Cumin (jeera), its uses as home remedies and #Ayurveda references for treatment.

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Today's topic for discussion:  Cumin  (jeera), its uses as  home remedies and #Ayurveda references for treatment.

Dr Bhagyashri Panchal: It is very good digestive herb....

Anand Javeri: I've heard that cumin cools stomach. May be that's why it is used in buttermilk...and may be it facilitates proper secretion of digestive juices.

Ayurveda Garden Kanubhai Yogi: cumin seeds are an important species in gujarati foods....it is the best....n useful in many diesease

Baroda Dr. Arti parimal: Feeling lazy n tiered after 4-00 pm …Take 1 teaspoon cumin seeds with mishri (sugar)…

Anand Javeri: What's the benefit of cumin seeds taken with sugar?

Baroda Arti parimal: It's balance pitta and vatta

Dr. Ravindra Upadhyay: " Rogaha Sarveapi. Mandegnau "  the basic. mainstay in the treatment for every disease.  Jirak being. Ushna, Teekshna, Anulomak, Deepak as wellas Pachak, helps to combat Agnimandya, Ajirna, Digestive, Carminative,Stomachic, Antispasmodic, & Anthihelmantic, multiple Health Benefits. Useful for flatulance, indigestion, intestinal disorders like Sangrahani, Pravahika, in comination as well as Single.   In combination with capsaicin, piperine, ginger,& Mint have been found to stimulate pancreatic digestive enzymes like lipase, amylase,trypsin & chymotrypsin which play crucial role in the digestion of the food……….Jeerak or. Jeera should never be consumed Raw, it should be Roasted properly with moderate heat, and used internally either with. buttermilk, or lukewarm. water. Preparations like. Hingashtaka churna, Jirakadyarishta. etc are even useful

Dr Sandeep kakuste Nandurbar: Nice information sir

Tilak Raj Gujrani: Put some desi ghee in a kadhai, add gur (jaggery). Heat it till gur melts, then add jeera. Mix it well while on low flame. Take it down and give it the shape of thin chapati. After delivery in females very good to increase quality and quantity of milk as well as helps in increasing digestive fire, preventing obesity and aids in clearance of lochia.

Vd. Hardik bhatt: Jirak is very good for prasuta ... Jirakadi modak is one of the best yog ..

Deepak Tamboli: What r the medical uses of jeera in various diseases?

Binduben Jayeshbhai: Roasted jeera powder mix with curd is good in diarrhaea….jeera  mix with sugar n ghee is good for pregnant woman as it is good source of iron

Dr Jaydeep: Jeera powder is good to take after delivery for garbhashaya Shoshana.

Dr. Ravindra Upadhyay: roasted jeera crushed with milk, when applied over sprain, helps to overcome pain and inflammation.  ( anubhootyog )

Vd. Sureshbhai Chavda: siddhajal churna paniya  in udarroga ingredinds like jirak.musta.dhanya mix all and use one spoon churna add in one liter hot  water .after use it drinking in day .

Dr. Nikhil Baxi: 1 tsp jira +1tsp dhaniya boiled in 2 glass water & remain 1 glass very useful in burning micturation stat results

Chile Dr. Susana Valdes: cumin is pungent and bitter. is good for digestive sluggisgness, bloating or slow digestion from K or V disturbed. Digest ama so you can use in excess avalambaka kapha in chest.

Dr. Urmil shah: Cumin is an excellent prophylactic medicine to avoid heat stroke.To be chewed raw before going out in Summer

Chile Dr. Susana Valdes: mixed with Coriander and fennel is good dipana pachana tea

Mithunbhai Arya sanskruti: Soonth, jeera and khadi sakar powder mixed eqqually and if taken thrice a day helps in diaorrhea

IPR Chhayaben: take cumin seed slightly heat, make powder, add in curd...used for relief in diahheria...

Sutapa Ranjan: Cumin soaked in hot water and had after or during meals aids in digestion

Punit Agrawal New Delhi: It's Carminative, digestive and bronchodilator

Dr Padarabind patra: Jeera improves sexual health...

Dr. J. T. Contractor: Cumin is good for secretion of urine,removes hookworm infection, digestive property,also good in piles(kalijiri), insomnia,renal colic,common cold, amnesia & in problem of breast milk secretion,

Vd. Dhruti Nirav Bhatt: Cumin seeds powder and blacksalt with warm water give relief in colic and dysmenorrhea…..5th month of pregnancy cumin seeds powder mix with  cow ghee keep it in jar. take 1 tbs every day. it will protect child from Paittik rog

Vd. Milan Prajapati: Aftet vaman procedure if patient having complain of chest heaviness, i give him half crush cumin.

Supra53: When I had the problem of burning in stomach in summer, vaidya advise me to keep cold water with jeera , cardmom & khadi sakar for 6-7 hours &  then drink instead of water. I feel good after doing this.

Dr. Chirag Bhav: In bloating roasted cumin(rock salt) chewing or with buttermilk.In Dysentery cumin use with curd.Also use in lactating mother,Menstrual problems,Asthma

Dr Dipak Shirude: Jeerak 1 tspoonful kept in warm water overnight …..Chewed and ate in the morning , also the remained water to be consumed making warm again ..Home remedy often suggested by me to the ladies suffering menstruation difficulties .. Piles and Gudshoth ...

Takravaleha

Powder of Laja + Jeerak powder + Takra …….To be taken as evening diet …….Possibly before sunset ..

Vd. Bhavesh Thakkar: Cumin-seed water is best deepaniya. Also vatagna.

It should be administered as anoopana in all ama and vata condition medicines.

Vd. Dhruti Kagrana: Cumin seeds are known as Jeeraka in Sanskrit. The word is derived from Jeerna – digestion. Hence Jeeraka means that which digests.  Cumin seed is very good in treating digestive track disorders. 

Botanical name – Cuminum cyminum Linn.

Family – Umbelliferae

Hindi name: Safed Jeera, Jeera

Sanskrit Synonyms: Jeeraka, Ajaji – Cumin – Cuminum cyminum, Kana, Jarana

Classical categorization:

Charaka Samhita – Shoolaprashamana – herbs that relieve abdominal pain

Sushruta and Vagbhata – Pippalyadi group of herbs

Cumin seeds medicinal qualities:

Guna (qualities) – Laghu (light to digest), Rooksha (dry)

Rasa (taste) – Katu (pungent)

Vipaka (taste conversion after digestion) – Katu (pungent)

Veerya (potency) – Ushna (hot)

Effect on Tridosha – Kaphavatahara – balances Kapha and Vata, increases Pitta.

Ruchya – improves taste

Deepana, Agnivardhana – Improves digestion strength

Grahi, Sangrahi – absorbant, useful in malabsorption syndrome and diarrhoea,

Medhya – improves intelligence

Garbhashaya Vishuddhikrut – cleanses and detoxifies uterus. Hence it is widely used in post partum care of the mother.

Jvaraghna – Useful in fever

Pachana – carminative

Vrushya – natural aphrodisiac

Balya – improves strength and immunity

Chakshushya – good for eyes, improves vision power

Ruchya – improves taste

Useful on the treatment of Gulma,Adhmana,Atisara ,Grahani ,Krumi,Chardi, Kshaya ,Kushta,Jvara

Scientific research has found that  may cumin stimulate the secretion of pancreatic enzymes, which are key factors in digestion and nutrient assimilation. The spice’s digestive stimulating properties are attributable to its content of volatile oils. The smell of cumin starts enhancing digestion. The smell activates salivary glands. The compound Thymol is found in cumin, and it activates the pancreas to secrete digestive enzymes, as well as bile, to stimulate digestion. It is also a very good source of iron……..Additionally, cumin has anti-oxidant properties to protect the body from free radicals. Cumin also use in morning sickness. 

Vd. Kinshuk Hirpara: Dhanajiru and sakar combination for diarrhoea

Vd. Ketan bhimani: Sunth dhana sakar yukt ushnodak uttam pachak evam vatpitta rechak.

Vd. Hardik bhatt: Jirak is very good for prasuta ... Jirakadi modak is one of the best yog ..

Dr. Rajnish MP: Cumin is best for lactation

Vd. Pankaj Chhayani: Indian dish(specially Gujarati) is made of such a way that it contains nutritional value as well as metabolic value... Cumin, chilly, turmeric, ginger etc having effect on Metabolism (agni) while whole grains, vegetables and dairy products have nutritional value...Cumin is one of them  having good effect on Agni. It improve digestive power.. But its having Agni mahabhoot .. So its useful where Shoshan Karma is desirable... Sometimes it also cause constipation, especially in Elder people...It is helpful in Vatavyadhi where shita guna  of vata is provocated.. But it can increase problem where Ruksha guna of vata is provocated..

Shri Minoo parabia: All Umbellifer s are carminative, antacid and antemetic.

In my childhood, I had heard of successful use of decoction of mixed Umbellifers on Cholera victims. ……Cumin soaked with rice starch like poha flakes can take care of hyperacidity pronto.

Germany Helga Fuchs: Sorry was out for yogateaching for a week, miss something her. Agree about cumin, I for myself use it by cooking as part of 5 panchas, and after food a pinch of cumin in buttermilk. in summertime sometimes with a pinch of rocksalt.

Vd. Kinshuk Hirpara: Cumin seeds are an excellent source of iron, a mineral that plays many vital roles in the body. Iron is an integral component of hemoglobin, which transports oxygen from the lungs to all body cells, and is also part of key enzyme systems for energy production and metabolism.