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Coriandrum, Coriander

Kishneez, Kishniz (Unani, Seed)
Dhanyaka (Ayurveda)
'u Su 
འུ་སུ  (Tibetan, Seed)
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New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563

Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530

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Darstellung und Beschreibung Pharmacopoea Borussica, Berg, 1858

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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

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Botanical name:
Coriandrum sativum

Parts used:
Seed

Temperature & Taste: 
Cool, dry. Pungent

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:
-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


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Dose:
Decoction: 3–6 grams, added towards the end of decocting.
Powder: 1–3 grams

Preparation:
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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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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

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