Yes, gartenkresse is extensively used in german, in fact european kitchen. My mom used to give us Aliv-Khir, when we had uneasy stomach. It is supposed to eb a mild purgative.
One can buy small paperboxes with small seedlings in supermarkets. One can also buy seeds, some ten grams for one Euro. Let me tell you one story. When my mom visited us she was surprised to see that we pay one euro (which is around 60 INR) for 10 gramm Aliv. Later when she went back, she sent one Kilo Aliv through my brother-in-law, who was visiting Hannover Fair. He was supposed to visit us, but did not manage it. He did not have time to go to the postoffice to sent the package to me. He tried to give it to his german colleagues, but everyone politely denied to accept it, as noone knew, what to do with the seeds. He could not throw it away and took it back to India. Regards Nalini ----- Original Message ----- From: Gurcharan Singh To: tanay bose Cc: Pankaj Oudhia ; efloraofindia Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:43997] Lepidium sativum from Kashmir Tanay Here are some uses from me: Cooked as vegetable, also consumed as salad, used for garnishing Leaves mild stimulant and diuretic, used in scorbutic diseases and hepatic complaints. Seeds galactogogue, emmenagogue, diuretic, tonic, aphrodisiac, laxative, used in poultices for hurts and sprains Roots used in secondary syphilis and tenesmus. Seeds also yield a semidrying oil used for soapmaking Mucilage from seeds known as Cress seed mucilage used as substitute for tragacanth and gum arabic. It allays irritation of the intestines in dysentery and diarrhoea. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 7:10 PM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: Pankaj ji can u send mr link regarding the medicinal use o this plant thanks in advence tanay On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoud...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks Gurcharan ji for nice pictures. We are growing Lepidium sativum as medicinal crop commercially. regards Pankaj Oudhia On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: Lepidium sativum from Kashmir, cultivated and often found on roadsides. Photographed on June 24, 2010 from Mohra near Uri. Local names: English: garden cress French: cresson alénois German: Gartenkresse Sans: Chandrashura Hindi: Halim, Hurf Beng: Halim, Aleveri Mar: Aliliva Guj: Asalio, Halim Tel: Adalavitulu, Adeli, Adityalu Tam: Aliverai Kan: Allibija, Kurrutige Punjab: Halim, Shargudaei, Tezak -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
