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The Latin name for Coriander is Coriander Sativum.

Health benefits of coriander  (Home remedies) -

•          Coriander helps to prevent digestive disorders such as indigestion and flatulence.

•          Coriander leaves helps to increase appetite and helps to stimulate hunger in anorexic  patients.

•          Coriander leaves along with heeng, rock salt and cumin seed when mixed with buttermilk and taken after meals, helps to improve digestion and prevents abdominal distention.  

•          Regular intake of coriander tea also helps to lower the blood cholesterol levels.

•          Coriander seeds when soaked in water overnight and then taken along with buttermilk early in the morning helps in dysentry.

•          The juice of coriander is also used for treating nausea, and morning sickness.

•          Coriander is used in the treatment of colitis and some of the liver disorders. Coriander seeds also help to reduce acid peptic disease.

•          Coriander seeds also help to reduce body fever by inducing urination.

•          It is used in

•         improving appetite,
•         relieving constipation and flatulence.

·         Coriander seed oil is an aromatic stimulant, a carminative and an appetizer.

·         It helps in treating-

•         piles, headache and swellings.
•         colic, rheumatism and neuralgia;
•          mouth ulcers (when applied in the form of seed paste) and other ulcers.