, immune-boosting, and anticancer potential.
1. Pharmaceutical & Clinical Research Industry
Black seed is among the most researched traditional herbs, especially for its immune, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer potential.
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Investigated for immune modulation, especially in autoimmune disorders
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Studied in clinical trials for diabetes, hypertension, asthma, and arthritis
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Examined for its potential role in oncology (breast, colon, pancreatic cancers)
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Used in adjunctive therapies for viral and bacterial infections
✅ Key compound: Thymoquinone, alongside nigellone and beta-sitosterol
2. Nutraceutical & Functional Food Industry
Black seeds are a superfood supplement, included in a wide array of immune-boosting and metabolic support products.
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Sold as cold-pressed oil, capsules, powders, and seed blends
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Added to antioxidant blends, gut health formulas, and adaptogenic supplements
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Promoted for blood sugar regulation, weight management, and cholesterol control
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Frequently paired with honey, garlic, or turmeric
✅ Available in whole seed, softgel, or oil extract form
3. Traditional & Complementary Medicine
Used for over a thousand years in Unani, Ayurveda, Islamic Medicine, and Persian medicine under the phrase:
“Black seed cures everything except death” — Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Hadith, Sahih)
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Prescribed as a general tonic for vitality, digestion, and immunity
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Used in respiratory conditions like asthma, bronchitis, and allergies
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Traditionally applied for skin infections, hair loss, liver detox, and intestinal worms
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Consumed as black seed oil, raw seeds, or decoctions
✅ Believed to balance humors, revitalize energy, and clear inflammation
4. Cosmetic & Personal Care Industry
Black seed oil is widely used in natural cosmetics, especially in haircare and skin treatments.
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Added to anti-aging creams, eczema balms, and acne solutions
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Used in beard oils, hair tonics, and scalp serums
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Provides antimicrobial and antioxidant action in natural soaps and facial oils
✅ Naturally rich in omega-3 & 6 fatty acids, vitamin B, and minerals
5. Food & Culinary Industry
Although pungent, black seeds are used as a spice and condiment, particularly in Middle Eastern, North African, South Asian, and Eastern European cuisines.
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Sprinkled on flatbreads, naan, bagels, and crackers
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Used in pickling, chutneys, and spice blends (like panch phoron)
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Added to herbal vinegars, infused oils, or digestive snacks
✅ Has a peppery, nutty flavor that pairs well with savory foods
6. Veterinary & Livestock Industry
Black seed is explored for use in animal health, especially as a natural feed additive for immune support and parasite control.
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Added to poultry feed for disease resistance
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Used in natural deworming formulations
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Mixed into livestock tonics in traditional rural medicine
✅ Offers antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory benefits to animals
7. Ethnic, Organic & Export Markets
Iranian black seed is exported in whole, oil, and capsule form to Europe, Gulf countries, India, and Africa.
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Sold as herbal medicine, organic supplement, and traditional spice
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Often included in Islamic gift sets, Ayurvedic packages, and diaspora wellness kits
✅ Marketed as “Habba Sawda”, “Kalonji”, “Shuneiz”, or “Black Caraway”
✅ Summary of Key Applications
| Industry | Common Uses |
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| Pharmaceutical & Clinical | Anti-inflammatory, anticancer research, diabetes, immune therapy |
| Nutraceutical | Functional supplements, antioxidant capsules, thymoquinone oil |
| Traditional Medicine | Immunity, digestion, asthma, detox, vitality |
| Cosmetic & Skincare | Eczema creams, scalp serums, natural facial oils |
| Food & Culinary | Spice for bread, pickles, savory dishes |
| Veterinary | Natural dewormer, immune tonic for poultry/livestock |
| Export & Organic Markets | Black seed oil, capsules, ethnic wellness products |
🌟 Key Features of Black Seeds
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Rich in thymoquinone, nigellone, flavonoids, and sterols
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Powerful anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and immune-modulating agent
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Used in clinical medicine, traditional remedies, nutraceuticals, and skincare
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Revered in Islamic and Eastern medicine for its broad healing spectrum
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Available as whole seed, oil, powder, or softgel
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About Nigella Sativa
It is an annual herbaceous plant whose height reaches fifty centimeters. The stems of Nigella sativa plant are relatively thin and hairy and their cross section is usually pentagonal. The leaves are small and have many cuts and are divided into small and narrow parts.
The flowers are pale blue and sometimes white, and each flower has five drop-shaped petals, sometimes egg-shaped and sometimes pointed, and completely separate from each other. A large number of needle-shaped and narrow leaflets can be seen under the flowers.
Nigella Sativa Chemical Constituents
n-Nonane, Tricyclene, Camphene, β-Pinene, 2,4,(10)-Thujadiene, Sabinene, β-Myrcene, 1,8-Cineole, α-Terpinene, Limonene, γ-Terpinene, cis-Sabinene hydrate, allo-Ocimenol, Linalool, Terpinolene, trans-Sabinene hydrate, Terpinen-1-ol, 1,5,8-p-Menthatriene, Borneol, Pinocarvone, trans-Dihydrocarvone, Dihydrocarvone, Ocimenone (E), Thymoquinone, Thymol, Carvacrol, 2-Undecanone, n-Octyl isobutyrate, α-Longipinene, Citronellyl acetate, Thymohydroquinone methyl ether, Cyclosativene. α-Longicyclene, α-Copaene, α-Longifolene, (Z)-Caryophyllene, β-Caryophyllene, Thymohydroquinone dimethylether, Aromadendrene, Thymohydroquinone, Davanone, 8-Heptadecene, Dihydrofarnesyl acetate, Pimaradiene, Palmitic acid, Pimara-8(14),15-diene, Octadecanoic acid, Total identified, Quinones, Monoterpene hydrocarbons, Oxygenated monoterpenes, Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, Oxygenated sesquiterpenes, Diterpenes, Alkane, Alkenes, Fatty acids, Fatty acid esters.
Black Seed Temperament
Third degree of hot and dry.
Black Seed Health Benefits
1. Black seeds are stimulant, relieve gripes, it is emmenagogue, useful for relieving body weakness, eliminating blood poisoning, enlarging liver, relieving nausea, abdominal pain and constipation. It is prescribed to strengthen women after childbirth, makes body warm, dry body moisture, it is effective for relieving cold cough, polydipsia, jaundice, spleen discomfort and bloating colic, it removes the living or dead fetus.
2. Drink 2.5g of Black seeds with warm water every day for three days. Eliminates the effects of tarantula bites, relieves bloating.
3. Mix 25 grams of pounded Black seeds with 100 grams of honey and eat one tablespoon a day. It treats back head pain caused by phlegm.
4. Drink half a glass of Black Cumin’s decoction every day for forty days. Treats back pain up to the knee or sciatica, also increases milk.
10. If you fry some of Black Cumin in tallow every morning for a while and eat it, the complexion turns pink and beautiful.
11. Brew Black seeds with vinegar and drink it. It kills and removes some parasites of the gastrointestinal tract.
12. Fry pounded Nigella seed in olive oil for a few minutes, then drop few drops in your nose. It is useful for relieving catarrh that are accompanied by a lot of sneezing.
13. Boil Black Seeds in olive oil and then drop it in your nose. Cures moisture catarrh.
14. Pulverize Black Seeds softly, then mix it with vinegar and rub it on the pimples every night and wash it off with warm water in the morning. It cures acne.
15. Pound Black Seeds and mix it with Rose water and poultice it. Cures black bile.
16. Pound it and mix it with Sesame oil and poultice it. It is useful for relieving scorches, it is effective for treating abscesses, rheumatism, otitis, nasal ulcers and headaches.
17. If a person has jaundice and the color of his eyes has turned yellow, soak a few of them in milk for an hour, then rub it and drop it in the nose, it will eliminate the jaundice.
18. Mix Black seeds powder with Henna and Lily oil and poultice it on the head or face where the hair has fallen out. It causes hair growth and prevents the rest of the hair from falling out.
Black Seed Side Effects
It is harmful to the kidneys, pregnant women should avoid it; because it causes miscarriage, overeating in hot temperaments causes swelling and sore throat and cramps.
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