This product is the dried fruit of the Umbelliferae plant cilantro (Coriandrum sativum Linn.). It is cultivated throughout the country. The fruits are collected when they mature in August. The best quality fruits are plump, free of impurities, and have a strong fragrance.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Acrid, warm. Act on lung, spleen and stomach meridians.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Promoting eruption, opening the middle, and consuming thirst with food.

bubble_chart Indications

1. Used for common cold wind-cold, mild fever without sweating, or at the onset of measles, wind-cold externally constrained, with poor penetration. Can be used alone with Coriander or combined with Fistular Onion Stalk to decoct and take as a soup. For treating common cold, use 30 grams of Coriander, Germinated Barley powder 15 grams, add half a bowl of rice soup, dissolve with sugar and steam before taking; or use three Coriander plants with roots, water chestnut three pieces, Arnebia velvet 3 grams, add 400 ml of water to decoct and take as tea, which can penetrate and resolve toxins, often used as an auxiliary treatment for children with measles.
2. Used for food accumulation qi stagnation, abdominal distension and fullness pain, poor appetite, nausea, indigestion, etc. Can use Coriander as a cold dish or as a seasoning. Or use its seeds and Dried Tangerine Peel each 6 grams, decocted with water and taken.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. 《Jia Shi Materia Medica》: "Relieves heat in the limbs, stops headache, treats rashes, and if smallpox does not erupt, spray it with wine, and it will immediately erupt."
2. Bencao Gangmu: "Coriander is pungent, warm, and fragrant, internally connecting the heart and spleen, externally reaching the limbs, capable of warding off all improper qi, thus if smallpox does not erupt smoothly, it can expel pathogens from the exterior."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

3-6 grams. Decoct in water for oral administration, use as a seasoning, or crush for juice intake. For external use, decoct in water for fumigation and washing, or crush and apply to the affected area.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

It should not be decocted for a long time. It is contraindicated for those who do not have wind-cold external contraction. It should not be taken by those with measles that have already erupted or have not yet erupted but have heat toxin stagnation, as well as those with fetid mouth odor, armpit odor, or eye diseases.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

Coriander contains volatile oils, malic acid, vitamin C, aromatic alcohols, mannitol, flavonoids, proteins, potassium, calcium, and more.

bubble_chart Supplementary Medicinals

Coriander seed: Aids digestion, promotes eruption. Boiling in water and drinking can help measles to surface, neutralizes fishy toxins; fumigation and washing treat hemorrhoids, fistula disease, and rectal prolapse; boiling in water and gargling relieves toothache.