Fresh leaves (as flavouring agent) and dried Dhania seeds (as spices) are used in curries, chutney etc. Dhania has aromatic oil and is slightly pungent. It is a great agent, stimulant, carmi-native, helps in stomach ache and gripping pain, tranquilizer, germicidal, diuretic, anti-pyritic, curtails excessive requirement system and is a tonic.
Curative Properties
Asthma, Cough (dry)
Taking 1 tsp. of Dhania powder and mishri in boiled rice water 3 times a day controls cough.
1 tsp. Dhania sherbat mixed with 1 tsp. honey 3 times a day cures dry cough. Soak 50 gm coarsely ground Dhania in 500 ml. water overnight. Boil till decoction remains 125 ml. Strain it through a cloth and prepare (chashni) sherbat with 250 gm khand.
Frequent Sneezing
Smelling fresh coriander leaves stops sneezing.
Diarrhoea, Indigestion
1 tsp. of Dhania Choorna (10 gms. illaichi and 10 gms. jeera fried and powdered) after meals controls diarrhoea, cure indigestion and increases appetite.
1 tsp. of heated powder of Dhania with water checks loose motions.
5 gms. heated powdered Dhania with curd or skimmed curd or water every 4 hours is useful.
½ tsp. Dhania powder with little kala namak after meals helps.
½ tsp. of mixture (60 gms. dry Dhania powder, 25 gms. black pepper and 25 gm. salt) with water after meals cures tendency to go toilet after meals.
Dysentery
1 tsp. of decoction of Dhania and mishri (10 gms. each) 3 times a day cures dysentery.
Wind
1 tsp. Dried Dhania powder boiled in ½ cup water twice a day controls gaseous problems.
Oil of Dhania is carminative and used in flatulent colic.
Loss of Appetite
Taking 30 gm. juice of fresh Dhania leaves daily increases appetite.
1 tsp. of ground powder (Dhania, chhoti illaichi and black pepper in equal quantity) mixed with 1 tsp. ghee and sugar eliminates dyspepsia.
Stomach-ache
2 tsp. Dhania sherbat or 2 tsp. Dhania boiled in 1 cup of water taken 2 or 3 times relieves ache.
Giddiness, Vomiting, Nausea
Dhania boiled in water mixed with mishri eliminates nausea, giddiness and vomiting in pregnancy.
Headache
Applying juice of fresh Dhania leaves on forehead cures headache.
Throat-ache
Chewing few Dhania seeds slowly 3 or 4 times a day.
1 tsp. of Dhania with 1 tsp. of mishri 4 times a day relieves throat-ache.
Heat Stroke
Soak 100 gms ground Dhania in 500 ml. water for 1 hour in a new earthen pot. Strain it and take ½ cup water with 5 batashas every 3 hours. It cures giddiness, vomiting, nausea due to heat.
1 tsp. Dhania soaked in 1 cup water with sugar acts as preventive against heat stroke.
Blisters in Mouth
Applying ground Dhania or juice of fresh leaves on blisters cures them.
Gargle with Dhania boiled water cures blisters.
Night discharge
Taking 4 gms. powdered Dhania mixed mishri with fresh water in the morning for 7 days cures night-discharge.
1 tsp. of fresh Dhania paste with mishri and cold water in the morning.
1 tsp. of powdered Dhania and sugar with water in the morning and evening prevents night-discharge.
Note—Don’t eat anything for 1 hour after this dose.
Dhania powder mixed with mishri in cold water taken before sleep cures this.
Baldness
Applying juice of fresh leaves on the head makes hair grow.
Piles
Dhania juice with mishri cures blood oozing from piles.
2 tsp. Dhania (fried in little ghee) and 2 tsp. sugar boiled in 500 ml. milk taken hot in place of tea or coffee for some time cure piles.
Eyesight
Taking 1 tsp. of paste of Dhania leaves or 1 tsp. Dhania mixed with amla improves eyesight.
Insomnia
Paste of coriander leaves with sugar to taste taken in water induces sleep.
Application of juice of fresh leaves on forehead is also useful.
20 or 30 ml. sherbat (by boiling fresh Dhania leaves and mishri in same quantity) daily induces sleep.
3 to 5 gms. of Dhania powder with gulabjal (made by mixing powdered Dhania, khaskhas, binola seeds 10 gms. each with 20 gms. khand).
Menstrual Disorders
Dhania powder with boiled rice water checks excessive bleeding during menses.
Boil 20 gms. Dhania in 200 ml. water till the water remains 50 ml. Taking the mixture with mishri checks excessive bleeding.
Strangury
Soak 30 gms. half ground Dhania in 500 ml. boiling water in an earthen pot overnight. After straining it in the mix 30 gms. batasha 8-10 gms. of this taken 4-5 times in a day for sometime cures strangury.
Bleeding through Nose
Applying paste of fresh leaves on forehead and smelling juice of fresh leaves stops nose bleeding due to heat.
Taking paste of Dhania (soaked overnight) in the morning is also useful.
General Tonic
Juice of 100 gms. fresh Dhania leaves taken daily is a source of all vitamins.
