HERBAL MONOGRAPHS CORIANDER / 221thickness, with minute warts and transverse scars. The
fracture is short and horny.
Characteristics: The taste is sweetish, then bitter. The odor
is strong and peculiar when fresh.W-- Habitat: The parasite is indigenous to the U.S.
Production: Coral Root is the rhizome of Corallorhiza
odontorhiza.
Other Names: Crawley Root. Scaly Dragon's Claw, Chicken
Toe, Crawley, Fever Root, Turkey Claw
ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS
Unknown
EFFECTS
Coral Root has diaphoretic, febrifuge and sedative effects.
INDICATIONS AND USAGE
Unproven Uses: Coral Root is used for colds. It is very
efficient at inducing perspiration. Its scarcity prevents its
wider use.
PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS
A- Health risks or side effects following the proper administra-
tion of designated therapeutic dosages are not recorded.
DOSAGE
Mode of Administration: Internally as a liquid extract.
LITERATURE
No references are available
Corallorhiza odontorhiza
See Coral Root
Coriander
Coriandrum sativum
DESCRIPTION
Medicinal Parts: The medicinal parts are the coriander oil
and dried ripe fruit.
Flower and Fruit: The flowers are white, compact, 3 to 5
blossomed umbels with no involucre. The floret has a 3-bract
epicalyx. The border of the calyx has 5 tips. The corolla of
the androgynous lateral florets is splayed. The fruit is
globular and has a diameter of 3 cm, is straw yellow to
brownish, and drops without dividing.
Leaves, Stem and Root: Coriandrum sativum is a 20 to 70 cm
high plant with a bug-like smell. The root is thinly fusiform.The stem is erect, round, glabrous and branched above. The
leaves are light green, entire below and double-pinnate
above.Characteristics: The fresh herb and unripe fruit have a bug-
like smell. Ripe fruit has a pleasant, tangy smell and taste.
Habitat: The herb is found in the Mediterranean region.
central and eastern Europe, eastern Asia, and North and
South America.
Production: Coriander consists of the ripe, dried, spherical
fruit of Coriandrum sativum and its varieties vulgare A. and
microcarpum. The fruit is threshed when it is rust red and is
dried in lofts.
Not to be Confused With: Grains and legumes.
ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS
Volatile oil (0.4 to 1.7%): chief components D-(+)-linalool
(coriandrol, share 60 to 75%). including in addition borneol.
p-cymene, camphor, geraniol, limonene, alpha-pinene: me
unusual, bug-like smell is caused by the trans-tridec-2-enale
content
Fatty oil (13 to 21%): chief fatty acids petroselic acid, oleic
acid, linolenic acid
Hydroxycoumarins: including umbelliferone, scopoletin
EFFECTS
The essential oil of coriander stimulates the secretion of
gastric juices and is a carminative and spasmolytic; in vitro it
has antibacterial and antifungal effects.
INDICATIONS AND USAGE
Approved by Commission E:- Dyspeptic complaints
- Loss of appetite
Unproven Uses: Coriander is used for dyspeptic complaints.
loss of appetite and complaints of the upper abdomen.
In folk medicine, Coriander is also used for digestive and
gastric complaints; in other cultures for coughs, chest pains.
bladder complaints, leprosy rash, fever, dysentery, externally
for headaches, oral and pharyngeal disorders, halitosis, post-
partum complications; the folk indications have not been
proven.
Chinese Medicine: Coriander is used in China for loss of
appetite, the pre-emptive phase of chickenpox and measles.
hemorrhoids and rectal prolapse.
Indian Medicine: In India, Coriander is used to treat nose
bleeds, coughs, hemorrhoids, scrofulous, painful micturation.
edema, bladder complaints, vomiting, amoebic dysentery and
dizziness.