Wednesday 13 February 2019

BLACK SEED OIL..

She went to the North End Road to get Brillo pads, a jar of cloves and two bottles of Black Seed Oil.

Do you know this oil? It is an essential oil from the Black Cumin seed and has many properties.

Go on line and read about it.

She learnt about this oil when she asked Anissa, her hairdresser, if she knew of anything that would stop hair loss.

"Yes, you need to get a bottle of Black Seed oil from Al Bayar in the market, mix it with a good olive oil, rub it onto your scalp, leave it for at least an hour and then wash it out with a non-sls hair shampoo. Do this at least three times a week and you'll see a difference within four to six weeks" said Anissa.

Anissa is from Morocco and went on to say that the oil is also great for coughs and that she uses it to keep her asthma at bay.

So she went, all those years ago, and bought a bottle and applied it to her scalp, she also rubbed it on her face at night. 

Sure enough, her receding hair line stopped receding, the hair grew back, has never thought of disappearing again and her skin looked pretty good too! 

The only thing was that she had to go to find a navy blue pillowcase as the oil, as described in its' name, is truly dark and it stained a white pillowcase but that wasn't anything a wash with sterilisation fluid couldn't handle!

She has a dear friend called Judith who had gruesome asthma attacks so, when Anissa told her that she uses the oil to control her asthma, she bought her a bottle and gave it to her.

About ten days later, she received a call from Judith saying that she wanted to have lunch and tell her something and asked where should they meet?

Mama suggested the small Polish restaurant near to Bartek on Streatham's Centre Parade and they agreed to meet at 1pm on the following Tuesday.

Judith had arrived and 'bagged' a quiet table at the back and after hugging each other, they sat and mama said "What was it that you wanted to tell me?"

She grinned and said "I cannot thank Anissa enough.. for after taking the oil for three days, I haven't had a single attack and haven't had to use my inhaler, so here's a letter that I would like you to give to Anissa together with this" and she picked up a pretty bag which had in it a charming bowl full of dark blue hyacinths!

"And lunch is on me".

Woooo! This was amazing news as her poor friend used to have to have her inhaler with her all the time and for her to have nearly two weeks without having to use it once was amazing!

So when her throat felt scratchy and she coughed.. Black Seed Oil was put onto the shopping list!

She gets it from two shops, if she's shopping in Streatham, she buys it from a shop called MFC which stands for Mediterrean Food Centre, where she finds pure pommegranate syrup and the best yoghurt known to exist, in glass jars.. not horrid plastic tubs! They charge £3.99 for a large bottle of the oil.

If she isn't going up there and it is a fair way to go, she gets it from Al Bayar on the North End Road who sell it for £4.99.

You do not have to spend anything more than that! If you do, you are being ripped off! 

The oil has a strong taste and is slightly 'peppery' and a couple of people have said that they cannot drink it, so she tells them to mix it with fresh lemon juice and a bit of honey to disguise the taste but to drink it!

She drank some out of the bottle in the shop and has taken a large teaspoonfull every four hours, it has stopped whatever was brewing in its' tracks and she's increased her intake of water as well as 
her brews of fresh ginger and turmeric root which now have crushed cloves and lemon juice added to them. 

This combination of spices pack a mighty punch against germs and viruses and certainly any cold that thought it was going to invade her has now had second thoughts!

Ok, time to get dressed and go to New Horizons for a light lunch and play the general knowledge quiz and hopes to do better than last week.

Who knows when Elvis married Priscilla? She didn't.

It's vaguely sunny.. the sky is pale grey but at least it's dry and doesn't look to be too windy. Where's all this amazingly good weather they keep talking about?

GeeGee Parrot.
February 13th, 2019.

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