Skip to content Skip to content Order Tracking Witchy Gypsy Momma Stirring Up Magic in the Kitchen Search for: Search All Categories Login / Register shopping cart 0 0 Open Button Magickal and Medicinal Herbs: Coriander Coriander Seed ( Coriandrum sativum ) I just realized that coriander needs to be the patron saint of my web page. See that banner up at the top? Love. Life. Magic. It used to say Travel. Love. Magic. Either way is a pretty succinct way of describing coriander. This little plant is so full of differing flavors that it has two names. The leaves are called cilantro and the seeds are called coriander. Both Pliny the Elder and Hippocrates recommended it for food medicine. Of course, by the time these ancient herbalists started singing its praises, coriander was already a world traveling superstar. The earliest stash of coriander has been found in a Neolithic B level of the Nahal Hemar Cave in Israel, but it was also found in the tomb of Tutankhamen. The Chinese, the Sp