Raw Organic Black Seed 500g

Size: 500g net weight in a sealed pouch

Colour: Black

Texture: whole black seeds, unprocessed, with bits of dry leaf

Organic: certified organic by the ÖkoP Zertifizierungs GmbH (Germany), DE-ÖKO-037

NOTE: The images given here of the seeds are stock magnified images for illustrative purposes only, they are not images of the actual seeds.

Origin

The earliest written reference to the black seed is in the Book of Isaiah of the Bible, in which it is referred to as “Ketzah” in Hebrew, a spice for bread and cakes:

"For the black cumin is beaten out with a stick and the cumin with a rod." (Isaiah 28:27)

But it is its use in Islamic medicine that has made black seed famous in traditional remedies all over the world. The origin of its use in traditional medicine can be traced back to a saying of the Prophet Muhammad (s):

"In the black seed is a cure for every illness except death." (Sahih Al-Bukhari 7:71:592)

For this reason, another common name for the black seed in the Arab world is habbatul-barakah (the blessed seed).

The best black seed in the world is found in Egypt, where it has been harvested for thousands of years. It is reported that Queen Nefertiti of Ancient Egypt used black seeds and there are even reports that black seeds were found in the tomb of Tutankhamun himself.