Cuminum, Cumin Sweta Jiraka (Ayurveda) Cirakam (Siddha)Zeera Safaid (Unani)Zi ra dkar po  ཟི་ར་དཀར་པོ  (Tibetan) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanical name: Cuminum cyminumHippocrates said the Ethipion Cumin is “Kingly” with the Egyptian Cumin being of next quality.Four Kinds are described in Unani: Farsi, or Persian Nabti, Nabathean Kirmani, Black Cumin Shami, or Syrian Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry. Pungent“Cumin is hot in the second and dry in the third degree”. (Avicenna) Classifications: 2C INCIDERS.  2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD.  2H. CARMINATIVE.  2Q. ANODYNE3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.  3F. LITHONTRIPTIC.  3H. LACTAGOGUE.  4e. STOMACHIC.  4f. SPLENETIC.  4g. HEPATIC Uses: Warms the Stomach, Moves Qi: Wind, Colic, Bloating, Tympanites (Edema with wind)Food StagnationMalabsorptionused to aid slimming Warms the Lungs, clears Phlegm, stops Cough: common Cold, hoarsenessCough, Asthma, shortness of Breath, Pleurisy (Electuary with Honey or boiled in wine with Figs)“According to Galen its oral intake with vinegar and water is useful in Dyspnea” (Avicenna)“useful for treating Breathlessness” (Avicenna) Settles Wind, Benefits the Head: Headache, Migraine, Dizziness, Vertigo etc. (Salmon)Insomnia, Amnesia (taken with Honey)“The extract of wild cumin improves eye-sight” (Avicenna)Cold Palpitation (Avicenna) Warms the Kidney, Clears Damp, Promotes Urine: Edema, Renal Colic, urinary complaints including IncontinenceArthritis, GoutGonorrheathe…

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