Capparis Spinosa As An Ancient Medicine

Abstract

Capers are food plant. For medicinal purposes, capers were very widely used in ancient medicine. Eating any part of the plant or drinking its decoction opens blockages in the blood vessels of the liver and in other places, cleans up harmful and unnecessary substances, dissolves thickened matter. Capers liquefy and remove sticky matter, phlegm and black bile from the body. They are useful for cold diseases of the brain, paralysis, weakening of the limbs, lethargy, joint pain, sciatica, gout. If the leaves are mixed with vinegar and applied externally, it will drive out urine, menstruation and cure hemorrhoids. Fresh capers enhance potency. The smoke of the plant heals hemorrhoids. Crushed caper leaves with vinegar, when applied topically, heals white spots, freckles, malignant ulcers and wounds. In folk medicine, the unripe fruits of capers are mixed with peanuts, with henna and used externally in the treatment of rheumatism. The fleshy part of the fruit is pickled and eaten for hemorrhoids. Alcohol tincture of capers is used externally as an anesthetic for neuralgia, radiculitis.