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The unexpected uses of nutmeg
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Nutmeg is known as the famous spice in India. In addition, it has many essential health benefits that not everyone knows. This type of cardamom is considered a precious fruit with preventive and curative effects.
So what are the uses of nutmeg? Using this cardamom to cure which disease is the most effective and fastest?
Cure dental disease
Nutmeg has antibacterial, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory properties. This grain is used with toothpaste to remove bacteria, prevent tooth decay, and effectively treat root inflammation. The eugenol essential oil present in this cardamom helps relieve toothache and sensitivity.
The seed oil cures bad breath and freshens the mouth. Therefore, some toothpastes and mouthwashes today use nutmeg to clean teeth.
To cure bad breath, you just need to add 3-4 drops of essential oil to warm water to gargle in the morning.
To cure toothache: Take nutmeg powder mixed with oregano essential oil to brush your teeth.
Fights and treats depression
Research published in Avicenna’s Journal of Phytomedicine in 2012 has shown that this herb has an effective antidepressant effect. It helps reduce stress and improve mood.
The oil substances myristicin and elemicin in this seed work to activate the neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin in the brain, helping patients reduce anxiety, fatigue, depression and more sedation.
You can add 1 teaspoon of nutmeg powder to the juice. And drinking every day will have a very good effect on treating depression.
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Increase libido in women
The prominent use of nutmeg is to increase libido in women. This seed has the ability to balance and regulate hormone levels in women. Improves physiological condition, helps women to conceive easily and nutmeg is considered a “spice of love” among women.
In addition, it also has the effect of reducing menstrual pain, nausea, back pain when women have “red light” period very effectively.
To use this seed, you can use nutmeg powder to make a drink or cook porridge.
Improve the digestive system
If you have gastrointestinal diseases such as: Flatulence, constipation, nausea, diarrhea. Nutmeg can control and treat these symptoms well. At the same time, this herb helps to increase the secretion of gastric and intestinal juices, making these two parts work and digest food better. Avoid the symptoms of gastrointestinal diseases. The fiber present in nutmeg helps fight constipation very well.
To cure diseases, overcome these symptoms when cooking dishes. You should add a little nutmeg powder to the food for easy digestion. Avoid indigestion, diarrhea, flatulence.
Cure insomnia
This cardamom has a sedative effect, causing drowsiness. Therefore, people who have insomnia, trouble sleeping, insomnia can use nutmeg to treat. This nut is rich in magnesium which helps to reduce stress and release serotonin. This compound when released will have a sedative effect, making you sleepy, easier to fall asleep and sleep better.
You mix 1 teaspoon of nutmeg powder in a glass of warm milk and drink it before going to bed every night.
Enhance brain function
Myristicin found in nutmeg has been shown to help improve memory by stimulating and maintaining nerve pathways in the brain. This compound increases levels in the brain and inhibits the enzyme that causes Alzheimer’s disease.
You can drink warm water mixed with a little of this cardamom powder every night to help keep the brain healthy, enhance concentration, and best cognition.
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Improve the immune system
The antioxidant vitamins and minerals of nutmeg help protect the body from the damaging effects of free radicals. In addition, the components calcium, potassium, manganese, iron play an important role in improving the immune system, antibacterial, and prevent good pathogens.
Treatment: You can add nutmeg powder to milk, tea, soup to strengthen the immune system, the body’s resistance
Relieves and cures joint and muscle pain
The anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties of this seed are very good thanks to the availability of essential oils: eugenol, elemicin, myristicin, safrole. So people with chronic, long-term joint pain can use this cardamom to treat.
How to treat: You take a little nutmeg oil, coconut oil mixed together in a ratio of 1: 1 and then massage on the painful area 2-3 times a day. Or you can add this seed powder to your daily dishes.
Detox support
Due to food and drink, the environment is contaminated with many toxic substances, making the liver and kidneys unable to eliminate all toxins out. This fruit can support the liver and kidneys for optimal elimination. Safely expel all toxins from the body.
The antioxidants of this nut will reduce free radicals in the liver. Stimulates enzymes that remove toxic substances and magnesium also has a detoxifying effect on cells.
Antibacterial effect
The antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties of the seeds are very strong. So they can treat infections caused by bacteria. The amount of myristic acid has an inhibitory effect, killing some harmful bacteria in the body.
Prevention: You mix nutmeg powder with milk or warm water and drink it every day.
Helps blood circulation better
Nutmeg essential oil has the effect of increasing blood circulation, blood circulation better, more stable. Potassium present in seeds helps to dilate blood vessels, reduce blood pressure and stress cardiovascular system.
In addition, nutmeg also provides essential nutrients for the body such as calcium and iron to avoid anemia. Helps to strengthen bones and slow down the aging process of bones.
Usage – Dosage of nutmeg
The fruit can be taken in the form of a decoction, powder or tablet. The recommended dosage in the form of a decoction is 3 – 10g per day. Powder and tablet form about 1.5 – 3g per day.
Disease remedy using nutmeg
Cure diarrhea, indigestion, abdominal pain, vomiting, poor appetite
The first remedy
Use 0.5 g Nutmeg, 0.2 g Clove to fine powder, mix well. Then mix with 1g of milk sugar, divided into 3 times a day.
The second remedy
Use 80g of Nutmeg, 100g of cinnamon, 40g of Cloves, 30g of Sa core, ground into a fine powder. Mix well with 250g calcium carbonate, 500g sugar. Use 0.5 – 4g each time, 1 time a day.
Treatment of low distention, anorexia, bloody bowel diseases.
Use Nutmeg, Binh Lang, Khinh Chanh, 1 ounce each, 1.5 ounces black cow. Grind into a fine powder, pellets into balls the size of green peas. About 10-20 tablets each time. Drink 3 times a day after the main meal (according to Tuyen Minh argument – Nutmeg).
Treatment of damaged spleen, anorexia, bowel sounds.
Use 1 Nutmeg to cut 3 holes and insert 3 small frankincense balls inside. Use vermicelli to create a sealed block, cooked vermicelli to make the level, take the pounded vermicelli. Use 5g each time (children use 2.5g) and drink with rice water (according to Duong Thi Gia Tuong Phuong – Nutmeg).
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Cure vomiting that doesn’t stop
Use 1 ounce of nutmeg, peeled, 1 ounce of black ginseng (head removed, peeled off), 1 ounce Hau Phac (peeled, soaked in fresh ginger juice, grilled until fragrant), ground into a fine powder.
Each time use 3 g of the above mixture with 1/2 Sinh Khuong fertilizer, 1 large bowl of water, 1 handful of plain rice. Sac until the water is 5 parts, then remove the residue, use it to drink instead of water during the day (according to the Bible).
Treatment of diarrhea for many days due to intestinal tuberculosis accompanied by renal failure and chronic colitis.
The first remedy
Use 6g of nutmeg, 10g of five shiitake, 10-20g of bodhichi, 9g of Wushu Du, 15g of Dang ginseng, drink it while it’s hot.
The second remedy
Use 5g of nutmeg, 5g of the five vizies, 10g of bodhi, 4g of Thuc Dia, 3 big apples with 3 slices of fresh ginger. Decoction into medicine, drink with light water before going to bed.
Treatment of schizophrenia and gastritis.
Use 2 nutmeg, rice vinegar mixed with vermicelli. Take away, pack the mixture, incubate the ashes until golden and then grind. Use 2-3g each time (according to folk traditions).
Cure insatiable cholera, stomach ache, gut clamor
Crush 1 ounce of nutmeg, remove the shell. Mix 2 ounces of white vermicelli with fresh ginger juice to make a nutmeg packet. Then take it to small pieces. Use 3g each time, 2 times a day. Take medicine when hungry with rice water (according to the Holy Translation – Nutmeg.
Treatment of menorrhagia, dysmenorrhea, back pain, cough due to spasms.
Use powdered nutmeg, fenugreek top, camphor, capers, cardamom, and cloves. Equal amounts of each, grind into a fine powder, mix well. Each time use 0.75 – 1.5 g, sharp with honey, drink 2 times a day. Use it for a while and you will see visible results
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Toxicity and taboos when using Nutmeg
Toxicity and precautions for use
Nutmeg contains many volatile essential oils with the main components being Myristic Acid, Terpenes, fatty oils. Overdose or large doses can cause poisoning. Symptoms of nutmeg oil poisoning include dizziness, dilated pupils, and muscle twitching.
Taking more than 7.5 g of nutmeg powder per day can cause dizziness, loss of voice or voice changes, poor mental clarity. Even the risk of death is high.
Remedies containing catnip can be addictive and easy to poison. So be very careful when using it.
Taboos when using
Some things you need to avoid when using nutmeg:
Do not use nutmeg for dysentery and diarrhea caused by hypothermia. Nutmeg is a familiar medicine in medicine with many medicinal uses. However, nutmeg contains toxicity. Therefore, users should discuss with their doctor for instructions on dosage, how to use it effectively and safely.
With the above 11 uses of nutmeg, this is an extremely good cardamom, essential for health. Not only has an effective healing effect, but using this seed in sufficient quantity will help you prevent and repel pathogens, reduce resistance. But you need to pay attention to adjust the dose to avoid side effects
See more useful information at Dung Ha Agricultural Products website
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