Five Useful Spices for Health

You may often find these medicinal plants around the house or even in your kitchen. Unfortunately, there are not many health benefits that you may know from such plants.

Here are some benefits and how to make herbal ingredients of these plants.

Serai

Plants are often used to fragrance enhancer is efficacious for treating inflammatory, laxative sweat (diaforetik), thinning sputum, mouthwash, and body warmers. You can take the oil from the roots to treat rheumatism, or lemongrass drink boiled water to cope with irregular menstruation, as quoted from the book Herbal Medicine and Reflexology written by Sri Hartiatik.

Galangal

Galangal has a number of benefits such as, diaforetik, liquefying sputum, antifungal, stimulant, aromatic, and prevent or reduce bloating (carminative). Galangal can be used to reduce fever, with red ginger drinking water filter that can be added honey. Galangal is boiled with onions and vinegar can be used as a topical medication for ringworm.

Celery

This small plant also has many benefits, among them: for the health of the stomach wall and intestinal tract, slowing down the cell aging process, maintain muscle tone, treating asthma, diabetes, helps dissolve calcium, blood flow, protects the brain and nervous system, lowers blood pressure . You can utilize for health by blending celery 3-4 stalks celery (each 30 cm long), taken once a day a few hours after eating.

Chili

Chili that contain high vitamin C have a protective effect against diabetes and serves as a pain reliever. You can make chili juice, tomatoes, and carrots with a ratio of 1: 2: 4. you can drink this juice once a day before meals.

Turmeric

Turmeric is antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and can reduce gastrointestinal spasms. You can make a potion to cure abdominal pain and diarrhea with the use of turmeric, terawas leaves, crushed coriander, plus water, and then boiled for drinking.

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