Benefits of spices

Benefits of spices

 

 

Imagine your favorite dishes with no spices. Impossible, right? Right from the kitchen and as home remedies spices play a big role in most of Sri Lankan households. As Sri Lanka  is blessed with a mixed atmosphere each of its provinces produces some spice or the other. No big surprise why spices are utilized so widely for cooking in Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka as well as in some other nations spices are believed to perform miracles.

Aside from added to enhance the, flavor,taste and aroma, of food, spices give unbounded medical advantages too. we can make the most of all these spices, if we know their uses better. Some may even be a substitute for your medicine.

 We can without much of a stretch put it like this, wherever you discover a Sri Lankan you will discover Sri Lankan spices. No big surprise, because from the time immemorial spices were widely used in Sri Lanka and Sri Lankans are very proud of their spices and cooking. when all the fancy food items from all over the world come to Sri Lanka, some Sri Lankans still stick to their traditional spicy foods because of their nutritional value.

Benefits of margosa

Benefits of margosa

From those days people knew margosa as a very valuable tree. There was a belief among Sri Lankans that it brings good luck and in many home gardens of Jaffna area in sri lanka even today we can see this tree.

All most all the parts of the tree  has some use or the other. Its skin, leaves, wood, blossoms, are all used in Ayurveda. In fact Margosa has contributed hugely when making different Ayurvedic medications. The bark of margosa tree has the ability to purify blood. And many people drink the essence of margosa bark. It is believed that the air produced by this tree can have a calming impact on a person's mind. It is also an air purifier.

Margosa can cure digestive issues, skin diseases, fever and also good for mucus. The oil extracted from margosa leaves is a good germ killer. Margosa oil is good for joint pain, skin diseases like psoriasis, gout and eczema. As a matter of fact people have started adding margosa essence when making soap and shampoo. Margosa can be used as a bug spray, which keeps away bugs, mosquitoes and also it eliminates germs. Dry margosa leaves can protect garments, books etc. from worms and bugs. Margosa leaves powder used as tooth powder can keep gums and teeth solid and free from bad breath. Margosa wood is very strong and long lasting. In fact it is used to make furniture.