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DESCRIPTION
Ajowan is also known as Bishop's weed and finds extensive usage in the making of Unani medicines. Having a bitter taste, it is also a very good digestive and finds application in food preparation.
COMMON NAMES
Ajwain, Copticum, Carum Copticum
BLENDS WITH:
Thyme, parsley, & sage.
CONSTITUENTS
Thymol (35-60%), a-pinene, p-cymene, Limonene, y-terpinene
USES
It is traditionally being used in Ayurvedic medicine to treat Cholera. Further, it has anti-microbial, antispasmodic, antiseptic, carminative, stimulant, germicide and tonic properties and has also been used extensively for isolation of thymol. Further, it is also used in food preparation & medicinal usage.
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