Nutrition : CUMIN

Traditional Medicinal and other uses :

• As a medicinal plant, Cumin has been utilized as stomachic, diuretic, carminative, stimulant, astringent, emmenagogic and antispasmodic.
• Cumin is valuable in dyspepsia diarrhea and hoarseness, and may relieve flatulence and colic. It is supposed to increase lactation and reduce nausea in pregnancy.
• Used in a poultice, cumin relieves swelling of the breast or the testicles. Smoke in a pipe with ghee, it is taken to relieve the hiccups.
• Oil of cumin is used as fragrances in perfume.

Organic Cumin benefits :

The fruit is a rich source of thymol. Thymol is used as an antihelmintic against hookworm infections and also as an antiseptic in many proprietary preparations. It is a stimulant, which increases the secretion and discharge of urine and relieves flatulence. It strengthens the functions of stomach and arrests any bleeding.

Digestive disorders
Cumin seeds are very useful in digestive disorders like biliousness, morning sickness, indigestion, atonic dyspepsia, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome and flatulent colic. One spoon of cumin seeds is boiled in a glass of water and the decoction mixed with one teaspoon of fresh coriander leaf juice and a pinch of salt. This decoction can be taken twice daily after meals as a medicine for diarrhea.

Piles
Black cumin is beneficial in the treatment of piles. About 60 grams of the seeds, of which half should be roasted, should be ground together. Three grams of this flour should be taken with water.

Common cold
Dilute cumin water is an antiseptic beverage and very useful in common cold and fevers. To prepare cumin water, a teaspoon of cumin is added to boiling water, which is allowed to simmer for a few seconds and set aside to cool. If the cold is associated with sore throat, a few small pieces of dry ginger should be added to the water. It soothes throat irritation.

Boils
Black cumin ground in water is applied as a paste over the boils with beneficial results.

Other uses

• The cumin seed is extensively used in mixed spices and for flavoring curries, soups, sausages, bread and cakes.
• It is an ingredient of curry powder, pickles and chutneys.
• Cumin powder and Cumin oil has also been used as Veterinary medicine and products.

Nutrition Facts of Organic Cumin:

Amount per Serving
Calories 22	Calories from Fat 11
	% Daily Value
Total Fat 1gm	2%
Saturated Fat 0g	0%
Cholesterol 0mg	0%
Sodium 10mg	0%
Total Carbohydrate 3g	1%
Dietary Fiber 1g	3%
Sugar 0g
Protein 1g
Vitamin A	2%
Vitamin C	1%
Calcium	6%
Iron	22%