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Garlic
Medicinal
Properties : Cures and prevents atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, aids
digestion, relieves cold symptoms, fights some intestinal parasites, helps
heal wounds, fights infections, strengthens heart, and clears chest
congestion.
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Ginger
Medicinal
Properties : Aids digestion, helps release phlegm, relieves stomachache
and nausea, increases perspiration, dilates capillaries, helps cold and
sore throats and poor circulation, soothes minor burns, and cures wounds.
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Lemon grass
Medicinal
Properties : Aids digestion, relieves stomach pain, increases urine
production, and relieves gall stone problems and high blood pressure.
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Young Galangal Root
Medicinal
Properties : Relieves skin rash, diarrhea, indigestion and body pain due
to crash and fall.
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Fresh hot Chili Peppers
Medicinal
Properties : Relieves diarrhea, stimulates digestion and the heat,
increases blood flow to taste buds and thus increases appetite, relieves
infection, dissolves blood clod, and prevents intestinal cancer.
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Caraway or Cumin
Medicinal
Properties : Stimulant, antispasmodic, carminative
Relieves
diabetes, constipation, indigestion, nausea, fatigue and insomnia.
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Cardamom
Medicinal
Properties: Relieves dyspepsia, nausea, loss of taste, indigestion, bad
breath of Halitosis, hoarseness, Pharyngitis and sore throat, cough and
cold, phlegmatic cough, diarrhea, dysentry and exhaustion.
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Nutmeg
Medicinal
Properties : The tonic principle is Myristicin. Oil of Nutmeg is used to
conceal the taste of various drugs and as a local stimulant to the
gastro-intestinal tract. Powdered nutmeg is rarely given alone, though it
enters into the composition of a number of medicines. The expressed oil is
sometimes used externally as a gentle stimulant, and it was once an
ingredient of the Emplastrum picis. The properties of mace are identical
to those of the nutmeg. Dose, 5 to 20 grains.
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Cloves: look like nails and have good aroma and ver
Medicinal
Properties: Antiseptic. Helps flatulence and indigestion, relieves
muscular cramps, cholera, nausea, gum and teeth ailments, headache,
heaviness in head due to cough and cold, throat irritaion due to cough,
and bronchial afflictions.
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Cinnamon or Cassia
Medicinal
Properties: Stimulant. Helps reduce vomiting and flatulence, relieves
diarrhea, bad breath, loss of taste sensitivity in the tongue, hoarseness,
Pharyngitis, sore throat, headache caused by exposure to cold air, cough,
acne, blackheads and pimples and insomnia, improves complexion, and
betters memory.
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Aniseed
Medicinal
Properties :
Aids
digestion, helps body dispose of toxins, and increases perspiration.
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Coriander Seeds
Medicinal
Properties: Relieves swellings, high cholesterol, diarrhea, mouth ulcers,
anaemia and kidney problems.
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Turmeric, Cucurmin
Medicinal
Properties: Relieves flatulence, indigestion, and muscle strain, regulates
menstruation, relieves common cold, blocked nose, dry cough, sore throat,
acne, wounds, boils, tropical skin diseases, cracks in the soles, itching
and sole infection.
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Pepper (Cayenne or Red Pepper)
Medicinal
Properties: Helps constipations, flatulence and nausea.
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Krachai in Thai
The rhizomes contain approximately 0.8% volatile
oil. The plant has stomach ache relieving and antimicrobial properties,
and therapeutic benefits as an antitussive and antiflatulence agent. |
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Pepper
Pepper is a branching, perennial climbing plant from whose fruiting spikes
both white and black pepper are obtained. Used as a spice and condiment,
pepper contains a 2-4% volatile oil. Therapeutic uses are as carminative,
antipyretic, diaphoretic and diuretic agents. |
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