Coriandrum, Coriander

Kishneez, Kishniz (Unani, Seed)
Dhanyaka (Ayurveda)
'u Su  འུ་སུ  (Tibetan, Seed)
New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563
Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530
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
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

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

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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