Coriander (leaves)
Coriander is a great vegetable for aiding digestion while cooling the blood and detoxifying the Liver. Coriander juice or coriander soup (for the weaker individual) will treat UTI (urinary tract infection) and aid to combat vaginal infections as well.
Properties
Taste: astringent, bitter, pungent
Natural Attributes: light, Dry
Tissue impact (Vipak): Reducing
Thermal impact (Virya): Cooling
Dosha impact: Decrease Pitta and Kapha, Slightly increases Vata
Digestive impact (Agni): easy to digest, aids digestion
Channels (Srotas): opens
Feces: water absorbent (constipating)
Urine: strong diuretic
Strength (Bala):Â Â clears congestion and obstruction
Mind (Manas):Â Sattvic
Effect: diaphoretic, antihistamine, carminative, alterative, cholagogue, blood thinner, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, hypolipidemic, detoxicant, spleen tonic
Chinese five element impact: wood, fire
Chinese medicine syndromes: Liver fire, Stomach Fire
Medicinal propertiesÂ
- Nourishment (rasa): obesity
- Blood-circulation-liver: measles (only before eruption in the incubation period), fever
- Skin: rashes, allergy related hives, sunburn (topically)
- Kidney-Bladder: Bladder infections, painful or burning urination, difficulty urinating
- Respiratory system: hiccups, dyspnoea, cough
- Digestive system: fortifies digestion, aids digestion, improves taste, thirst, burning sensation, vomiting, intestinal worms, gas, digests undigested food (Phlegm)
Harmful for:Â