Spices

Cumin seeds (jeera)
Nutrients: Vitamin A, C
Good for: Everybody. Blood pressure patients.
Benefits: Reduces pittam ?? , nervousness, pressure. Regulates body heat.

Fenugreek(venthayam)
Nutrients: Iron, Calcium
ood for: Sugar patientts, growing kids
Benefits: Reduces body weight, Controls diabetes, increases breastmilk production

Asafotida(perungayam)
Nutrients: Calcium
Good for: Everybody. Expecially Good for people with skin infections, itchy skins.
Avoid for: People with White discharge (like periods ?? vellaipaduthal) should not eat it. It will increse the discharge.
Benefits: Elimates gas, pittam. Generates hunger.

Black pepper (milagu)
Nutrients: Capsy enzyme
Good for: Heart patients, blood pressure, breathing problems, Asthma. Replace chilli with pepper to reduce impact due to
any illness.
Benefits: Removes poison. Reduces cholesterol, Reduces blockage due to fat in valves.(hear(t)

??(Omam)
Nutrients: Vitamin B1, Iron
Good for: People with big stomach (uppusam)
Avoid for: Thyroid patients should not eat without consulting doctor.
Benefits: Reduces gas, pittam?? Helps in easy digestion of food.'

Cardamom(Elakkai)
Nutrients: Vitamin B12, C
Good for: Everybody. Especially for diabetes patients and people with vision problems.
Benefits: Good for vision. Helps in digestion.

Cloves(krambu)
Nutrients: Iron and calcium
Good for: Especially for Sore throat, dry cough, wounds
Benefits: Reduuces toothache. Regulates body heat. Kills worms and germs. KGills bad breath.