Coriandrum, Coriander
Kishneez, Kishniz (Unani, Seed)
Dhanyaka (Ayurveda)
'u Su འུ་སུ (Tibetan, Seed)
Dhanyaka (Ayurveda)
'u Su འུ་སུ (Tibetan, Seed)
New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563
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Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530
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Materia Medica Botanica, Wellman, 1845
Darstellung und Beschreibung Pharmacopoea Borussica, Berg, 1858
CORIANDER FRUIT
1. Small coriander. 2, Coriander of a normal size, 3, Indian coriander (not official)
Squibb's Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919
1. Small coriander. 2, Coriander of a normal size, 3, Indian coriander (not official)
Squibb's Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919
Botanical name:
Coriandrum sativum
Parts used:
Seed
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Pungent
Binding
Classifications:
2K. RESOLVENT. 2R. NARCOTICS & HYPNOTICS
3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS. 3F. LITHONTRIPTIC
4c. CARDIAC. 4e. STOMACHIC
Coriandrum sativum
Parts used:
Seed
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Pungent
Binding
Classifications:
2K. RESOLVENT. 2R. NARCOTICS & HYPNOTICS
3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS. 3F. LITHONTRIPTIC
4c. CARDIAC. 4e. STOMACHIC
Uses:
1. Clears Wind-Cold, Resists Poison:
-Cold, Flu, Sinusitis, Rhinitis
2. Benefits Stomach, moves Qi:
-good for the Stomach; indigestion, colic, nausea, vomiting
3. Clears Wind-Damp, Promotes Urine:
-Edema, Ascites, Cystitis
4. Moves the Blood, Promotes Menstruation:
-promotes and regulates Menstruation; can check excess menstrual flow
5. Clears the Mind and Senses:
-Headache, Deafness
6. Kills Worms
-including Filiariasis
7. Externally:
-The infusion of the seeds is used as an eyewash in Conjunctivitis, Blindness, and other eye diseases
-mouthwash for mouth Sores and a gargle for Throat Ulcers.
-A poultice of the seeds is applied to Ulcers, Sores and Carbuncles
-said to be of particular benefit to chronic Ulcers in Ayurveda
-TCM uses the seed fumes for Hemorrhoids, and a wash or enema of the decoction for rectal prolapse.
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Main Combinations:
Burdock seed & Coriander seed
1. To promote digestion and settle Wind: Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
2. For digestive symptoms that occur after eating (nausea, bloating, heaviness, fullness, flushing, headaches, drowsiness etc.), combine Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
3. Indigestion after eating, combine Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
4. Poor Appetite, Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
5. To strengthen Memory, combine Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
6. Morning Sickness, combine Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
7. Bleeding during pregnancy, Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
8. Melancholy, Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
9. Diabetes,:
i. Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
ii. Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
10. Rheumatism, combine Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
Major Formula:
Powder for Diabetes (Wirtzung)
Powder for Diabetes (Unani)
Powder for Bleeding During Pregnancy
Powder for Dizzyness and Vertigo (Gabelhover)
Powder for Menstrual Flux (Wirtzung)
Powder for Madness (Rondeletius)
Powder to Strengthen the Stomach of Andernacus
Decoction for Morning Sickness (Ayurveda)
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Burdock seed & Coriander seed
1. To promote digestion and settle Wind: Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
2. For digestive symptoms that occur after eating (nausea, bloating, heaviness, fullness, flushing, headaches, drowsiness etc.), combine Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
3. Indigestion after eating, combine Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
4. Poor Appetite, Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
5. To strengthen Memory, combine Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
6. Morning Sickness, combine Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
7. Bleeding during pregnancy, Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
8. Melancholy, Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
9. Diabetes,:
i. Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
ii. Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
10. Rheumatism, combine Coriander seed with ... available in PRO version
Major Formula:
Powder for Diabetes (Wirtzung)
Powder for Diabetes (Unani)
Powder for Bleeding During Pregnancy
Powder for Dizzyness and Vertigo (Gabelhover)
Powder for Menstrual Flux (Wirtzung)
Powder for Madness (Rondeletius)
Powder to Strengthen the Stomach of Andernacus
Decoction for Morning Sickness (Ayurveda)
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Cautions:
NOTE: Coriander seed was commonly said to hurt the Stomach and Head when taken raw, as was ordered to be steeped overnight in Vinegar, then dried. The hurtful quality exists only in the fresh state, and is gone when dried.
1. Not used in Yin deficiency.
2. Use carefully in Pregnancy
Main Preparations used:
Vinegar-Prepared Seed, Confection of the prepared Seed, Distilled Water, Distilled Oil
NOTE: Coriander seed was commonly said to hurt the Stomach and Head when taken raw, as was ordered to be steeped overnight in Vinegar, then dried. The hurtful quality exists only in the fresh state, and is gone when dried.
1. Not used in Yin deficiency.
2. Use carefully in Pregnancy
Main Preparations used:
Vinegar-Prepared Seed, Confection of the prepared Seed, Distilled Water, Distilled Oil