Cumin

cumino aigro (Malta)
cuminum cyminum
Umbelliferae
parsley family

PART USED
Fruit

Medicinal Action and Uses
The older herbalists esteemed Cumin superior
in comforting carminative qualities to Fennel or Caraway,
but on account of its very disagreeable flavor,
its medicinal use at the present day is almost confined
to veterinary practice, in which it is employed as a carminative.

Formerly Cumin had considerable repute
as a corrective for the flatulency of languid
digestion and as a remedy for colic and dyspetic headache.

Bruised and applied externally in the form of a plaster,
it was recommended as a cure for stitches and pains
in the side caused by the sluggish congestion
of indolent parts, and it has been compounded
with other drugs to form a stimulating liniment.

Bay-salt and Cumin-seeds mixed, is a universal remedy
for the diseases of pigeons, especially scabby backs and breasts.

The proportions of the remedy are:
1/4 lb. Baysalt, 1/4 lb.
Common Salt,
1 lb. Fennel-seeds,
1 lb. Dill-seeds,
1 lb. Cumin-seeds,
1 OZ. Assafoetida;
mix all with a little wheaten flour and some fine-worked clay;
when all are well beaten together, put into two earthen
pots and bake them in the oven.
When cold, put them on the table in the dove-cote;
the pigeons will eat it and thus be cured.



ACTIONS
Medicinal Properties
antispasmodic
carminative
stimulant



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