Cumin (Jeera)

Latin Name : Cuminum Cyminum

Hindi : Jeera, Saphed Jeera

Part Used : Fruit

This plant is cultivated throughout India. The plant is an annual herb about a foot tall with branched stems. The flowers are small white or rose coloured. Fruits are grayish and taper towards both ends.

Properties

The fruits are sweet, cooling, astringent, digestive, anti inflammatory, carminative (cures flatulence), nervine stimulant, constipating, and tonic.

Uses

Jeera or cumin finds use in curing indigestion, flatulence, chronic diarrhoea, vomiting, anorexia, hiccups, cough, ulcers, general debility and colic.