CUMIN SEEDS

 

Cumin seeds are also known as jeera in Hindi and Marathi. It is known as jeerak in Ayurveda, the word jeerak indicates its ability to improve your digestive power. The botanical name of cumin is Cuminum cyminum Linn and it belongs to the Umbelliferae family. 

 

In Ayurveda, jeera has a very crucial role specifically in disorders related to your digestion. The cumin seeds have a tendency to increase pitta dosha and balance Vata and Kapha dosha. It has ushna potency.

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What is Dysmenorrhoea?

Let’s learn what exactly is dysmenorrhoea..??

Primary or Physiological dysmenorrhoea

Dysmenorrhoea is painful menstruation of magnitude sufficient enough to incapacitate day-to-day activities.

It is usually confined to teenagers and adolescents where there is no identifiable pathology.

How is an adolescent or physiological dysmenorrhoea examined in clinical practice?

Here are a few signs to study to differentiate or identify a physiological dysmenorrhoea-

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