Sawtooth Coriander
假芫茜Malay: Ketumbar Jawa / Daun Sup
Eryngium foetidum L.
Also known as: Thorny Coriander, Thorny Celery, Western Coriander
Properties & Functions
Functions: Releases exterior and stops cough, promotes rash eruption, regulates qi, relieves pain, promotes urination
Indications:
- Common cold
- Cough/asthma
- Incomplete measles eruption
- Sore throat
- Food stagnation
- Nausea
- Abdominal bloating
- Diarrhea/dysentery
- Hepatitis
- Painful urination
- Edema
- Boils
- Snake bites
Usage & Prescriptions
Dosage: Decoct 6-15g. External: decoct and wash, or crush and apply.
Wind-cold common cold
Sawtooth coriander 15g, 3 spring onions, 3 ginger slices, crush and mix with hot porridge
Tonsillitis, snake bite
Sawtooth coriander 15g, decoct. Also crush fresh and apply externally
Indigestion, poor appetite
Sawtooth coriander 15g, decoct. Or chop fresh leaves as cold salad
Recipes & Preparations
Laksa with Sawtooth Coriander
Classic Malaysian laksa — sawtooth coriander is a key herb
Servings: Serves 2
Ingredients:
- •Fresh sawtooth coriander, a handful
- •Laksa paste 3 tbsp
- •Coconut milk 200ml
- •Rice noodles or yellow noodles 200g
- •Prawns 10 pieces
- •Tofu puffs 6 pieces
- •Fish cake, as needed
- •Cucumber, half
- •Mint leaves
Instructions:
- 1.Devein and shell prawns
- 2.Fry laksa paste in oil until fragrant
- 3.Add water and coconut milk, bring to boil
- 4.Add prawns, fish cake, tofu puffs, cook through
- 5.Blanch noodles and place in bowl
- 6.Ladle laksa soup over noodles
- 7.Top with chopped sawtooth coriander, mint, and cucumber shreds
Sawtooth Coriander Cold Remedy Porridge
Herbal porridge for wind-cold common cold
Servings: Serves 1
Ingredients:
- •Sawtooth coriander 15g
- •Spring onions 3
- •Ginger 3 slices
- •Plain rice porridge 1 bowl
Instructions:
- 1.Crush sawtooth coriander, onions, and ginger together
- 2.Cook plain rice porridge
- 3.Stir the crushed herbs into hot porridge
- 4.Eat while hot, then wrap up in blanket to sweat
Quick Reference
- Nature & Flavor
- Pungent, bitter, neutral
- Parts Used
- Whole plant, root
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Standard Dosage
- Decoct 6-15g. External: decoct and wash, or crush and apply.
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