Saturday 26 May 2018

CARAWAY, CARDAMON & CASCARA USE AS HERBS

Common  name: CARAWAY

Botanical name:CARUM CARVI

Family: UMBELLIFERAE

Part used: Dried seeds

Constituents and uses: These aromatic seeds, with a higher volatile oil content, are very soothing to the digestive system. They will ease colic and flatulence and the tannin content makes them a useful treatment for diarrhoea.
The qualities of the volatile oil also help to ease chest congestion such as in bronchitis. And will help promote the production of breast- milk in nursing mothers. 
It makes a pleasant drink, as an infusion, taken 3 times a day.


Common name: CARDAMON

Botanical name: ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM

Family: ZINGIBERACEAE

Part used: Seeds

Constituents and uses: these large, pungently aromatic seeds contain large amount of volatile oil. They help to stimulate a sluggish digestion, and will soothe any irritation that may cause colic or flatulence. Their main active constituent is a volatile oil. An infusion can a be made from the seeds, which should be crushed to help release the oil. 


Common name: CASCARA
Botanical name: RHAMNUS PURSHIANA

Part used: Bark

Constituents and uses: cascara is useful in conditions of long term sluggish constipation. It is one of a group of remedies containing substances known as anthraquinones which act by stimulating, to the point of irritation, the lining of the upper intestine; this produces a reflex activation of the muscles further along in the Colin, which then results in the bowel motion. The drawback of this treatment is that the muscles can go into an over- active state, causing griping pains and colic. However, cascara is one of the gentler remedies in. The group, and can be described as a general digestive/intestinal tonic. It also contains bitters, which contribute to its tonic effects, and tannins which help modify the strength of the laxative action. The bark is made into a decoction and taken at night to be effective the next morning. It may be combined with any of the carminative, anti- griping remedies for a more smoothing -and palatable- drink.




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