Coriander leaves a medicinal plant in your own yard

Coriander leaves benefits, in fact a medicinal plant in your own yard. It is a stimulant, carminative, stomachic, used in sore throat, fever, thirst and other common ailments

Coriander is aromatic and is popularly used as afresh herb to flavour vegetables and curries. It is a stimulant, carminative, stomachic, used in sore throat, fever, thirst and other common ailments.

Family	UMBELLIFERAE
Scientific name	Coriandrum sativum.L.
Common name	Coriander
Sanskrit	Dhyanakam
Hindi	Dhaniyaa
Kannada	Kottambari
Telugu	Dhaniyalu
Tamil	Kottamalh
Malayalam	Kottaampala
Marati	Dhane

Coriander is an aromatic herbaceous plant grown for its fruit and leaves in kitchen gardens as well as a commercial crop. The seeds (fruit) of this crop are used as condiment and as a major constituent of curry powder. The seeds and leaves contain essential oil rich in “linalool’ which accounts for the aromatic character of the plant. The leaves are used as salad and are rich source of vitamins C and A. Used in the ailments like dyspepsia, flatulence and piles.

The oil is in good demand in other countries for flavouring liquors like gin and beverages and a variety of food products. Coriander can be cultivated on almost all types ot soils provided sufficient organic manure is applied under irrigated conditions. Unirrigated crop may be cultivated on heavy soils which have better water retention capacity. Generally, it could be grown effectively on both light sandy and heavy loam soils.

PARTS USED: Leaves, stem and seeds.

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION: Moisture — 86.3 gms, Protein — 3.3 gms, Fat — 0.6 gm, Carbohydrate — 6.3 gms, Calcium —140 mgs, Phosphorus—60 mgs, Iron—8 mgs, Vitamin A — 8645 – 1, 35,807, IU Vitamin El — 49 meg, Vitamin B2 — 60 meg, Niacin — 0.7 mgs, Vitamin C — 131 mgs, Potassium — 453 mgs, Oxalic acid — 5 mgs,

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

1. Gargling the leaf juice or chewing the leaves is good for stomatitis.

2. Vomiting with indigestion- two spoons of the juice mixed with buttermilk is to be taken twice daily.

3. As it contains Iron, if taken with honey, the juice of the leaves improves the haemoglobin in anaemic patients.

4. In nasal bleeding, the juice of the leaf can be used as nasal drop.

5. Juice with candy, if taken controls the undiagnosed giddiness.

6. A glass of buttermilk mixed with fresh leaf is very good for digestion. It is to be taken after meal.

7. Chewing habit of the leaf prevents dental caries.

8. Honey with the leaf juice, if taken daily early morning improves immunity.

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