bitter orange is essential in herbal medicine and pharmaceutical

medicinal coriander is anti-microbial and carminative

medicinal cardamon is stimulant and carminative as well as orexigenic

pomegranate is used in herbal medicine for its anthelmintic properties

fenugreek is recognised of being expectorant, demulcent, tonic and vulnerary

nutmeg is popular in herbal medicine for being antipasmodic, sedative and inhibiting prostaglandin

cinnamon is an antipasmodic, febrifuge, antimicrobial and carminative

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Herbs, Spices and Essential oils from Egypt for Cooking, Cosmetic and Medicinal uses

	English	Latin	Pharmaceutical	Parts available
1	Aloe Vera			Gel/Powder
2	Anise	Pimpinella anisum	Fructus Anisi	Seeds
3	Basil	Ocimum basilicum	Herba Basilici	Dried Leaves/ Oil
4	Bitter Orange/ Orange Citrus	Citrus sinensis/	Pericarpium Aurantii, Cortex Aurantii fructus dulcis	Dried fruits/Oil
5	Buckweat	Nigella Sativa
6	Calendula	Calendula Officinalis
7	Caraway	Carum carvi	Fructus Carvi	Seeds/ Oil
8	Cardamon (green)	Elettaria cardamomum	Fructus Cardamomi	Seeds
9	Castorbean	ricinus communis
10	Chamomile	matricaria chamomile		Flowers/Oil
11	Cinnamon	Cinnamomum zeylanicum	Cortex Cinnamoni	Stem Bark
12	Clove	Syzygium aromaticum	Flores Caryophylli	Buds
13	Colosynth, Egusi, Bitter Apple	Citrullus colocynthis	Cucurbitaceae	Dried fruits/ Oil
14	Coriander	Coriandrum sativum	Fructus Coriandri	Seeds (fruits)
15	Cummin (black)	Negila Stiva		Seeds/ Oil
16	Earth nut			Oil
17	Dill	Anethum graveolens	Peucedanum graveolens	Oil
18	Fennel	Foeniculum vulgare	Fructus Foeniculi	Seeds (fruits)/ Oil
19	Fenugreek	Trigonella foenum-graecum	Semen Foenugraeci	Seeds/ Oil
20	Garlic			Oil
21	Henna	lawsonia alba		Leaves/ powder
22	Hot Red Pepper
23	Hibiscus	Hibiscus Sabdarifa		Dried Flowers
24	Jew's-Mallow	corchorus olitorius
25	Jasmine			Oil
26	Lettuce	lettuce virosa		Oil
27	Liquorice	Glycyrrhiza glabra	Radix Liquiritiae	Root
28	Marjoram	Origanum maiorana	Herba Maioranae	Dried Leaves
29	Minth	Arvensis		Oil
30	Moghat	glosrostemo bruigurei		Root
31	Onion			Oil
32	Peppermint	Mentha piperita	Folia Menthae piperitae	Dried leaves/ Oil
33	Parsley	Petroselinum crispum	Radix Petroselini	Root/ Oil
34	Pomagranate	Punica granatum		Dried seeds
35	Radish			Oil
36	Regla	Portulaca Oferacea		Seeds
37	Rocket	Eruca sativa		Seeds/ Oil
38	Rosemary	Rosmarinus officinalis	Folia Rosmarini	Dried leaves / Oil
39	Saffron	Crocus sativus	Stigmata Croci	Dried Stigmata
40	Sage	Salvia officinalis	Folia Salviae	Dried leaves
41	Senna	cassia acutifolia		Leaves
42	Spearmint	Mentha Virddis		Dried leaves/ Oil
43	Squill	Urginea Maritima		Whole plant