Pharmacological action: Diuretic and blood purifier.
Medicinal use: Effective in allaying genito-urinary complaints, syphilis and leprosy. Useful as a blood purifier in skin diseases and ulcerations.
Ustokhuddus (Lavandula stoechas) (Lavender)
Pharmacological action: Cephalic, nervine, carminative, expectorant, stimulant.
Medicinal use: Effective in removing crudities from the brain and improves mental retentive faculties. Useful against chronic catarrh and headache, rheumatic and neuralgic pains, persistent cold, and cirrhosis of the liver.
Zafran (Crocus sativus) (Saffron)
Pharmacological action: Stimulant, exhilarant, stomachic and aphrodisiac.
Medicinal use: Effective in alleviating inflammations of the liver and uterus, asthma, cough. Provides energy and stimulates the brain and heart. Strengthens organs and and eyesight, and acts as an aphrodisiac.
Zeera Safed (Cuminum cyminum) (Cumin)
Pharmacological action: Carminative, astringent, diuretic.
Medicinal use: Effective in dyspepsia, chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain. Improves digestion and acts as a useful diuretic.
Zeera Siyah (Carum carvi) (Black Cumin)
Pharmacological action: Carminative, astringent, pectoral, detersive.
Medicinal use: Effective in stomach debility, loss of appetite, diarrhea.