What Everybody Ought to Know About Medicinal Uses Of 22 Common Spices
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Published April 16th, 2007 in Disease, Disorders, Food / Cooking, Healing, Nutrition.
- Asparagus
- Kidney problems.
- Dissolves uric acid deposits.
- Promotes urination
- Boil in water and drink.
- Basil Tea
- Colds, flu
- Cramps
- Bladder
- Add fresh herb or seeds to boiled water to make tea for migraines and bed time restlessness.
- Douche for yeast infections.
- Gargle and mouthwash to eliminates candida.
- Pregnant women should avoid medicinal use of basil.
- Black Pepper
- Take at first sign of any disease
- Pain relief from toothache
- Brings down a fever.
- Celery
- Sedative.
- Seed and stalk reduces hypertension.
- Celery seed tea for the kidneys as a cleanser.
- Chamomile flowers
- Fever and restlessness in children
- Cinnamon
- Diarrhea
- Dysentery
- General Indigestion
- Yeast infection
- Athlete’s foot
- Reduces cancer causing tendencies of many food additives.
- Cold
- Cinnamon ground or taken with milk is a good balance after a heavy meal or dessert
- Simmer sticks with cloves for 3 min, add 2 tsp. lemon juice, 2 tsp. honey, 2 tbs. whiskey as cold medication.
- Boil 8-10 sticks in 4 cups water, simmer 5 min, steep 45 min, then douche or apply to athlete’s foot.
- Cloves
- Toothache
- Nasuea
- Vomiting
- Sore gums
- Topical pain relief of arthritis
- Antiseptic mouthwash
- Alcohol craving suppressor
- Chew for toothache, nausea or vomiting.
- Use oil for pain relief for sore gums and toothache.
- Add clove oil to neutral oils for topical pain relief of arthritis.
- Small amounts of clove in a tea for nausea.
- 3 cloves in two cups of boiled water, steeped for 20 minutes, as an antiseptic and mouthwash.
- Former alcoholics can suck on one or two cloves when the craving strikes to curb the desire.
- Freshly Brewed Coffee
- Alleviate headaches
- Clean bowels
- Break mucus congestion
- Caffeine in coffee is used to alleviate headaches (particularly those caused by caffeine withdrawal)
- Coffee enemas with olive oil are used to cleanse the bowels and are one of the safest and most thoroughly cleansing enemas available.
- Hot black coffee sipped through a straw helps break up mucus congestion in the lungs.
- Caution and common sense must be used to avoid dependency.
- Garlic
- Chronic and acute bacterial colds and flus
- Bronchitis, asthma, whooping cough
- High and low blood pressure
- Removing parasites and infections
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Hypoglycemia
- Diabetes
- Destroys intestinal parasites
- Reduces cholesterol
- Repels insects
- Reduces sting effects of insects and red ants
- Ginger
- Cold / Flu
- Suppressing cough
- Cramps
- Nausea
- Stiffness
- Detoxify meat
- Blood Thinner
- Ease bruises & sprains
- Stimulate delayed period
- Break up congestion and fever
- Ginger prepared in tea form is useful for cramps, nausea, thinning blood, as a substitute for coumadin, break up congestion and fever.
- Use externally for stiffness
- Add in cooking to detoxify meat, especially chicken.
- Boil 2/3 cup of freshly chopped root in 1 gallon water, wrapped in cheesecloth (or old nylon stocking) until the water is yellow. Then soak towel and lay on bruises and sprains while still hot, to ease them.
- Ginger is one of the few herbs that easily passes the blood/brain membrane and is used in conjunction with other herbs that are meant to have an effect on the mind.
- Pregnant women should avoid medicinal concentrations of ginger.
- Lemon
- Colds
- Cough
- Mint (Peppermint)
- Migraines
- Nervousness
- Stomach disorders
- Heartburn
- Abdominal cramps, stomachache
- Herpes
- Herpes sufferers can take 2 cups of tea a day to ease the symptoms when the virus is active.
- Mints are used to buffer the action of other herbs that have uncomfortable effects on the stomach and intestines.
- Can be used in any combination for flavor.
- Mustard
- Sprained backs
- Deep rattling coughs
- 1 ½cups of dry yellow mustard in a bathtub of water for sprained backs.
- Make a paste with water and apply to knee and elbow sprains till blisters appear!
- 1 tsp. each mustard and ginger powder mixed with 2 ½tbs. of olive oil for deep rattling coughs. Rub over chest and back and put on an old T-shirt (or cover with cloth diaper).
- Nutmeg and mace
- Gas
- Indigestion
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Kidney problems
- Make a paste of powder with cold water and then add to boiled water.
1 tbs.1/4 tbs of powdered nutmeg is enough to produce a floating euphoria for hours. Can cause erections for men during that time. - Side effects are bone and muscle aches, burning eyes, sinus drainage, and limited diarrhea.
- Onion bulb
- Cold
- Cough
- Life prolonger
- Dressing for burns
- Bee and wasp stings
- Asthma
- Interviews with hundreds of people who lived to 100 plus all indicated a heavy intake of onions in the diet.
- Onion is an excellent dressing for burns.
- Crush sliced onions with a little bit of salt and apply to burns.
- Apply sliced onion to bee and wasp stings.
- For asthma, puree an onion, cover it with brandy and let sit overnight, strain it, filter it through a coffee filter, and refrigerate. Take 2 tbs. 20 minutes before expected onset or before going to bed.
- Parsley
- Purifier
- Halitosis
- Tumor inhibitor
- Kidney stones and other kidney related problems
- Painful urination
- Sexual stimulant
- Chew for halitosis.
- A few sprigs provide 2/3 the vitamin C of an orange, lots of vitamin A, and the important amino acid histidine, which is a tumor inhibitor.
- Parsley tea is good for kidney problems, painful urination, and kidney stones.
- One cup of parsley to 1 quart of water makes a strong tea. Two cups of parsley to 1 quart of water, steep an hour and drink warm, as an aphrodisiac. In Spain they have found that feeding parsley to sheep will bring them into heat at any time of year!
- Rosemary Tea
- Headaches
- Body aches
- Breath purifier
- Aid in digestion of fat
- Free radicals reducer
- Stress
- Headaches
- Muscular stiffness and pain
- Flower tea for the breath.
- Boil water with rosemary in it to make it safe to drink.
- Diuretic and liver aid, increases bile flow. Two handfuls of flowering tips into 2 cups of good brandy, soak 10 days, strain and seal. Mouthful twice daily.
- Oil of rosemary is a natural anti-oxidant, and stress reliever
- Sniff for headaches.
- Chop a double handful of twigs and put in a pint of olive oil for one week, and use as a muscle liniment.
- Spearmint
- Colds, flus
- Mild fever
- Antispasmodic
- Prevents vomiting
- Relieves stomach
- Intestinal gas
- Diaphoretic
- Reduces pain
- Tea
- Relieve migraines
- Dental plaque remover
- Caffeine relieves migraines.
- Tea drinkers suffer less hardening of the arteries than coffee drinkers.
- Black tea kills dental plaque.
- Vinegar
- Blood cleanser
- Arthritis cure
- Reduce inflammation
- Naturally brewed apple cider vinegar is one of the finest blood cleansers and arthritis cures known.
- Take 1 tbs. per day of equal parts vinegar and honey in water to taste to cleanse the blood and reduce inflammation from arthritis.
- Be sure to use naturally brewed vinegar, as the white cheap stuff in the grocery store is actually acetic acid, a petroleum by-product, and pretty well useless except as a window cleaner!
- Walnut Hulls, Black
- Athletes foot
- Fungal infections, parasites
- Abscesses
- Boils
- Watercress herb
- Cold / Flu
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Lemon is excellent for temporary relief of depression or melancholy…. it really lifts the spirits. : ) S
some interesting facts i didn’t no
This is a fantastic list. I’d much rather use natural medicine than drugs from the chemist. Thanks.
We get away from natural healing but we are coming back again when we read about all the affects medicines are causing.stress is our greatest problem for we live with stress that causes distress. I have been a masseur for 43 years and feel the results of intersticial damage.
Natural remedy for treatment of a natural body.The Indian kitchen is a storehouse of all Ayurvedic medicines for almost all ailments.
now you tell me thank you
Great facts that can help with everyday life
As a healthcare professional, I recommend that you not to rely on this information.
As an English major, I recommend not listening to ‘healthcare professionals’ who can’t write properly.
max : ah.. well, everyone’s entitled to their own opinions..
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As a parsley sprig please do not make tea out of me, I find the boiling water terribly hot and far too steamy
lemon is also a natural cleansing tonic that reduces bloat and cleans the kidneys.
Sara : i like ice lemon tea a lot.
Nutmeg in that dose can also cause hallucinations. It is not a pleasant high and that is why it is not popular with those who seek “highs”! Also, nutmeg (especially freshly ground) is very toxic to the liver. I had never heard about it affecting erections, but really, don’t try it for that. It would be ruined by the unpleasant druggy draggy foggy feeling that lasts for a full day. Nutmeg also lowers blood pressure, and if you already have low blood pressure taking nutmeg in any significant amount would be dangerous.
Siri : you are right. i believe 1/4 tbs is more than enough.
Garlic is (presumably useful against) sexually transmitted diseases? Which ones? All of them? Applied where?
Can we get an English major in here to explain this?
Barbara : Garlic contains natural anti-fungal substances that kill off yeast.
Garlic also help to rebuild the immune system
does anyone know of a remedy for gout?
hey vicki, check out health911’s gout remedies at the bottom of the page.
These are all great uses! I’ve noticed that vinegar is in the news a lot lately. I use the vinegar with ‘mother’ which some pundits claimed there was no real benefits. Yet, here regular vinegar is being tauted as good stuff. I always stick with what works for me~
Adrienne
Very useful information!
I loved it !
Very interesting things which really useful
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The many uses of herbs are not known to everyone. Chamomile tea is used for cramps. I didn’t know about nutmeg. Thanks for the info. Try a tablespoon of sugar and about a tablrspoon of lemon juice, great for softening your hands, or any exposed of your body. If you try it with honey is great for the skin. Lemon is very good for your hair if you want extra shine. Just wake a “light” lemonade, about 2 cups and rinse. Lemon is a very good cleanser for troubled face skin…Ok i can be here all night.
C, the other thing that is good is steeping some kumquats in water overnight and enjoying in the morning. Yum! Tastes like light, lemony orange juice.
Nothing was noted about how to use the black walnut hulls. Iam particularly interested in how they are used for abcessess. Thanks
Um, you ought to update your info on cinnamon and vinegar: they have been found to be tremendous boons to regulating blood sugar. Cinnamon especially has been shown to be truly remarkable: in a study, every member of a prediabetic control group who used cinnamon saw their blood sugar go back to normal.
- caffeine in coffee is used to alleviate headaches (particularly those caused by caffeine withdrawal)
- Caution and common sense must be used to avoid dependency.
Why does this strike me as funny?
Its a strange thing to me that years ago doctors used herbal remedies,but when they started making tremendous amounts of money from higher powered drugs that kill because of side effects then they all of a sudden decided that herbal medications were not trustworthy.Common sense will convince you not to trust a medication that states on the container that it will cause a heart attack,ruin your kidneys and liver,etc,etc.BUYER BEWARE!!
I was interested in what you do with the black walnut hulls to get rid of athlete’s foot. I’m allergic to the over the counter stuff to deal with athlete’s foot, so a natural remedy would be welcome.
Apple Cider vinegar kills warts. Please know this about it at least.
Thanks for all that information. I have a kidney stone, 7×5mm, and was looking for some natural help before I give in to having surgical intervention, such as ultrasound.Thanks again.
Werner
werner dyrmaier : glad to have helped. =)
“As a healthcare professional, I recommend that you not to rely on this information.”
JR. As a sick care professional you can’t afford for people to rely on this information!
regardless of what the detractors say, keep it up!
Good to note these wonderful boons in the spice cabinet. I hope we all find ways to incorporate these spices in our daily cooking. As a Chef I know that these products will not kill you and using them in the food with a healthy diet by using then seasonally instead of mediaclly will prove that we can have a healthy lifestyle. Do not consider spices to be used as medicines to solve problems, rather, think of them used to prevent problems or to slowly heal the body over a period of time. We as Americans want the wonder drug to fix something now. This is the wrong frame of mind, think of them and use them daily and adjust your diet to incorporate them into your body slowly. In this way you can use them, but not in high doses or large quantities because they can do just as much harm as they can heal. Both SR and JR are correct if looked at in this manner. I try to stay away from perscription drugs and OTC drugs as much as possible and as a Chef I incorporate the freshest ingredients into my menu. I am sure my customers are happy to have Lemon Tea and a bowl of Chicken Noodle Soup on a cold winters day. When I feel a little down I just make extra and sell it, the waiters are extreemly happy for this too because they snack on my extras.
i don’t know if this info is correct but i recommened that you put the right info up here and if your lying then your going to ” the place”.
Hey Dan…..I wonder if your a Chef.
This is all great information, several of these I have used successfully. I only have one point to make … several of these items are not “spices”. Maybe an adjustment to the title is in order?
This list is amazing. I had no clue parsley was good for Kidney stones.
Hey GG Tara u have picked up the right one – yep ParslAy
Thanks for providing this list of remedies.
I will definitely be using this as a reference guide when i get sick!
what about marijuana?
could you post how to prepare some of the ones that you didnt give instructions for?
(Seolyk) What do you mean?
For Vicky – Gout remedie ( from INDIAN HERBOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA, A.Hutchens )
- American White Ash (fraxinus excelsior: tea from young leaves – 1 tsp add to 1 cup of boiling water, steep for 20 mins, 2-4 cups / day
(Neodim) Thanks for the info!
Thanks for this list, everyone can derive health benefit from the use of these spices. Another one that could be added is turmeric. It is a good anti-inflammatory, a natural antiseptic and antibacterial agent, and some research is now showing it can be effective against cancer.
Thanks for reminding me of so many of the uses for these everyday herbs and roots.
(air bed) Yes, you are right. Turmeric will be added to the list. Thanks for the mention.
(barbara) You’re welcome, Barbara. Glad to be of service to you. =)
I’ve noticed that vinegar is in the news a lot lately. I use the vinegar with ‘mother’ which some pundits claimed there was no real benefits. Yet, here regular vinegar is being tauted as good stuff.
I would add the natural power of the Goji berry. People in the Himalayas have been using them for centuries. Lots of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals in them. And I agree, I would go for nature for a good advice rather than going to the doctor.