How curry spice helps the immune system kill bacteria

'A spice used in curry dishes helps to prevent infection and now scientists think they've got a lead on how.

Curcumin is a compound found in turmeric, a flavourful, orange and yellow spice that is a key ingredient in South Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine. The spice has also been used in India's traditional Ayurvedic remedies for 2,500 years.

Now American and Danish scientists have found curcumin increases levels of a protein called CAMP that helps the immune system to fight off bacteria, viruses and fungi the first time they try to attack.'




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DIY Infused Medicinal Honey

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'We all know the healing power of honey and it’s nutritional value as a superfood; now add a medicinal herb or flower and infuse it for a few weeks and you’ll have wonderful flavor plus additional healing properties. This post will focus on wild rose petals and lavender, but you may use cinnamon bark, cloves, rosemary, sage, mint, vanilla bean, etc…. bee as creative as you can! All herbs and most flowers have medicinal properties, it’s a delicious food source/external facial beauty mask.

God Bless the honey Bees… with all the current difficulties they are now facing, I honor and relish the major role these little creatures provide for us all.'


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Thyme May Be Better for Acne Than Prescription Creams

'Researchers from Leeds Metropolitan University tested the effect of thyme, marigold and myrrh tinctures on Propionibacterium acnes -- the bacterium that causes acne by infecting skin pores and forming spots, which range from white heads through to puss-filled cysts.

 The group found that while all the preparations were able to kill the bacterium after five minutes exposure, thyme was the most effective of the three. What's more, they discovered that thyme tincture had a greater antibacterial effect than standard concentrations of benzoyl peroxide -- the active ingredient in most anti-acne creams or washes. '


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Black Cumin Seeds

 

'Nigella sativa is one the
most revered medicinal seeds in history. The best seeds come from
Egypt where they grow under almost perfect conditions in oases
where they are watered until the seed pods form. Black cumin seeds
were found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. Though black cumin seeds
are mentioned in the Bible as well as in the words of the Prophet
Mohammed, they were not carefully researched until about forty
years ago. Since this time, more than 200 studies have been conducted
in universities.'



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'According to tradition, the Prophet Muhammad described black seed as a
cure for every disease except death. The great physician Ibn Sina
(980–1037), better known as Avicenna, stated that black seed works as an
expectorant, stimulates the body’s energy and helps overcome fatigue
and dispiritedness.' 



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