Vietnamese Food Spices

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Spices

	Aniseed
	Caraway or Cumin
	Cardamom
	Cinnamon or Cassia
	Cloves: look like nails and have good aroma and ver
	Coriander Seeds
	Fresh hot Chili Peppers
	Garlic
	Ginger
	Krachai in Thai
	Lemon grass (cây xả)
	Nutmeg
	Pepper
	Pepper (Cayenne or Red Pepper)
	Turmeric, Cucurmin
	Young Galangal Root

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.



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.



Lemon grass


           Medicinal Properties : Aids digestion, relieves stomach pain, increases urine production, and relieves gall stone problems and high blood pressure.



Young Galangal Root


           Medicinal Properties : Relieves skin rash, diarrhea, indigestion and body pain due to crash and fall.



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.



Caraway or Cumin


           Medicinal Properties : Stimulant, antispasmodic, carminative

          Relieves diabetes, constipation, indigestion, nausea, fatigue and insomnia.


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.



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.



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.



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.



Aniseed


           Medicinal Properties :

          Aids digestion, helps body dispose of toxins, and increases perspiration.



Coriander Seeds


          Medicinal Properties: Relieves swellings, high cholesterol, diarrhea, mouth ulcers, anaemia and kidney problems.



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.



Pepper (Cayenne or Red Pepper)


          Medicinal Properties: Helps constipations, flatulence and nausea.



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.

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.