Syrian Rue
As previously seen, there was a tradition of making a drink to heal and diagnose diseases among the people of North America. Many scientific types of research have been carried in the lab to find out the uses of Syrian Rue. Modern scientific community suggests that it acts as an antimicrobial, antidepressant, analgesic, and cytotoxic agent. On the other hand, there were many cases of toxicity. This includes nausea and vomiting, hallucinations, confusion, agitation, tremors and convulsions, and life-threatening respiratory depression and coma. Also, there were many reports of acute distress, vomiting blood, gastric ulceration, and seizures.
The plant was known to act as a drug by the ancient Greeks. Initially, Syrian Rue seeds were used to treat fevers. In Turkey, the seeds were burned. The smoke generated from burning the d seeds have been used to treat mental illnesses. After that, there use of the seeds in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq Pakistan, India and many parts of Asia. In this modern era, The Syrian rue seeds have been used widely for its healing properties. They can be grown at your home and used in drinks as well. The process is straightforward.
Many types of research were conducted by scientists on the use of Syrian Rue seeds. They have certain side-effects. But, the benefits are amazing. The seeds can be found in many store and websites. You can see the benefits of many scientific journals published on the internet.
All parts of the plants are useful. But, the roots and seeds are more valuable as they contain alkaloids than the stems and leaves. The alkaloids are studied extensively and have the most beneficial and active constituents. They are harmine and is harmine. They are inhibitors of monoamine oxidase A, harmalol, Harman, harmaline, and ruine. The active components are found by High-performance liquid chromatography, thin-layer chromatography, gas-liquid chromatography, and nuclear magnetic resonance.