[[File:Ajowan.jpg|thumb|Alt=Trachyspermum ammi|300px370px|left|Trachyspermum ammi]]Other Names: Ajava Seeds, Ajowan, Ajowan Caraway, Ajowan Seed, Ajowanj, Ajwain, Ajwan, Ameo Bastardo, Ammi Commun, Ammi Élevé, Ammi glaucifolium, Ammi Inodore, Ammi majus, Ammi Officinal, Bishop's Flower, Bisnague, Bullwort, Carum, Carom, Espuma del Mar, Flowering Ammi, Grand Ammi, Aatrilal, Omum, Yavani., Hirz al-Shayateen, Rejl al-Ghorab, Riji al-Tair, Ptychotis ajowan<br>Bishop's weed is a plant. It is a small erect shrub and has soft, fine feathery leaves. The seeds are used gray colored. Ajowan looks like wild parsley, similar to make medicinecelery, caraway and cumin seeds and is native to India. The plant flowers in about two months and the fruit is harvested when the flower heads turn brown. They are pulled out, dried on mats and separated by rubbing with the hands or feet.
==Special Precautions of Bishop's Weed==
* Be careful not to confuse bishop’s weed (Ammi majus) with its more commonly used relative, [[Khella]] (Ammi visnaga). The two species do contain some of the same chemicals and have some similar effects in the body. But Bishop's weed is more commonly used for skin conditions, and khella is usually used for heart and lung conditions.
* asthma, chest pain (angina), kidney stones, and fluid retention.
* Some people apply bishop's weed directly to the skin for skin conditions including psoriasis and vitiligo : Bishop's weed contains several chemicals, including methoxsalen(Oxsoralen, Methoxypsoralen), a chemical used to make a prescription medication for the skin condition [[psoriasis]].
* Ajowan is used in Ayurvedic herbalism and considered to have warming effects for cold conditions that debilitate.
* Ajowan is antispasmodic and relieves abdominal pain or distension. It is helpful for stimulating the appetite and enhancing digestion
* An old belief was that Ajowan seeds soaked in lemon juice and dried 7 times before ingested cured impotence.
* The boiled seeds were used to cleanse the eyes and cure deafness.
==Used in Patent medicine==
* [[Kayam Churna]]
* [[Sharbat Sadar]]
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