जीरकः
जीव
जीवन्ती
जीवनी
जीवनीया
जीवा
झषा
झिङ्गिनी
झिङ्गी
टङ्क
टङ्कारी
टुण्टुक
डहुः
तगरम्
तुगा
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जीरकः
Botanical name -
Cuminum cyminum
Description -
Slender annual herb; stem green, furrowed, usually with hollow internodes, glabrous; leaves green, alternate, petiolate, twice or thrice tripartite, ultimate segments filiform; umbels compound, many bracts and bracteoles, rigid, linear; flowers white, small, bisexual; fruits cremocarps; seeds many, albuminous.
Chemical Constituents-
It contains essential oil with cumaldehyde along with quantities of terpenes and cuminic alcohol etc. Contains also 10% of fatty oil and 6.7% of pentosan.
Use -
Fruits carminative, stomachic, astringent, useful in dyspepsia and diarrhoea. : Fruit: in diarrhoea, dysentery, inflammation of breasts and testicles;
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