HEALTH

We recently had the pleasure of dining at a Thai restaurant, where they employed Tuberose bulb in their cooking.

Ayurveda gives ginger the status of a virtual medicine chest. That’s because this wonder spice has time-tested, digestion-friendly properties, in addition to its numerous other health benefits. In India, ginger is liberally used in daily life. Ginger-infused chai is a household favorite, and it’s grandma’s antidote of choice for battling cold and flu.

Intersection black herb is a plant shrubs, stems are green and rather soft because it is a pseudo-stem that is composed of a collection of leaf midrib, stem length approximately 50 cm, and height of plants can reach 2 meters.

1. Cassava bread has no additional salt, so is good for people requiring a low salt diet. It can be eaten with complementary foods such as avocado or boiled crab where no salt is required. 

2. With no sugar added, cassava bread is sugar free. It is good to train the appetite for less sugar. If something sweet is preferred, eating the bread with ripe banana is an excellent way to have some natural sweetness. 

3. For those people requiring a low fat diet, cassava bread is an excellent choice. In this case, it is delicious with boiled or steamed fish. If you like chilli you can add a bit to the fish.

Galangal, a herb like ginger and turmeric belongs to the rhizome family. It is also known as 'Siamese ginger' and is commonly used in Southeast Asian cuisine, especially Thai. 

The health benefits of carrots include reduced cholesterol, prevention from heart attacks, warding off of certain cancers, improving vision, and reducing the signs of premature aging. Furthermore, carrots have the ability to increase the health of your skin, boost the immune system, improve digestion, increase cardiovascular health, detoxify the body, and boost oral health in a variety of ways.  They also provide a well-rounded influx of vitamins and minerals.

Potatoes are one of the most common and important food sources on the planet, and they contain a wealth of health benefits that make them all the more essential as a staple dietary item for much of the world’s population. These health benefits include their ability to improve digestion, reduce cholesterol levels, boost heart health, protect from polyps, prevent cancer, manage diabetes, strengthen the immune system, reduce signs of aging, protect the skin, increase circulation, reduce blood pressure, maintain fluid balance, reduce insomnia, and boost eye health.

Kencur (Kaempferia galanga L.) is one type of empon-empon / medicinal plants belonging to the tribe-finding meeting (Zingiberaceae). Rhizome or rhizome of this plant contain essential oils and alkaloids are used as a stimulant. Another name is cekur (Malaysia) and pro hom (Thailand). In the international literature (English) often occurs chaos by calling kencur as lesser galangal (Alpinia officinarum) and zedoary (ginger and white), which is actually a distinct species and not a substitute spices. There is also a close relative kencur commonly grown in home gardens as a medicinal plant, meeting Rapet (K. rotunda Jacq.), But easily distinguishable from the leaves.

Turmeric, also known as curcuma longa, is a very common herb. Often referred to as the “Queen of Spices,” its main characteristics are a pepper-like aroma, sharp taste and golden color. People across the globe use this herb in their cooking.

According to the Journal of the American Chemical Society, turmeric contains a wide range of antioxidant, antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, anticarcinogenic, antimutagenic and anti-inflammatory properties.

Lengkuas or galangal is rarely eaten raw, but it is rich in fiber that is good for digestion. It also contains iron, sodium, vitamin A, C, flavonoid, fitonutrient, emodin, beta sitosterol, quercetin and galangin.

Galangal has a strong aroma that can relieve nausea. For pregnant women who suffer morning sickness that they lose their appetites, they can use this as home remedy. Brew galangal with warm water and honey, and drink it. The aroma and concoction can reduce nausea.

Although this Gadung Bulbs dangerous if not knowing how processing, there are many benefits and usefulness for the treatment of several diseases, among others:

Garlic is one of the most common ingredients in Indian dishes but apart from imparting flavour to food, this tiny, white pod also has immense medicinal properties. Used since time immemorial to treat various ailments, garlic is one ingredient in your kitchen that has a number of uses. Here are the top 15 health benefits of garlic you should know about.

SPINACH THORNS (Amaranthus spinosus L.)

This spinach plants have thorns on the stems so that spines known as Spinach. Spinach spines usually grow wild in abandoned orchards, ditch / gutter, the sidewalk is in the lowlands.

The characteristics of spinach plants are:

1. Growing up, high range 30-100 cm.

2. Green or reddish stems, the base of the plain, the top a little hairy, branching stems and thorns.

3. Single leaf, where the criss-cross, the shape of elongated egg leaves round, sometimes flat edge beringgit, 1.5 -6 cm length, width 1-3 cm, and green.

 4. In the armpit there is a pair of leaf spines are easy to loose hardware.

5. Ball-shaped flowers in the armpits and ears shaped, whitish green color.

6. Oval fruit, green color.

7. Small round and black beans.

8. Grown from seed.

  

The nature and efficacy

Spinach root thorns sweet, bitter and cool, it makes the heart and kidney meridians.

Benefits reeds for health - Reed is a type of grass that live freely in nature, typically grows in hilly areas and have long leafy characteristics and sharp. In Latin called Imperata cylindrica. Benefits reeds usually become weeds or weeds on agricultural land.

Although often considered as an enemy crops for farmers, but the reed has a myriad of health benefits for the body, which is widely used in traditional medicine. There are so many diseases that can be cured by using reeds are: asthma, diarrhea, hypertension due to kidney disease, urinary stones, whitish, diuretic, bleeding, hepatitis, prostate and lung inflammation.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF ONION

The health benefits of onion are endless because of its powerful antiseptic and antibacterial properties.

I love the taste of Ginger. It’s used widely used in many meals that I eat from starters, main meals and even deserts. It’s used all over the world in a variety of world cuisines from chili crab, curries to ginger confectionery and ginger biscuits. It’s also supposed to hold medicinal health benefits so it’s supposed to be good for me to eat… But what are they? I decided to find out what these benefits are that people talk about.