The use of black seed as a healing herb has been traced back more than 3000 years to the Assyrians and ancient Egypt. The oil pressed from black seed was known as the "Pharaohs’ Oil" for it was the chosen treatment for numerous ailments and infections. The use of black seed eventually spread to other parts of Africa and the Middle East and was well known by the sixth century when the Prophet Muhammad is reported to have said "Hold on to the use of black seed for it has a remedy for every illness except death". Evidence of the therapeutic use of black seed has been found all over the world including Ancient Greece and Rome as well as Persia, India and China.
