you are right!
----- Original Message -----
From: Pankaj Oudhia
To: efloraofindia
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:44079] Lepidium sativum from Kashmir
It is old Hindi saying
दाने दाने पर लिखा है खाने वाले का नाम
regards
Pankaj Oudhia
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 4:32 PM, nabha meghani <nabha-megh...@gmx.de> wrote:
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
