How to use medicinal plants and spices?
Spicy Way suggests several methods to help you, and your body, get acquainted with medicinal plants: A. Through the sense of smell: Rub the plant between your fingers and smell it. This will allow some of the plant’s substances to enter your body through the respiratory system. B. Through the sense of touch/rubbing the skin: The skin absorbs some of the plant’s substances. One method is by using a poultice: Cut up a fresh onion, for example, and add turmeric and olive oil; place it on the infection and cover it with plastic wrap. Another example: Soak a bandage in turmeric and olive oil, which have previously been heated, and apply to the wound. C. By eating herbs and spices directly or by adding them to food: Eating medicinal plants allows them to be absorbed in the blood stream. To release the medicinal properties of some plants, especially seeds such as flax and nigella (black caraway or black cumin), they must be broken down beforehand, by grinding the flax or adding olive oil to t
