Lepidium Sativum

It's used as a remedy for minimizing asthma symptoms as well as improves lung function in people suffering from asthma. Also used as a relieve the symptoms of constipation and indigestion. Seeds are used for treating patients suffering from iron deficiency anemia. Consumption of these seeds helps to boost the hemoglobin level over time. L. Sativum seed is an excellent source of protein and iron thus can be used for treating people suffering from hair loss. Consuming garden cress helps to stimulate the mammary glands to start producing milk in lactating mothers. Due to this powerful property of garden cress, new mothers are encouraged to eat food containing garden cress to facilitate milk production. Moreover, due to the high protein and iron contents of garden cress, it is ideally given post-partum to breastfeeding mothers. Garden cress is an excellent source of folic acid, vitamins C, dietary fiber, iron, calcium, protein, vitamin A, folate and vitamin E. The seeds of garden cress are also highly nutritive and they contain ascorbic acid, tocopherol, folic acid, calcium, linoleic fatty acids, iron, beta-carotene and arachidic.