Health benefits
• Ajwain seeds are much valued as a medicine due to its digestive, healing and curative properties.
• The seeds are useful in counteracting spasmodic disorders.
• A teaspoon of ajwain seeds with a little rock-salt or a mixture of the seeds and buttermilk can be taken for indigestion.
• It can also be chewed in a raw or roasted form.
• A combination of fennel seeds (saunf), sesame seeds (til), dhania dal and ajwain seeds aids digestion. Mukhwas of the above ingredients acts as a very good mouth freshener.
• Omum water, that is, the water distilled from the seeds is an excellent cure for indigestion.
• In case of flatulence, ajwain and dried ginger in equal weight may be soaked in two and half times the quantity of lime juice. This is then dried and powdered with a little black salt. A teaspoon of this taken with a little warm water works wonders.
• It acts as an appetizer, if taken twice or thrice in a day, either in raw or roasted form.
• Hot fomentation with the seeds is a popular and effective remedy for asthma. It helps relieve shortness of breath.
• A tablespoon of seeds crushed and tied up in a cloth bundle can be used for inhalation, during nasal congestion. It has a remarkable power to open up the clogged and congested nasal passage.
• Application of the oil extracted from the seeds works effectively in the treatment of rheumatic pains.
• An infusion of the seeds with common salt is useful for sore and congested throat and hoarseness of voice due to colds or shouting