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Crude drug name

Market nameDhaniya
Formal nameDhanyaka
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Dhania, Coriander Seed (T), Dhania (B), Dhaniya (H), Havija, Kothambari bija (K), Malli, Kotamparayari (M), Dhaniyalu, Kotimira (Te), Dhaniya, Kottamalli (Ta), Usu (Ti), Dhaniya (N), Kottamalli (Sin)
English nameCoriander
Original plant nameCoriandrum sativum Linn., Coriander
Family nameUmbelliferae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification fruit
Collection informationIndia, New Delhi, Hans Raj & Sons
Collection date1991/05/07
CollectorTsuneo Namba, et al.
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Scientific information data base

Crude drug nameAyurvedic name or
Sanskrit name, English name		Dhanyaka, Coriander
SynonymsDhanyam, Vitunnakam, Dhanaka, Ardrika, Chatra, Kustumburu, Dhaneya, Dhani, Dhana, Dhuni, Dhanika, Dhaneyaka, Kulati, Dhenuka, Avalika, Chatradhanyam, Sugandhi, Sakayoga, Suksmapatra, Janapriya, Dhanyabija, Bijadhanyam, Vedhakam
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Original plant nameCoriandrum sativum Linn.
Family nameUmbelliferae
Used partWhole plant
Distribution areaCultivated throughout India.
RemarksCommonly cultivated.
Common usesFruits are stimulant, carminative, diuretic, tonic, stomachic, antibilious, cooling, aphrodisiac, pectoral, antipyretic and anthelmintic. They are prescribed in dyspepsia, inflammation of gastro-intestinal tract, burning sensation of the body, nausea, diarrhoea/diarrhea, dysentery, urinary disorders, bronchial disorders, spermatorrhoea/spermatorrhea, leucorrhoea/leucorrhea and rheumatic fever.

Coriander oil from the fruits is used in medicine as a carminative or a flavouring agent.
An infusion of the fruits in combination with cardamom and caraway seeds is given in intestinal disorders. An infusion of the seeds is useful in flatulence, indigestion, vomiting and other intestinal disorders, bleeding piles, rheumatism, neuralgia, cephalalgia and locally in eye infection.

Fruits are used chiefly to conceal the odour of other medicines and to correct the griping qualities of rhubarb and senna.
Therapeutic usesJvara (fever), Trsna (thirst), Daha (burning), Vami (vomiting), Svasakasa (respiratory disorders), Arsa (piles), Krmi (worms)
Chemical constituentOthers
Fruits yield an essential oil-Coriander oil (yield up to 0.592%) containing Coriandrol Citreol, Linalool, a terpene tertiary alcohol. Besides the essential oil, the seeds contain 19-21% of a fatty oil having the colour and odour of Coriander oil.

Medical systemAyurveda (Traditional Indian medicine)
Traditional conceptRasa (Taste)Katu (Pungent), Tikta (Bitter), Madhura (Sweet), Kasaya (Astringent)
Virya (Potency)Usna (Hot)
Guna (Quality)Laghu (Light), Snigdha (Unctuous)
Vipaka
(Post digestive taste)		Madhura (Sweet)
Karma
(General action)		Svarya (good for voice), Avrsya (reducing sexual strength), Dipana (increasing digestive fire), Pacana (digestive)
Dosakarma
(Action on dosa)		Decreases all three dosas
Mala
(Action on excretory mechanism)		Grahi (constipative), Mutrala (diuretic)
Avayava
(Action on organ)		Caksu (eye), Hrdya (good for heart)
Traditional usage1. Leaves of Dhanyaka (Coriander) crushed and put in water, filtered next day and that water is taken with sugar for clearing channels, internal burning and thirst.

2. Cold infusion of Dhanyaka mixed with sugar and taken in morning alleviates even severe burning sensation immediately.

3. Decoction of Dhanyaka and Patola (Trichosanthes cucumerina) acts as an appetizer, expectorant, carminative of Pitta and Vata, antipyretic, digestive and purgative.

4. In order to improve digestive fire, one suffering from fever should take water processed with Dhanyaka two parts and Sunthi (dry ginger) one part.

5. Decoction of Dhanyaka, Sunthi, Balaka (Plectranthus vettiveroides) and Bilva (Aegle marmelos) alleviates indigestion, pain and constipation is digestive and appetizer.

6. Ghee processed with four times water and Dhanyaka paste should be given in diarrhoea/diarrhea caused by Pitta and associated with pain. It is also appetizer and digestive.

7. Water processed with Dhanyaka and Balaka should be given to those suffering from thirst, burning sensation and diarrhoea.

8. Water processed with Dhanyaka and Sunthi (dry ginger) alleviates indigestion caused by morbid matter and pain and is diuretic.

9. The physician should prescribe water processed with Kantakari (Solanum surattense) or Sunthi and Dhanyaka which acts as carminative of wind and stool.

10. One should take water boiled with Dhanyaka for intestinal phantom tumour/tumor.

11. Dhanyaka pounded and mixed with sour and salt is useful or one should take Kapittha (Feronia limonia) with Trikatu* (a group of three pungents) along with rice water.

12. Powder consisting of Dhanyaka, Ativisa (Aconitum heterophyllum), Karkatasrngi (Picrasma quassioides) and Gajapippali (Scindapsus officinalis) should be given with honey in vomiting and diarrhoea of children.

13. In thirst emerging as a complication in other diseases, cold infusion of Dhanyaka added with sugar and honey is useful.

14. Decoction of Dhanyaka and Sunthi is digestive and appetizer. Combined with Eranda root (Ricinus communis) it removes pain of Vata.

15. Dhanyaka mixed with sugar should be given with rice water in treatment of asthma and cough in children.

Trikatu*: a group of three pungents: Pippali, Marica and Sunthi. It supports digestion and the overall gastric function.
FormulationDhanyakadi hima, Dhanyapancaka kvatha, Abhayarista, Lavanabhaskara curna, Guducyadi kvatha.
Related drugsCommercial oil is extensively adulterated with sweet orange oil, cedar wood oil, turpentine and anethole or aniseed oil.
CommentsWhen the fruits are dried they are sweet in post digestive effect and unctuous in quality, pacifies thirst and burning sensation.

This is included in Trsnanigrahana, Sitaprasamana gana of Caraka and Guducyadi of Susruta.
ReferencesReference book　

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[2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras)
Vol. 2 (Repr.1997), pp 184-188.

Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants, 1956. Chopra, R.N., Nayar, S.L. and Chopra, I.C., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi. - New Edition (1996) National Institute Science Communication; Supplement
pp 77-78.

Illustrated Manual of Herbal Drugs Used in Ayurveda, 1996. Sarin, Y.K., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi
p 218.

The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, Part I, Vol I, Ed. I, 1989. Govt. of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Dept. of Health, New Delhi
pp 30-31.

Plants in Ayurveda (A Compendium of Botanical and Sanskrit Names), 1997. Abdul Kareem, M., Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore
494.

Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi
Vol. 2, pp 322-324.

Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi
p 204.

RemarksFruits are extensively employed as condiment in the preparation of curry powder, pickling spices, sausages and seasonings. They are used for flavouring pastry, cookies, buns and cakes, and tobacco products. Oil is used chiefly as a flavouring agent for spirituous liquors and in cocoa and chocolate industries. It is also employed in medicine as a carminative or as a flavouring agent to cover the taste or correct the nauseating or griping qualities of other medicines. It has the advantage of being more stable and of retaining its agreeable odour longer than any other oil of its class. Decylaldehyde (yield, 0.1% of the wt. of coriander oil) obtained by treating the oil with bisulphite, is reported to be useful for perfumery purposes.
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