Origin:
Native to Asia Minor and Persia; cultivated in India in cooler parts of Punjab and Kashmir.
Action:
Sweet almonds—nutrient, nervine tonic, demulcent.
Oil— externally for skin.
Advice on almonds (not toxic, just an advice on use)
Bitter almonds— not used medicinally.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.