Author: A Solitary Pagan
Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, MUSTARD.
1 ½ cups 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! Mustard and ginger plaster for deep rattling coughs – 1 tsp each mustard and ginger powder mixed with 2 ½ tbsp of olive oil. Rub over chest and back and put on an old T-shirt (or cover with cloth diaper).
Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, MINT.
(Peppermint and spearmint) Peppermint tea for migraines, nervousness, stomach disorders, heartburn, and abdominal cramps. 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.
Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, MARJORAM AND OREGANO.
Over 2 dozen related species. Use as a tea to help reduce fevers and break up bronchitis. Drink tea to relieve cramps and irregular menstruation. Eases suffering of childhood diseases like mumps and measles.
Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, LOVAGE.
Steep root for 15 min in a cup of boiled water, drink after every meal to prevent flatulence.
Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, LICORICE.
Tranquilizer. Balances nervous system, stimulates liver functions. Long term usage (over 3 months) could cause liver damage.
Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, LEMONGRASS.
½ cup dried leaves to 2 pints of water, simmer for 10 minutes, and sip to bring down fevers.
Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, HORSERADISH.
Freshly dug root is added to a cold-pressed oil of choice (such as safflower or olive) to make a massage oil for muscle aches and to break up chest congestion. Grate fresh ginger and horseradish together and make a tea to stop post nasal drip.
Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, GINGER.
Anti-nausea tea, blood thinner, substitute for coumadin. 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. Stimulates a delayed period. Warm ginger tea is good to break up congestion and fever. Ginger is one of the few herbs that easily passe...
Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, FENUGREEK.
Use as a tea as an excellent relief for colic and fever in children. 1 tbsp ground fenugreek seed taken in the diet daily can reduce cholesterol. 8 tsp of seed presoaked in 4 cups cold water for 4 hours, then boil for 2 minutes, strain and drink 1 cup a day to ease hay fever attacks.
Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, FENNEL.
Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, FENNEL. Chewing fennel seeds relieves bad breath. Fennel seed tea sweetens breast milk. Fennel tea relieves colic in infants.
Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, CHICORY.
Liver cleanser, fat cleanser, dissolves gallstones. Prepare like coffee.
Medicinal Uses For Common Culinary Spices, ASAFOETIDA.
Buy the tincture in Indian shops. They add a drop to many dishes to relieve stomach pains (gas). Insect repellent. Topical use to heal ulcerated sores.