Bakla Yamaniyya - Mar

Essence.
According to Dioscorides, mari has no medicinal properties. It is watery, like garden quinoa, and has no taste; in this respect it exceeds all other vegetables. It is moister than lettuce and pumpkin. It is of little nutritional value and does not quickly pass through the body, since it is completely devoid of the properties of bavrac.

Choice.
Choose a garden, heavy one.

Nature.
Galen says: “It is cold, wet to the second degree.”

Tumors.
This is a good medicinal dressing for hot tumors.

Ulcers.
A medicinal bandage for “honey ulcer” is made from its root.

Organs of the head.
Its squeezed juice mixed with rose oil is useful for headaches resulting from sunburn.

Respiratory system.
Helps with cough and soothes it, especially in the form of a decoction with almond oil and sweet pomegranate juice. It also quenches hot thirst.

Eruption organs.
Removes bile and quenches fever.