Botanical Index No. 322

Cumin

cuminum cyminum

Medicinal Actions

Fungicide, Lactagogue, Larvicide, Mutagenic, Photodermatitic, Stimulant, Stomachic, Tonic, Uterotonic, Colic, Diuretic

Primary Conditions Treated

Vulnerary Adenopathy Anorexia Asthma Bacteria Bite Boil Cancer abdomen colon ear liver pancreas spleen stomach testes throat uterus uvula Cardiopathy Chill Cold Condylomata Congestion Conjunctivosis Constipation Corn Corneal Opacity Cough Cramp Dermatosis Diarrhea Dysentery Dyspepsia Dysuria Enterosis Epistaxis Fever Flu Fungus Gas Gastrosis Gonorrhea Headache Hematochezia Hemoptysis Hepatosis Hiccup Impotence Induration Infection Inflammation Leprosy Leukemia Leukoderma Mastosis Mycosis Ophthalmia Orchosis Pain Palpitation Parotosis Puerperium Rheumatism Scabies Sclerosis Scorpion Sting Snakebite Sore Spasm Splenosis Splenomegaly Stomachache Stone Stye Syncope Swelling Tachycardia Tuberculosis Tumor Ulcer Uterosis VD Wart Water Retention Whitlow Worm

General Dosage

300–600 mg; 0.06–0.2 ml; 5–10 fruits; 300 to 600 gm; corrected in PH2 to 300–600 mg.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 1. None noted. Not covered. “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”.

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