The Magic Of Spices

Common spices and their medicinal properties

1.Asafoetida(Hing):

Medicinal Properties:

• Diabetes: Mix 1/4 tsp hing powder in 2 tsp bitter gourd juice.Take twice a day.

• Indigestion: Mix 1/4 tsp hing powder with a ripe banana and eat.

• Stomachache: Dissolve 1 tsp hing in 1 teacup hot water.Drench a cloth pad and foment the abdominal region.

• Kidney-Problems: Mix 1/4 tsp hing in 2 tsp fresh ginger juice.Add a pinch of salt and sip.

• Toothache: Heat 1/2 tsp in 2 tsp lemon juice.Soak a piece of cotton in this solution and place it in the tooth cavity.

2.Ajwain(Thyme):

Medicinal Properties:

• Loss of Appetite: Mix and powder equal quantities of ajwain,saunf,ginger and salt.Mix a teaspoon of this mixture in boiled tice along with ghee and eat thrice a day.

• Colic Pains,Indigestion,Gas:Grind 2 tsp each ajwain and dried ginger into a fine powder.Add a little black salt.Take 1 tsp of this mixture with 1 teacup warm water frequently.

• Kidney-pain,renal colic: Mix and grind 1 tbsp black cumin 2 tsp ajwain and 1 tsp black salt into a fine powder.Add 1 tsp brown vinegar.Take 1 tsp of this mixture every hour till symptoms subside.

• Nasal congestion in children:Crush a fistful of ajwain and tie up in a cotton napkin and place it near the pillow.

• Common Cold,Congestion in the chest: Boil 1/2 tsp ajwain along with 1 pinch of turmeric powder, in half a cup of water.Cool.Add 1 tsp honey and drink.Inhale vapours of ajwain boiling in a pan of water.

• Cough: Mix 1/2 tsp ajwain seeds,2 cloves and a pinch of salt.Powder and sip with a little warm water frequently.

• Respiratory problem due to blockage of dried phlegm: Crush 2 tsp ajwain seeds.Mix in a glass of buttermilk and drink

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