Health Benefits of Spices

Cloves

• ·       For toothache place the clove on affected teeth and chew it.
• ·       Sucking a piece of clove after a meal helps in reducing acidity.
• ·       Licking the powder of fried cloves with honey controls vomiting.
• ·       For muscle cramps or painful joints apply warm clove oil on the affected area and massage.

Cinnamon

• ·       Put 1-2 drops of cinnamon oil in a cotton ball and press around the tooth, this reduces toothache.
• ·       Eating a pinch of cinnamon powder controls vomiting.
• ·       Boil 1 tsp. of cinnamon in 1 cup of water. Cool it and use to gargle as a mouth freshener.

Turmeric

• ·       Mix  1 tsp. of turmeric and 2 tsp. of ginger with water to make a paste. Spread over a cloth, place it on the affected area and bandage to reduce the pain.
• ·       A warm glass of milk mixed with turmeric helps in cold and cough.

Garlic

• ·       For reducing the pain caused by insect bites dab garlic paste on the affected area.
• ·       Crush 1-2 cloves of garlic and take it with warm water for indigestion.
• ·       Applying a paste made of crushed garlic cloves and waterto the joints reduces joint stiffness.