CARUM ROXBURGHIANA
description & usage
This plant (Carum copticum) grows and is largely cultivated in Eastern India, particularly abundant in and around Indore and the Nizam's Dominions.
Uses :
Omum seeds are useful in flatulence, indigestion, colic, dyspepsia, diarrhoea, cholera, hysteria and spasmodic affections of the bowels, and check chronic discharges such as profuse expectoration in bronchitis.
How to Use:
Dose of oil is from 1 to 3 drops on sugar or made into an emulsion with mucilage and water. Externally it is applied to relieve rheumatic and neuralgic pains. Omum water and lime water each 1 ounce with 5 minims of tincure of opium added is a good remedy for diarrhoea ; and an ounce each of omum water and infusion of chiretta with a grain of sulphate of iron added to the mixture forms a nice general tonic, taken twice a day. Oil and flowers of Ajowan combined with soda forms a nice remedy for acidity, dyspepsia, flatulence, etc. For biliousness, vomiting, cold, etc., omum seeds and gool together are eaten. Omum seeds made hot are used as a dry fomentation to the chest in asthma and to the hands and feet in cholera, fainting, syncope, and rheumatism. Leaves bruised into a mass or poultice are applied or rubbed over the bites of poisonous insects.
Parts Used:
Seeds
Taste:
Pungency
Action:
Stomachic, carminative, stimulant
Uses :
Omum seeds are useful in flatulence, indigestion, colic, dyspepsia, diarrhoea, cholera, hysteria and spasmodic affections of the bowels, and check chronic discharges such as profuse expectoration in bronchitis.
How to Use:
Dose of oil is from 1 to 3 drops on sugar or made into an emulsion with mucilage and water. Externally it is applied to relieve rheumatic and neuralgic pains. Omum water and lime water each 1 ounce with 5 minims of tincure of opium added is a good remedy for diarrhoea ; and an ounce each of omum water and infusion of chiretta with a grain of sulphate of iron added to the mixture forms a nice general tonic, taken twice a day. Oil and flowers of Ajowan combined with soda forms a nice remedy for acidity, dyspepsia, flatulence, etc. For biliousness, vomiting, cold, etc., omum seeds and gool together are eaten. Omum seeds made hot are used as a dry fomentation to the chest in asthma and to the hands and feet in cholera, fainting, syncope, and rheumatism. Leaves bruised into a mass or poultice are applied or rubbed over the bites of poisonous insects.
Parts Used:
Seeds
Taste:
Pungency
Action:
Stomachic, carminative, stimulant