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Masala tea mixture contain of cardamom, fennel seed, clove, cinnamon and black pepper.
Chukkumalli tea mixture contain of dried ginger and two types of coriander seeds.
Above are not only spices but herbs as well.
The health benefit of spices above as below;
Health benefits of fennel seeds
- Fennel symbolizes longevity, courage, and strength. In
addition to its use as medicinal values, fennel has much health benefiting
nutrients, essential compounds, anti-oxidants, dietary fiber, minerals,
and vitamins.
- Fennel seeds indeed contain numerous flavonoid
anti-oxidants like kaempferoland quercetin. These compounds
function as powerful anti-oxidants by removing harmful free radicals from
the body thus protect from cancers, infection, aging and degenerative
neurological diseases.
- Like in caraway, fennel seeds too are rich source of dietary
fiber. 100 g seeds provide 39.8 g of fiber. Much of this roughage is
metabolically inert insoluble fiber, which helps increase bulk of the food
by absorbing water throughout the digestive system and easing constipation
condition.
- In addition, dietary fibers bind to bile salts
(produced from cholesterol) and decrease their re-absorption in colon,
thus help lower serum LDL cholesterol levels. Together with flavonoid
anti-oxidants, fiber composition of fennel helps protect the colon mucus
membrane from cancers.
- Fennel seeds compose of health benefiting volatile
essential oil compounds such as anethole, limonene, anisic aldehyde,
pinene, myrcene, fenchone, chavicol, and cineole. These active
principles in the fennel are known to have antioxidant, digestive,
carminative, and anti-flatulent properties.
- Fennel seeds are concentrated source of minerals likecopper,
iron, calcium, potassium, manganese, selenium, zinc, and magnesium.
Copper is required in the production of red blood cells. Iron is
required for red blood cell formation. Zincis a co-factor in many
enzymes that regulate growth and development, sperm generation, digestion
and nucleic acid synthesis.Potassiumis an important component of
cell and body fluids that helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure.
Manganese is used by the body as a co-factor for the powerful
anti-oxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase.
- Furthermore, the seeds indeed are the storehouse for
many vital vitamins. Vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin C as well as many
B-complex vitamins like thiamin, pyridoxine, riboflavin and niacin
particularly are concentrated in these seeds.
Health benefits of
cardamom
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This exotic spice contains many plants derived chemical compounds
that are known to have been anti-oxidant, disease preventing and health
promoting properties.
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The spicy pods contain many essential volatile oils that
include pinene, sabinene, myrcene, phellandrene, limonene, 1, 8-cineole,
terpinene, p-cymene, terpinolene, linalool, linalyl acetate, terpinen-4-oil,
a-terpineol, a-terpineol acetate, citronellol, nerol, geraniol, methyl eugenol,
andtrans-nerolidol.
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The therapeutic properties of cardamom-oil have found application
in many traditional medicines as antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative,
digestive, diuretic, expectorant, stimulant, stomachic and tonic.
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Cardamom is a good source of minerals like potassium,
calcium, and magnesium. 100 g pods conatin 1119 mg of this electrolyte.
Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids that helps control
heart rate and blood pressure. Copper is required in the production of red
blood cells.
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Additionally, it is also an excellent source of iron andmanganese.100
g pods contain 13.97 mg or 175% of daily-required levels of iron. Iron is
required for red blood cell formation and cellular metabolism. Manganese is a
co-factor for the enzyme, superoxide dismutase, which is a very powerful free
radical scavenger.
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Further, these aromatic pods are rich in many vital vitamins,
including riboflavin, niacin, vitamin-C that is essential for optimum health.
Health benefits of black
pepper
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Peppercorns contain an impressive list of plant derived chemical
compounds that are known to have disease preventing and health promoting
properties. Peppers have been in use since ancient times for its
anti-inflammatory, carminative, anti-flatulent properties.
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Peppercorns are composed of health benefiting essential oils such
as piperine, an amine alkaloid, which gives strong spicy pungent
character to the pepper. It also contains numerous monoterpenes hydrocarbons
such as sabinene, pinene, terpenene, limonene, mercene, etc., which
gives aromatic property to the pepper.
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The above-mentioned active principles in the pepper may increase
the gut motility as well as the digestion power by increasing gastro-intestinal
enzyme secretions. It has also been found that piperine can increase absorption
of selenium, B-complex vitamins, beta-carotene, as well as other nutrients from
the food.
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Black peppercorns contain a good amount of minerals like
potassium, calcium, zinc, manganese, iron, and magnesium. Potassium is an important
component of cell and body fluids that helps controlling heart rate and blood
pressure. Manganeseis used by the body as a co-factor for the
antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase. Ironis essential for
cellular respiration and blood cell production.
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They are also an excellent source of many vital B-complex groups
of vitamins such as Pyridoxine, riboflavin, thiamin and niacin.
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Peppercorns are a good source of many anti-oxidant vitamins such
as vitamin-C and vitamin-A. They are also rich in flavonoid
polyphenolic anti-oxidants like carotenes, cryptoxanthin, zea-xanthin and
lycopene. These compounds help the body remove harmful free radicals and help
protect from cancers and diseases.
Medicinal properties and
health benefits of cloves
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The active principles in the clove are known to have antioxidant,
anti-septic, local anesthetic, anti-inflammatory, rubefacient (warming and
soothing), carminative and anti-flatulent properties.
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The spice contains health benefiting essential oils such as eugenol.It
is a phenyl-propanoids class of chemical compound, which gives pleasant, sweet
aromatic fragrances to the clove-bud. Eugenol has local anesthetic and
antiseptic properties, hence; useful in dental care essentials as well as in
treatment procedures.
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The other important constituents in this spice include:
essential oils: acetyl eugenol, beta-caryophyllene and vanillin,
crategolic acid;
tannins: gallotannic acid, methyl salicylate (painkiller);
the flavonoids: eugenin, kaempferol, rhamnetin, and
eugenitin;
triterpenoids: such as oleanolic acid, stigmasterol and
campesterol
and severalsesquiterpenes.
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The active principles in the clove may increase gut motility as
well as improve the digestion power by increasing gastro-intestinal enzyme
secretions. Thus, helps relieve indigestion and constipation problems.
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The spice also contains a good amount of minerals like potassium,
manganese, iron, selenium and magnesium. Potassium is an important electrolyte
of cell and body fluids that helps control heart rate and blood pressure.
Manganese is used by the body as a co-factor for the antioxidant enzyme, superoxide
dismutase.
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Further, the spice buds contain very good amounts of vitamin Aand
beta-carotenelevels.
These compounds are known to have antioxidant properties. Vitamin A is also
required by the body for maintaining healthy mucus membranes and skin in
addition to essential for vision. Consumption of natural foods rich in
flavonoids helps to protect the body from lung and oral cavity cancers.
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Additionally, this spice is a good source of vitamin-K, vitamin-B6
(pyridoxine), thiamin (vitamin B-1), vitamin-C and riboflavin.
Consumption of foods rich in vitamin C helps the body develop resistance
against infectious agents and scavenge harmful oxygen-free radicals.
Health benefits of
cinnamon
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The active principles in the cinnamon spice are known to have
anti-oxidant, anti-diabetic, anti-septic, local anesthetic, anti-inflammatory,
rubefacient (warming and soothing), carminative and anti-flatulent properties.
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Cinnamon has the highest anti-oxidant strength of all the food
sources in nature. The total measured ORAC(Oxygen radical absorbance
capacity) value for this novel spice is 267536 trolex equivalents (TE), which
is many hundred times more than in chokeberry,apples, etc.
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The spice contains health benefiting essential oils such as eugenol,
a phenylpropanoids class of chemical compound, which gives pleasant, sweet
aromatic fragrances. Eugenol has got local anesthetic and antiseptic
properties, hence; useful in dental and gum treatment procedures.
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Other important essential oils in cinnamon include ethyl
cinnamate, linalool, cinnamaldehyde, beta-caryophyllene, and methyl
chavicol.
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Cinnamaldehydein
cinnamon-sticks has been found to have anti-clotting action, prevents platelet
clogging inside the blood vessels, and thereby helps prevent stroke, peripheral
arterial and coronary artery diseases.
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The active principles in this spice may increase the motility of
the intestinal tract as well as help aid in the digestion power by increasing
gastro-intestinal enzyme secretions.
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This spicy bark is an excellent source of minerals like potassium,
calcium, manganese, iron, zinc, and magnesium. Iron is required for cellular
metabolism as a co-factor and in RBC's production. Potassium is an important
component of cell and body fluids that helps control heart rate and blood
pressure. Manganese and copper are chiefly used by the body as co-factors for
the antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase.
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It also contains very good amounts of vitamin A, niacin,
pantothenic acid, and pyridoxine.
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Further, it is also a very good source of flavonoid phenolic
anti-oxidants such as carotenes, zea-xanthin, lutein and cryptoxanthin.
Health benefits of
coriander seeds
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Coriander seeds contain many plant-derived chemical compounds that
are known to have been anti-oxidant, disease preventing, and health promoting
properties.
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The characteristic aromatic flavor of coriander seeds comes from
the many fatty acids and essential volatile oils. Some important fatty acids in
the dried seeds include petroselinic acid, linoleic acid (omega 6), oleic
acid, and palmitic acid. In addition, the seeds contain essential oils
such as linalool (68%), a-pinene (10%), geraniol, camphene, terpine etc.
Together; these active principles are responsible for digestive, carminative,
and anti-flatulent properties of the seeds.
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As in other spices, coriander is also rich in of dietary fiber.
100 g seeds provide 41.9 g of fiber. Much of this fiber is metabolically inert
insoluble fiber, which helps increase bulk of the food by absorbing water
throughout the digestive system and help easing constipation condition.
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In addition, dietary fibers bind to bile salts (produced from
cholesterol) and decrease their re-absorption in colon, thus help lower serum
LDL cholesterol levels. Together with flavonoid anti-oxidants, fiber
composition of coriander helps protect the colon mucus membrane from cancers.
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The seeds are an excellent source of minerals likeiron, copper,
calcium, potassium, manganese, zinc and magnesium.Copperis
required in the production of red blood cells. Iron is essential for cell
metabolism and red blood cell formation. Zincis a co-factor in many
enzymes that regulate growth and development, sperm generation, digestion and
nucleic acid synthesis.Potassiumis an important component of cell and
body fluids that helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure. Manganese
is used by the body as a co-factor for the powerful anti-oxidant enzyme, superoxide
dismutase.
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Unlike other dry spice seeds that lack in vitamin C,
coriander seeds contain an ample amount of this anti-oxidant vitamin. 100 g of
dry seeds provide 21 mg or 35% of RDI of this vitamin.
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Furthermore, the seeds indeed are the storehouse of many vital
B-complex vitamins like thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin.
Health benefits of ginger
root
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Ginger has been in use since ancient times for its
anti-inflammatory, carminative, anti-flatulent, and anti-microbial properties.
Total antioxidant strength measured in terms of oxygen radical absorbance
capacity (ORAC) of ginger root is 14840 µmol TE/100 g.
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The root contains health benefiting essential oils such as gingerol,
zingerone, shogaol, farnesene, and small amounts of β-phelladrene,
cineol, and citral.Gingerolshelp improve the intestinal motility and
have been anti-inflammatory, painkiller (analgesic), nerve soothing,
anti-pyretic as well as anti-bacterial properties. Studies have shown that it
may reduce nausea induced by motion sickness or pregnancy and may help relieve
migraine headache.
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Zingerone,a
chemical compound which gives pungent character to the ginger root, is
effective against E.coliinduced diarrhea, especially in children.
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This herb root only has 80 calories per 100 g and contains no
cholesterol. Nonetheless, it composes many essential nutrients and vitamins
such as pyridoxine (vitamin B-6), pantothenic acid (vitamin B-5) that are
required for optimum health.
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Furthermore, the herb also contains a good amount of minerals like
potassium, manganese, copper, and magnesium. Potassium is an important
component of cell and body fluids that helps controlling heart rate and blood
pressure.