Ancient Beauty Oils: Black Cumin

Nigella Sativa, also called black cumin or wormwood, is a plant native to Western Asia, known since ancient times as “the Blessed Seed” for its innumerable healing qualities.

This wonderful plant, which owes its name to the black colour of its seed, contains about 100 components, including omega 3 and omega 6 essential fatty acids, vitamins A, B2, C, selenium, iron, magnesium, zinc, carotenes, antioxidants, calcium, potassium, potassium and …..

Black cumin oil, which is extracted by cold pressing the seeds, is used not only internally (antioxidant, fungicide, carminative, anti-inflammatory, antihistamine, antibacterial, digestive) but also for skin treatment.

It is known as the oil of the pharaohs, so valuable that traces were found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. Cleopatra used it in her beauty rituals for its exceptional properties for the skin.

Among the benefits for the skin we can highlight:

• Protects the skin from free radicals and prevents premature ageing
• Combats the effects of UV rays
• Moisturises and softens the skin
• It is anti-inflammatory and antibacterial.
• Promotes tissue regeneration, soothes irritated skin and dermatitis.

This ancestral oil is one of the oils of our Elixir of Youth.