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Uses dhanyaka in other systems of medicine

dhanyaka :

Young plants growing in a nursery


Use in other system of medicine:

Culinary
- Seeds and leaves are edible.
- Used as seasoning.
- A component of curry powder.
- Seeds used in confectionery and flavoring of gin and other spirits.
- Leaves are eaten raw with native dishes: kilauin, lumpia, pansit, paksiw na isda.

Folkloric
- Infusion of the fruit is used for dyspepsia. 
- Pounded seeds inhaled for its odor to counter dizziness.
- Oil useful for flatulence, colic, rheumatism, neuralgia.
- Plant used for ptomaine poisoning. 
- Seeds chewed for halitosis.
- Paste of seeds applied for headaches.
- Seeds used in lotions or bruised for poultice in rheumatic pains.
- Juice of fresh plant applied for erythema.
- Decoction of plant in milk (with sugar added to taste) used for bleeding piles.
Cold infusion of seeds or powder made of dried seeds with a little sugar useful for colic in children. Also relieves internal heat and thirst.
- In Iranian folk medicine, recommended for anxiety and insomnia.

Others
- Perfumery: Used as fragrance component for soaps and cosmetics and flavoring in pharmaceutical preparations.
- Repellent: Fungicidal and bactericidal. Growing plant repels aphids. A boiled mixture of one part coriander leaves and one part anise seeds is effective against red spider mites and aphids.


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