Cumin Seeds for Morning Sickness

Sr. Nor told me that in India, pregnant women chew cumin seeds to reduce/eliminate gas in the stomach. She said that it worked very well for her during her three pregnancies.

According to this web site, here are other home remedies for morning sickness:
- any non-carbonated syrup
- fresh ginger root
- cloves, cinnamon or cardamon
- slippery elm, red raspberry
- apple cider vinegar
- wheatgerm with milk

According to this web site, cumin seeds

'... is rich in iron, is very useful as an antiseptic or for digestive disorders. They also boost the power of the liver.

Cumin can help with indigestion, diarrhoea, nausea and morning sickness, If you boil one teaspoon of seeds in one glass of water and mix with salt and a teaspoon of coriander leaf juice and have it everyday.

Cumin also helps to relieve the symptoms of the common cold due to its antiseptic properties. If you have sore throat, add some ginger to cumin seed water and have it whole day till it sooth your throat.

It is also a good ointment before boils. Make a paste of black cumin seeds with water and apply to the affected area.

It is also a great tonic for our body, even if you don’t have any specific ailment. It increases heat in the body thus making metabolism more efficient.'

In undeveloped countries, I am sure that there are folk remedies that people use for certain health ailments. I will have to ask my mother for traditional folk remedies from China since my grandparents immigrated from China to Singapore in the early 20th century.