1. Names:
Sanskrit: |
Jirna, Magadha, Jirana |
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English:
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Cumin |
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Botanical: |
Cuminum cyminum |
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Hindi: |
Zira |
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Telugu: |
Jila karra |
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Common
names: |
Jeera, jeraka, jira, zeera, zira,
sufaid..., safed...(white), kala...(black), kalonji (cf
Nigella), cheeregum, Jiru ,Jirakam , Jiregire
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Family
name: |
Umbelliferae |
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2. Parts used:
3. Properties and Action According to Indigenous
Medical Systems:
- Rasa: Spicy.
- Vipaka: Spicy.
- Veerya: Ushna veerya.
4. Uses:
(Culinary)
- Cumin is used mainly in spicy dishes.
- It is main content of spicy powders.
- In many savoury spice mixtures.
- It is widely used in soups in powder form.
(Medicinal)
- Cumin is stomachic, diuretic, carminative, stimulant,
astringent, carminative, emmenagogic and antispasmodic in
nature.
- It is a good remedy for dyspepsia diarrhoea and hoarseness.
- It relieves flatulence and colic, nausea in pregnancy.
- It is widely used in veterinary medicine.
- It relieves the pains swelling of the breast or the testicles.
- It stops hiccups.
- It stimulates the appetite.
5. Names due to Physical properties:
6. Names due to Medical properties:
7. Reference:
Vasthu guna deepika, Vasthu guna prakashika, Chakradatta,
Susrutam, Basabarajeezam, Bhavaprakashika, Vangacena, Charakasamhita,
Vagvatamu, Hareetasamhita, Srijanakalpavalli.
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