Benefits of having spices as part of your daily diet

Spices are aromatic herbs with essential oils. They contain a lot of antioxidants and aid digestion. Spices should be used on a regular basis to:

• Boost your immunity
• Strengthen your digestive system.
• Relieves bloating and protects against allergies such as lactose and fructose sensitivities.
• Improves respiratory health and helps to fight the common cold.
• Virus infections can be relieved.

Spices may be disliked by certain persons with sensitive stomachs, while they are highly recommended for everyday use by others.

Benefits of spices

Cinnamon — Relieves arthritis pain, lowers LDL (bad cholesterol), includes iron, calcium, and magnesium, and can help with menstrual pain.

Clove - relieves toothaches, lowers inflammation, and is effective in upper respiratory tract infections. It also has a cooling impact on the stomach, making it useful in cases of gastritis.

Pepper - Aids digestion and is a good source of vitamin K, iron, manganese, and fiber. It's also good for asthma and respiratory infections.

Ginger - It is beneficial for sinusitis, vomiting, indigestion, bloating, motion sickness, and the common cold and flu.

Cardamom - It has a high iron, potassium, calcium, and magnesium content. Antioxidant, aids digestion, acts as a natural diuretic, eliminates foul breath, and can help with high blood pressure.

Turmeric - It is healthy for the heart and liver and can help prevent cancer and allergies. It can also help with arthritis, the common cold, bronchitis, and menstruation issues.

Curry leaves — Aids digestion, relieves vomiting, aids weight loss, is beneficial for diabetes and visual problems, and protects the liver.

Fennel - High in vitamin C, fiber, and potassium, it boosts the immune system, is healthy for the heart and intestines, and can help with indigestion and gas.

Fenugreek - Aids in the production of breast milk, lowers cholesterol, is beneficial for the heart, and can help with diabetes, indigestion, and gastritis.

Cumin seeds - They are beneficial in the treatment of diarrhea, gas, indigestion, vomiting, the common cold, liver illness, and diabetes.

Garlic - Lowers cholesterol and relieves bloating. Garlic has a strong flavor and aroma that some people dislike. They can boil it in milk for five minutes and drink the milk in that case.

Pain Subsides This Way

'Ouch....toothache'. Immediately comes a reply from granny saying 'keep cloves between your teeth'. We act as if we haven't heard anything, thinking that it is a superstitious belief. But whatever granny said is 100% true. Scientists prove that there are many natural medicines for pain relief.

Suffering from muscle pain? Eating ginger must heal it. Muscle pain could be because of stress and tensions. If you are suffering from muscle pain from long time, add two tablespoons of dry ginger powder to boiling milk or water and have it daily for some months. Danish scientists have found that gingerols in the ginger powder help in controlling the release of pain causing  hormones thereby reducing the muscle pain gradually.

Credits: Delphine

Benefits of Tulasi (Holy Basil)

With the onset of rainy season, cold, infection and other common diseases show up. With tulasi we can find ready solutions at home. We shall look at what kind of solutions are available for different problems.

Treatment for Headache and migraine

1. Prepare herbal juice (kashayam) from the roots of jack fruit tree. Boil the herbal juice for couple of minutes and let it settle down. Take 5 to 6 drops of the juice and put it in nostrils and rest for sometime. You will see that your severe headache will vanish.