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~~~22 Common Spices and their Medicinal Values~~~
1. Asparagus
Use :
Kidney problems.
Dissolves uric acid deposits.
Promotes urination
Preparation :
Boil in water and drink.
2. Basil Tea
Use:
Colds, flu
Cramps
Bladder
Preparation :
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.
3. Black Pepper
Use:
Take at first sign of any disease
Pain relief from toothache
Brings down a fever.
4. Celery
Use :
Sedative.
Seed and stalk reduces hypertension.
Celery seed tea for the kidneys as a cleanser.
5. Chamomile flowers
Use:
Fever and restlessness in children
6. Cinnamon
Use :
Diarrhea
Dysentery
General Indigestion
Yeast infection
Athlete's foot
Reduces cancer causing tendencies of many food additives
Cold
Preparation :
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.
7. Cloves
Use:
Toothache
Nasuea
Vomiting
Sore gums
Topical pain relief of arthritis
Antiseptic mouthwash
Alcohol craving suppressor
Preparation :
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.
8. Freshly Brewed Coffee
Use :
Alleviate headaches Clean bowels Break mucus congestion
Preparation :
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.
9. Garlic
Use :
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
10. Ginger
Use :
Cold / Flu
Suppressing cough
Cramps
Nausea
Stiffness
Detoxify meat
Blood Thinner
Ease bruises & sprains
Stimulate delayed period
Break up congestion and fever
Preparations :
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.
11. Lemon
Use :
Colds
Cough
12. Mint (Peppermint)
Use :
Migraines
Nervousness
Stomach disorders
Heartburn
Abdominal cramps, stomachache
Herpes
Preparation :
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.
13. Mustard
Use :
Sprained backs
Deep rattling coughs
Preparation :
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).
14. Nutmeg and mace
Use :
Gas Indigestion
Nausea
Vomiting
Kidney problems
Preparation:
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.
15. Onion bulb
Use:
Cold
Cough
Life prolonger
Dressing for burns
Bee and wasp stings
Asthma
Preparation :
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.
16. Parsley
Use :
Purifier
Halitosis
Tumor inhibitor
Kidney stones and other kidney related problems
Painful urination
Sexual stimulant
Preparation :
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!
17. Rosemary Tea
Use:
Headaches
Body aches
Breath purifier
Aid in digestion of fat
Free radicals reducer
Stress Headaches
Muscular stiffness and pain
Preparation :
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.
18. Spearmint
Use :
Cold, flu
Mild fever
Antispasmodic
Prevents vomiting
Relieves stomach
Intestinal gas
Diaphoretic
Reduces pain
19. Tea
Use :
Relieve migraines Dental plaque remover
Preparation :
Caffeine relieves migraines.
Tea drinkers suffer less hardening of the arteries than coffee drinkers.
Black tea kills dental plaque.
20. Vinegar
Use :
Blood cleanser
Arthritis cure
Reduce inflammation
Preparation :
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!
21. Walnut Hulls, Black
Use :
Athletes foot
Fungal infections, parasites
Abscesses
Boils
22. Watercress herb
Use :
Cold / Flu
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Jai Sai Ram...