Honey

Honey is one of the most wonderful medicine provided by nature. It is also known as nature's antibiotic. Here are some of its medicinal properties:

• Heal Wounds: Honey acts as an antimicrobial, antibacterial and antifungal agent and helps disinfect and speed the healing process in wounds, scrapes and burns. Honey has antiinflammatory characteristics which help reduce pain and swelling. Its antibacterial properties prevent the spread of infection.
• Reduce Scarring:Honey helps reduce the appearance of scars and slowly fades them.
• Allergy and Hay Fever: Consuming honey from your local area daily helps with allergies and hay fever.

• Insomnia:Honey has tranquilizing properties and helps with insomnia. Add honey to warm milk and drink before sleeping to get a good nights rest.
• Under Weight Issues: For those of you who are under weight and looking to add a few pounds, drinking honey with cold milk at night helps add weight.
• Lose Weight: Drinking honey with warm water and lemon first thing in the morning helps burn excess body fat and lose weight.
• Beauty: Honey contains vitamins, minerals, and amino acids, and is a wonderful beauty aid that nourishes the skin and the hair. Honey acts as a excellent moisturizer and it is useful to treat mild sunburns. It also helps you get a soft and supple skin.
• Anti-oxidant: Honey has anti-oxidants which provide defense against free radicals, which cause cell damage.
• Bone Health: Absorption of calcium is increased with honey intake.
• Cough and Sore Throat Remedy: Honey is an excellent cough remedy and its antimicrobial property helps sooth a sore throat.
• Athlete’s foot: Honeys anti-fungal property helps treat athlete's foot and other fungal infections.
• Ring Worm: Honey can also be used to treat ring worm.
• Digestive Health: Honey aids good digestive health and helps relieve constipation, diarrhea, ulcers and upset stomach.
• Yeast Infections: Honey helps to reduce and relieve yeast infections.
• Eczema and Psoriasis: Honey can be used to provide relief from Psoriasis and Eczema.

Mint

Mint is a very aromatic and flavourful herb and is used widely used in cuisines all over the world. They add a fresh taste to add dish they are added to and makes them very refreshing. There are several different varieties of mint, the most commonly used ones being peppermint and spearmint. Mint is an excellent source of manganese, Vitamin C and Vitamin A.

Here are some of the medicinal properties of mint:

• Digestive Health:Mint helps soothe the digestive tract and settles a nervous stomach . It is also used to treat stomach aches .
• Breath freshener: Mint helps neutralize bad breath and provides a refreshing breath.
• Teeth: Helps whiten teeth
• Asthma: Mint provides relief from asthma
• Allergy: Helps with many allergy conditions
• Acne: Mint juices helps cure acne and fade scars
• Weight Loss: Mint tea is a strong diuretic and helps you lose water weight
• Cold Remedy: Can help relive congestion caused by common cold
• Cancer: Mint is a potential anti-cancer agent

Yogurt

Our body needs a healthy amount of good bacteria in our digestive tract for a healthy life. Yogurt contains lot of these active cultures or good bacteria. Yogurt is also rich in calcium, vitamin B-2, B-12, potassium, and magnesium.

Here are some of the health benefits of Yogurt:

• Digestive Health: Yogurt with active cultures promotes digestive health and helps relive constipation, diarrhea, and is good for colon and bowel health.
• Prevent Osteoporosis: High calcium levels in yogurt helps prevent and relieve Osteoporosis
• Boost Immunity: Improves natural defense and boosts the immune system
• Reduce the risk of high blood pressure
• Vaginal infections: Provides relief from vaginal infections. The good bacteria in yogurt prevents imbalances in body's yeast levels.
• Urinary tract infections: Yogurt with active cultures is also believed to help relieve urinary tract infections.
• Bone and Teeth Health: Since yogurt is rich in calcium it promotes bone and teeth health.
• Weight Loss: Yogurt's rich calcium levels also encourages weight loss. The protein in yogurt also helps curb appetite and makes you feel full longer

Cumin

Cumin is rich in iron and has anti-septic and anti-carcinogenic properties and is widely used as a traditional herbal remedy.

Here are some if the medicinal uses of cumin:

• Common Cold: Due to its antiseptic property cumin helps relieve symptoms of common cold.
• Digestive Health: Cumin helps stimulate the secretion of enzymes from pancreas and helps absorb nutrients into the body. It is used to treat a wide variety of digestive disorders like nausea, indigestion, diarrhea and morning sickness.
• Liver disorders: Cumin helps boost liver's ability to detoxify and help liver disorders.
• Prevent Tumors: The anti-carcinogenic property of cumin helps reduce the risk of stomach and liver tumors.
• Arthritis: Black cumin seed can be used to get relief from Arthritis.
• Weight Loss: Cumin increases metabolism and may aid weight loss.
• Immune System: Cumin also boosts our body's immunity.
• Asthma: Black cumin seeds help relieve asthma

Turmeric

Turmeric has anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory and anti-septic properties and is widely used for its medicinal properties in many parts of India and Asia. Tumeric is believed to be one of nature's most powerful healers.

• Alzheimer's: Turmeric has been identified to prevent Alzheimer's disease
• Digestive Health: Due to its anti-inflammatory property turmeric is used to treat lot of gastrointestinal problems and digestive disorders.
• Heal Wounds: Due to its anti-bacterial and anti-septic property turmeric is used to treat small cuts and wounds to disinfect them and help them heal faster.
• Prostate Cancer: Turmeric may help prevent prostate cancer and stop the growth of prostate cancer.
• Liver disorders: Tumeric helps detoxify the liver and prevent liver disorders.
• Arthritis: The anti-inflammatory property of turmeric makes it is an excellent treatment for arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis
• Weight Loss: Turmeric helps in fat metabolism and may aid in weight loss.
• Breast Cancer: Recent studies have shown that Turmeric may help prevent growth of breast cancer.

Green Tea

• Delay Aging Process: Green tea is an excellent anti-oxidant and helps fight free radicals and delay the aging process.
• Stomach Cancer: Recent studies suggests that increased consumption of green tea can lower the risk of stomach cancer.
• High Blood Pressure: Catechin found in green tea helps reduce high blood pressure.
• Cholesterol: Catechin in green tea also helps in preventing the excessive build-up of blood cholesterol.
• Weight Loss: Green tea helps improve metabolism and aid weight loss.
• Heal Wounds: It is useful as a astringent to control bleeding and help in the healing of wounds.
• Water Retention: Green tea has diuretic properties and helps reduce water retention.