Natural Healing Benefits of Spices

Many of us use spices in our homes to improve the taste of food. But did you know that by using spices we are also decreasing your chances of chronic diseases and can alleviate everyday ailments?

Spices are rich in nutrients, trace minerals, antioxidants, and have anti-inflammatory properties. What are spices?

A spice is not a herb but a seed, fruit, root, bark, berry, bud or other vegetable substance. They come in many colours and used for flavoring, colouring or preserving food, in medicine, religious rituals, cosmetics, and perfumery.

We all know that eating the right foods and pairing it with the right spices is the best way to stay healthy. Hippocrates famous quote "Let medicine be thy food and let food be thy medicine" clearly supports that eating the right foods is medicine.

5 Healing Spices:

• Clove contains anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties and helps to protect you from heart disease, cancer, and can slow down the damages in the cartilage and bone caused by arthritis.
• Garlic to some extent reduces cholesterol levels, thins the blood therefore helps to keep away dangerous clots.
• Ginger combats inflammation and when teamed with tumeric it reduces pain and swelling in those who suffer from arthritis. It is great for the digestive tract by boosting digestive juices and neutralizing stomach acids. And for those who ever suffered from nausea knows how quite effective it is.
• Basil is traditionally used medicinally to treat asthma, stress, and diabetes. It has a very strong antimicrobial and antiviral properties and great for treating Listeria and E. coli. Basil acts as a natural non-steroidal anti-inflamatory medicine great for anyone with arthritis.
• Black Pepper health benefits include relief from coughs, indigestion, muscular strains, dental disease, pyorrhea, and heart disease. It is also great in promoting sweating and urination, therefore removing toxins from the body.

**The information contained in this article is for information purposes only. It is not not be used for diagnosis or treatment or be used as a substitute for professional diagnosis or treatment. Please consult your healthcare provider before making any healthcare decision**

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