Catalogue of the Oasis Museum, hall 16:

Traditional medecine

Many natural products are used to heal different illnesses, and also for good luck in business or in love.

Between them, we have to mention henna: an herb cultivated in presaharic valleys and exported all over Morocco. It is applied sometimes on wounds and skin illnesses and it is also used by women to dye the palms of their hands, their feet or their hair, with an esthetic objective and for good luck.

Henna pictures with geometric patterns are very popular in the big cities of Morocco, but not in this area.

“Aoud Tourza”: for the head

Alum: astringent for the wounds

Sweet-basil (Ocimum basilicum) to wash the corpses and to wash the hair with henna

Lemon: for sunstroke

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum): for the grip and general pains

Bitter apple (Cucumis colocynthis): for diabetes

“Couaush”: digestive that is mixed in the bread

Cumin-plant: for the stomach and the intestines

Crust of walnut to brush lips, tooth and throat

Fenugreek: to grow fat and for abdominal illness

Grilled broad beans: against diarrhea

Ginger (Zingiber officinale): against the fever

Pomegranate skin: for the throat and stomach

Peganum harmala: for the stomach

Henna: for skin and hair

Jujube (Zizyphus jujuba): against diarrhea and abdominal pain

Bay (Laurus nobilis): allaying and antiseptic

Black cumin (Nigella damascena): to avoid nightmares and vision of phantoms

Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium): for digestion

Rosemary: for rheumatism and intestines illnesses

Wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare): for abdominal pain

Roses: clean babies and to wash corpses

Grasshoppers: for the stomach in infusion, against cough powdered

Brimstone: to skin illnesses

Thyme (Thymus vulgaris): against diarrhea

“Tara”, perfume

Zygophyllum: for the head

Book about medicine
Origen: Ferkla, 19^th or 20^th century. Ref. 571.