Info: Available in Two Types: a Pure 240 ml Liquid; or in 90 Softgels with Added Spice Oils
Black Seed Oil is a heart-healthy plant-based oil (high in oleic acid, and a natural source of omega-3s, 6s, and 9s) extracted from Nigella sativa (commonly called Black Cumin) flowers. Like a super-charged sunflower oil, it has powerful antioxidant properties and a number of active constituents with an impressive array of documented health benefits, including protecting against respiratory infections and LDL (bad) cholesterol.
Info: Available in Two Types: a Pure 240 ml Liquid; or in 90 Softgels with Added Spice Oils
Black Seed Oil is a heart-healthy plant-based oil (high in oleic acid, and a natural source of omega-3s, 6s, and 9s) extracted from Nigella sativa (commonly called Black Cumin) flowers. Like a super-charged sunflower oil, it has powerful antioxidant properties and a number of active constituents with an impressive array of documented health benefits, including protecting against respiratory infections and LDL (bad) cholesterol.
Product Notes:
People have been using Nigella sativa seeds or oil for a variety of conditions to good effect for about 2,000 years in the Middle East, and there are now hundreds of modern scientific studies (and dozens of review articles like the ones cited below) identifying their active compounds and detailing their benefits, which include: reducing hayfever allergies, asthma, and inflammation (of numerous kinds), and supporting liver and immune function.
These two N.A.H.S. offerings are sourced from that region, as well, and are presented in a choice of a pure oil (which can either be consumed orally or used topically, to help the skin with conditions like blisters, wounds, eczema, or even vitiligo) or in capsules (which are enhanced with several other types of beneficial spice oils for additional digestive support).
Apart from its actual essential fatty acids food oil content, black seed oil reportedly has over 100 specific chemical compounds among its more general groupings of alkaloids, coumarins, flavonoids, saponins, sterols, and terpenes, with several of these being identified as "active constituents," including thymoquinone (TQ, which is generally believed to be the most significant one), nigellone, thymohydroquinone, dithymoquinone, thymol, carvacrol, nigellimine, nigellicine, nigellidine and alphahederin. Collectively, they have been found to have anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-parasitic, anti-viral, anti-hypertensive, anti-inflammatory and of course anti-oxidant effects, as well as cholesterol-lowering and immunomodulatory properties... and a whole lot more.
Some of these actives (especially TQ, but also d-limonene (carvone), carvone, pinene-α, and p-cymene) are present in black seed oil's essential oil (EO) component, which can benefit the digestive system with their anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties. And for those seeking more assistance in that area, N.A.H.S. had added an EO spice blend to the capsules, consisting of the concentrated terpenes (aromatic compounds) from:
* (regular, non-black) Cumin, which can help relieve irritable bowel syndrome symptoms like bloating, nausea, and painful bowel movements;
* Rosemary, which can help relieve gas or heartburn;
* Fennel, to help with bloating, indigestion, and constipation; and of course,
* their flagship product, Oregano, which shares black seed oil's powers of being able to fight off various types of infections and reduce gastrointestinal inflammation.
Notes: The liquid version may be priced slightly lower in-store. Product labels are slightly different than the examples shown.
Ingredients:
Pure Liquid version: each 5 ml teaspoon contains:
Black Cumin (Nigella sativa, seed oleoresin): 4.944 ml, providing from 5 to 30% oleic acid and from 30 to 60% linoleic acid, depending on the batch.
Each Softgel contains:
Black Cumin (Nigella sativa, seed oleoresin) [6-30% oleic acid and 30-60% linoleic acid]: 866.56 mg
Cumin (Cuminum cyminum, seed): 25.52 mg
Bitter fennel essential oil (Foeniculum vulgare subsp. vulgare var. vulgare, seed oleoresin): 0.02715 mL / 26.06 mg
Oregano (Origanum vulgare, leaf) (60% Carvacrol): 2.52 mg
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis, leaf): 2.48 mg
Non-medicinal ingredients: Gelatin (capsule, derived from tilapia fish).
Note, the flowering plant whose black-coloured seeds black seed oil is made from goes by several different (and sometimes somewhat misleading) popular names in various corners of the world, including: Black Cumin, black caraway, fennel flower, habbat al-barakah, habbatus sauda, kalonji, and Roman coriander.
Suggested Usage:
Adults: Take either one 5 ml teaspoon or 2 softgel capsules once per day, with food (may cause gastrointestinal upset when taken on an empty stomach). If you are also taking supplements containing iron, zinc, calcium or copper, take the Oil of Black Seed capsules either a few hours before or after those. Keep product stored in airtight container, protected from light. For the liquid, consult a healthcare practitioner for use beyond 4 weeks.
Warnings:
Liquid: Do not use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding or have a known allergy/hypersensitivity to black seed, its constituents, black seed oil, or to members of the Ranunaulaceae family, or if you have hypersensitivity or are allergic to herbs in the Lamiaceae family. Consult a healthcare practitioner prior to use if you have a low blood pressure or are using hypotensive agents. Discontinue use if you experience gastrointestinal upset.
Capsules: Keep out of reach of children. Do not use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you have hypersensitivity or are allergic to black seed, its constituents, or its oil, or to members of the Ranunculaceae family or Lamiaceae family (such as basil, hyssop, lavender, perilla, mint, rosemary, sage and thyme). Consult a healthcare practitioner prior to use if you are taking oral contraceptives, hormone therapy, hormone replacement therapy, hypotensive agents, or other medications or natural health products, or if you have diabetes, liver disorder, low blood pressure. Stop use and consult a healthcare practitioner if you experience sweating, paleness, chills, headache, dizziness and/or confusion (as these may be symptoms of serious low blood sugar). Stop use if hypersensitivity/allergy occurs. Discontinue use if you experience gastrointestinal upset.
Health Canada Natural Product Numbers: 80081258 for Liquid and 80124888 for Softgels.
Supporting Science:
Concerning Active Ingredients and Efficacy of Black Seed Oil
“Clinical and experimental effects of Nigella sativa and its constituents on respiratory and allergic disorders.” Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine, 2019.
“Effect of Nigella sativa supplementation on lung function and inflammatory mediators in partly controlled asthma: a randomized controlled trial.” Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2017.
“Nigella sativa in controlling Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular, and rheumatoid arthritis diseases: Molecular aspects.” Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2021.
“Nigella sativa L. and COVID-19: A Glance at The Anti-COVID-19 Chemical Constituents, Clinical Trials, Inventions, and Patent Literature.” Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022.
“The role of thymoquinone, a major constituent of Nigella sativa, in the treatment of inflammatory and infectious diseases.” Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology, 2021.
“The Therapeutic Effects of Nigella sativa on Skin Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.” Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: eCAM, 2022.
Concerning the Digestive Benefits of Other Spice Essential Oils in the Capsules
“A Recent Insight Regarding the Phytochemistry and Bioactivity of Origanum vulgare L. Essential Oil.” International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020.
“Cumin extract for symptom control in patients with irritable bowel syndrome: a case series.” Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases, 2013.
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