Cardamom - The queen of spices
Cardamom
Cardamom is one of the spices used by humans since the fifth millennium BC and is the most expensive spice in the world. It is used as both cooking and flavouring spice with food and drinks and has got many unique medicinal properties. The addition of cardamom helps to extricate toxins from our body. Chewing cardamom helps in freshening the breath and is used in some Ayurvedic medicines to treat mouth ulcers and infections.
Black Pepper - The king of spices
Black Pepper
Black pepper is the most traded spice around the globe and has an unavoidable space on dinner tables and the title -the king spices. Black pepper has been widely cultivated in Kerala, south India, and played a significant role in trade relations from India. This black gold is an essential ingredient in the food industry. It is used widely for pickling, canning, and seasoning meat products. A dash of black pepper as a final touch improves the aroma and has health benefits also. It serves as a quintessential ingredient in Ayurvedic medicines for centuries. The pepper is rich with antioxidants, has anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties. They can stimulate the digestive systems and boost the absorption of nutrients.
Turmeric - An organic anti-inflammatory medicine
Turmeric
Turmeric is an eminent spice in Asian culinary and used as medicine and cosmetics for its unique qualities. Turmeric is one of the essential components in curry powder, and it gives a distinctive colour and flavour. By soaking vegetables and fruits in turmeric-water helps to eliminate probable chemicals/pesticides residuals. The natural compounds in turmeric have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-ageing properties. These properties make turmeric an essential component in most of the cosmetic products. Turmeric has been a herbal medicine for a thousand years, especially for skincare treatments. Curcumin, the chemical compound in turmeric is proven for its ability to reduce heart diseases, treating Alzheimer’s, arthritis and can affect cancer growth.
Ginger - Improve your digestion naturally
Ginger
The use of ginger is connected to many civilisations a thousand years before. It is a common ingredient of most of the recipes and can enhance the taste and fragrance of the dish. Apart from the spot on the kitchen table, ginger has a profuse chronicle of use in traditional medicine. We can use ginger in many forms such as fresh, juice, powder or as an oil. The natural oil content of ginger is called gingerol, and it comprises most of the medical properties. Ginger is renowned for its natural ability to mitigate nausea and treating chronic indigestion conditions. Ginger oil is used in food processing and is a flavouring agent in many soft drinks.
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