🪷Ayurveda
Sesame (Til)
Sesamum indicum
About Sesame (Til)
Sesame (Til) (Sesamum indicum) is a herb used in the Ayurveda tradition to help with Bone Health, Hormonal Imbalance, Skin Health, and Constipation. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Sesame (/ˈsɛsəmiː/; Sesamum indicum) is a flowering plant in the genus Sesamum, also called benne. Numerous wild relatives occur in Africa and a smaller number in India. It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world and is cultivated for its edible seeds, which grow in pods or "buns". The world harvested 6.2 million metric tonnes of sesame seeds in 2014, with Tanzania, India, and Sudan as the largest producers.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · bothLeaves · both