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Cuminum, Cumin

Sweta Jiraka (Ayurveda)
Zeera Safaid (Unani)
Zi ra dkar po  ཟི་ར་དཀར་པོ  (Tibetan)
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Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562

Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578
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Botanical name:
Cuminum cyminum

Parts used:
Seed

Temperature & Taste:
Very Warm, dry. Pungent
attenuates, digests, dissolves, discusses Wind

Classifications:
2C INCIDERS.    2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD.    2H. CARMINATIVE.    2Q. ANODYNE
3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.    3F. LITHONTRIPTIC.    3H. LACTAGOGUE.    4e. STOMACHIC.    4f. SPLENETIC.    4g. HEPATIC

Uses:
1. Warms the Stomach, moves Qi:

2. Warms the Lungs, clears Phlegm, stops Cough:

3. Clears Wind-Cold-Phlegm, benefits the Head:


4. Warms the Kidney, Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:

5. Benefits in Pregnancy, Promotes Milk:

6. Promotes Menstruation:

7. Resists Poison:

Dose:
Powder: 500mg–3 grams
Decoction: 2–6 grams

Preparation:
... available in PRO version

Corrective:
... available in PRO version

Substitutes:
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Main Combinations:
1. Cough, Asthma, shortness of Breath, Pleurisy, Cumin with ... available in PRO version
2. Hiccup, Cumin with ... available in PRO version
3. Indigestion, Colic, Food Stagnation, Cumin with ... available in PRO version
4. Indigestion, Bloating, Colic, Bowel Pain:
i. Cumin with
... available in PRO version
ii. Cumin with ... available in PRO version
ii. Cumin with ... available in PRO version
5. Loss of Appetite, Cumin with ... available in PRO version
6. Stomach Pain, Cumin with ... available in PRO version
7. Renal Colic, Cumin with ... available in PRO version
8. Gout, Cumin with ... available in PRO version
9. Hoarseness and Loss of Voice:
i. Cumin
roasted with ... available in PRO version
ii. Cumin with ... available in PRO version
10. Vertigo:
i. Cumin with
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ii. Cumin with ... available in PRO version
11. Aphrodisiac, Cumin taken with ... available in PRO version
12. To aid Fetal development, relieves Morning Sickness and promote easier Childbirth, Cumin ... available in PRO version

Major Formula
Carminative Decoction
Carminative Decoction (Pharm. Dogmaticum)
Lesser Cumin Composition (Galen)
Powder of Cumin Greater (Diacyminum) (Nicholas)
Electuary of Cumin (Diacyminum) (Mesue)
Powder of Cinnamon Compound (Mesue)
Powder for Loss of Appetite (Nicholas)
Electuary for Gastric Pain

Cautions:
1. Avoid large doses during Pregnancy and not suitable for use in Heat-type bodies.
2. Not used in Hot or Bilious constitutions

Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water of the Seeds, Distilled Oil, Species Diacuminum

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