BOTANICAL NAME: Cuminum cyminum
FAMILY: Umbelliferrae
CLASSICAL CLASSIFICATION:
Charaka- Shoolaprashamana
Sushruta- Pippalyadi Gana
Bhavprakash- Haritkyadi Varga
ENGLISH NAME: Cumin seed
COMMON NAME:
Hindi- Jira, Safed jira
Punjabi- Safed Jira, Chitta Jira
Bengali- Jira, Sadajira
Kannada- Jirage, Bilejirege
REFERENCE: BHAVAPRAKASH SAMHITA with link e Nighantu:
https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/e-Nighantu/bhavaprakashanighantu/?mod=read
जीरको जरणोऽजाजी कणा स्याद्दीर्घजीरकः |
कृष्णजीरः सुगन्धश्च तथैवोद्गारशोधनः ||७३||
कालाजाजी तु सुषवी कालिका चोपकालिका |
पृथ्वीका कारवी पृथ्वी पृथुकृष्णोपकुञ्चिका |
उपकुञ्ची च कुञ्ची च बृहज्जीरक इत्यपि ||७४||
जीरकत्रितयं रूक्षं कटूष्णं दीपनं लघु |
संग्राही पित्तलं मेध्यं गर्भाशयविशुद्धिकृत् ||७५||
ज्वरघ्नं पाचनं वृष्यं बल्यं रुच्यं कफापहम् |
चक्षुष्यं पवनाध्मानगुल्मच्छर्द्यतिसारहृत् ||७६||
HABITAT: Native to the Mediterranean region, now cultivated in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION:
Habit is annual herb 30-50 cm tall. Stem is slender,glabrous and branched ,Grey or dark green in colour. Leaves are 5-10 cm long pinnacle or bipinnate. Flowers are small, umbelleated,white or pink in colour. Seeds are oblong longitudinally ridged,yellow brown in colour.
| RASA | GUNA | VEERYA | VIPAKA | PRABHAVA | DOSHGHNTA |
| Katu | Laghu,Ruksha | Ushna | Katu | – | Kaphavaatshamak |
| TASTE | PROPERTY | POTENCY | POST DIGESTIVE EFFECT | EFFECT ACTION | DOSHA ACTION |
| Pungent | Light, dry | Hot | Pungent | – | Kapha vata pacifying |
MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS: Cumaldehyde
THERAPEUTIC USES:
- Fever: Powder is given internally.
- Kidney stone: Jeera powder with mishri internal use.
- Eye disorder: Powder is used in eyes.
- Indigestion: Fried jeera powder with honey.
- Inflammation: Jeera lepa.
INDICATIONS
Agnimandya digestive disorder, Atisara diarrhoea, Krimiroga worm infection
USEFUL PART: Seed
DOSAGE: 1-3 g of the drug in powder form.
AYURVEDIC FORMULATION:
- Hingvadi Churna
- Jeerakadya Churna
- Jirakadimodaka