Herbs for honed health
"Herbs are types of plants whose leaves are used in cooking to add flavour to particular dishes or in making medicine"- this dictionary explanation of herbs misses something else. Herbs do not just add flavour to food. Herbs have nutrition facts that greatly contribute to improve human health.
Let's have a look at the health benefits of some of locally grown herbs:
Basil
Basil or Tulsi has been a traditional natural doctor of every Bengali family for ages. There was a time when every house, irrespective of religion, had a tulsi plant at home. Curing your stubborn cough is basil's great ingenuity. Basil contains potent antioxidant, antiviral, and antimicrobial properties, and potential for use in treating cancer, says Wikipedia. Besides it is traditionally used for supplementary treatment of stress, asthma and diabetes in the sub-continent.
Rosemary
Legend says that Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of beauty, rose from the sea with rosemary draped around her. According to another narrative the Virgin Marry put a blue cloak on white rosemary for taking rest and the flower turned blue. So it is also called The Rose of Mary. All these sweet tales definitely push anyone to learn its health benefits. Rosemary can be used as antiseptic and anticellulite.
Rosemary is high in iron, calcium and vitamin B6 and it can help improve memory capacity. Rosemary contains a number of potentially biologically active compounds that are beneficial for health. History says medicine for the Queen of Hungary's paralysed limbs contained this herb.
Chives
Chive is a commonly used herb and can be found in grocery stores or grown in home gardens of Bangladesh. These type of herbs contains organo-sulfur compound sand chives have beneficial effect on the circulatory system of human body. They also have mild stimulant, diuretic, and antiseptic properties.
Pudina
Pudina or wild mint is a kind of herb that we use on every single day. Every edible or non-edible product now-a-days are said to contain mint. Pudina's refreshing property keeps our mood on. Pudina is traditionally used to cure flatulence, digestional problems, gall bladder problems and coughs. It cures insomnia too. Pudina oil can be used skin for aches and pains.