Benefits of herbs and spices their healing properties

What is a herb?"A herb is any plant where the leaves, seeds or flowers are used for medicine, flavour or scent" definition according to Concise Oxford Dictionary.

Overview

• Herbs and spices have long been used as a component of daily food to make them more delicious and tasty. However they also come up with many un-expected health benefits. In one way or other, herbs are helpful in our daily lives as they provide major density of nutrients, minerals and vitamins that helps body fight against diseases. Many people find them handy as a simple home remedies from curing high blood pressure to treating cold, cough and infections due to their anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

Benefits of herbs and spices their healing properties

• Knowing the effective medicinal properties of food and their potential health benefits, pharmaceutical companies are now using them in making medicine associated with lowering of blood pressure, reducing bad cholesterol level, regulation of blood sugar and in several antibiotics and pain killers. Lets have a look at some of the most effective functions of herbs.

Anti-cancer properties• Flavonoids are the type of nutrients present

abundantly in plants and herbs that can help body prevent cancer. They posses the property to help Vitamin C as an antioxidant (substances that fight against free radicals and stop their production in the body). Some herbs also contains phytochemical substances called terpenoids which are also potent anti-oxidants, thought to inhibit the growth of benign and malignant tumours.

Natural antiseptics• According to Dr Winston Craig, Professor of

Nutrition at Andrews University in the United States "Before refrigerators were invented, large households stored cold meats in their cellars, covered in salt and wrapped in fresh sage leaves to preserve it". Amcient people use fresh thyme to wrap foods due to its antiseptic properties and to add flavour. As an antiseptic they can help prevent stomach upsets and bowl and GIT inflammations

Boost the immune system• Garlic and other herbs high in flavomiod are

considered to promote immune system by stimulating the production of new white blood cells and attack against foreign substance. The Immune boosting qualities of Echinacea are also well known in maturation of helper T-cells that are primary target of AIDS virus. Curcumin is an active ingredient found in turmeric that have anti-amyloid properties and is thought to be protective against Alzheimer’s disease

Reduce cholesterol• Herbs containing pigments like anthocyanins, lycopene and pterostilbene that are responsible for red, purple and blue colours. These compounds play a major role in lowering bad cholesterol level while raising high density lipoproteins thus reduce the risk of heart diseases. Thiosulphonite is a compound present in garlic is also found to have similar cholesterol reducing properties

Healing properties • According to the WHO (World Health

Organization), more than 70% of world population still use herbs and herbal medicines as primary in order to get primary health care. When taken in appropriate amount, they are found to be anti-spasmodic, analgesic, aphrodisiac, digestive due to their sweet fragrance, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and lipolytic (reduce bad cholesterol and help weight loss). All mints especially spearmint is thought to be effective in nausea, cough and fever.

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