by Sudhir Ahluwalia | May 11, 2016 | Natural Remedies, Resins and Cosmetics
Acorus calamus has been popular among healing traditions around the globe, including Ayurveda, Unani, and Native American medicine. The rhizome and sometimes the leaves were used in medicines. For example, travelers routinely carried calamus-based healing oils to...
by Sudhir Ahluwalia | Mar 16, 2016 | Food and Nutrition
All herbal medicine systems (e.g., Unani, Tib, Ayurveda, Siddha) regard the seeds and oil as useful in treating a range of ailments. In Unani, black cumin seed is mentioned as an important remedy. Hippocrates recommends black cumin, or melanthion in Greek, to treat...
by Sudhir Ahluwalia | Mar 7, 2016 | Food and Nutrition
Black cumin is a popular spice across the globe whose Biblical origins are unclear. Reviews of papers and ancient literature suggest two candidates: Bunium bulbocastanum and Nigella sativa. B. bulbocastanum is the botanical name for black cumin. This species is native...
by Sudhir Ahluwalia | Feb 12, 2016 | Food and Nutrition
The primary medicinal properties of cumin are in the seeds, which are carminative, antispasmodic, antibacterial, astringent, antimicrobial, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic. Cumin is an emmenagogue and galactogogue. It is used to relieve mild digestive...
