Coriander - Natural Benefits and Healing Properties

An infusion of coriander seeds with honey and orange flower water makes an excellent after shave lotion.

Natural Benefits of Coriander

Aids in digestion and helps settle the stomach and prevent flatulence

A Phytonutrient-Dense Herb - Many of the above healing properties of coriander can be attributed to its exceptional phytonutrient content. Coriander's volatile oil is rich in beneficial phytonutrients, including carvone, geraniol, limonene, borneol, camphor, elemol, and linalool. Coriander's flavonoids include quercitin, kaempferol, rhamnetin, and epigenin. Plus, coridander contains active phenolic acid compounds, including caffeic and chlorogenic acid.

Coriander is known to lower blood sugar by stimulating the secretion of insulin. As a matter of fact, in Europe it is called an "anti-diabetic" plant. It also helps the heart by lowering bad cholesterol and raising good cholesterol. Readers, do take this to heart.

Coriander is quite nutritious, being rich in Vitamin C, calcium phosphorus and beta carotene.

Externally, the juice of the leaf can be applied over forehead as a medicine for migraine and other types of headaches. Not only this, the juice can also be used as cosmetic agent.

The juice of coriander is beneficial in producing vitamin A, B1, B2, C and iron. In addition, one or two teaspoons of coriander juice, added to fresh buttermilk, is highly beneficial in treating digestive disorders such as indigestion, nausea, dysentery, hepatitis and colitis. It is also helpful in typhoid fever.

In India, Coriander is believed to relieve bloating, and is also considered beneficial in diabetes management. Scientific proofs for these beliefs are now trickling in.

Coriander has now been scientifically shown to relieve symptoms associated with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

In Ayurvedic medicine, it is used to treat nose bleeds, coughs, hemorrhoids, scrofulous, painful micturation, edema, bladder complaints, vomiting, amoebic dysentery, and dizziness

Coriander is quite nutritious, and rich in Vitamin C. Research carried out in the United States suggests that coriander may be beneficial for lowering blood-cholesterol. In lab experiments carried out with diabetic mice, coriander also showed the effect of lowering blood sugar level. Coriander even contains antibiotic substances that can prevent some forms of food poisoning.