Spice Health Benefit Matrix
The matrix below provides you a quick glance about the potential healing benefits by spices.
Click a health benefit link in the first column for additional information.
Click a spice image for an 101 introduction about the spice and recipes that use the spice.
| Health Benefit | Healing Spices & Recipes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acne |  Turmeric | |||||||
| Aging |  Garlic | |||||||
| Allergies |  Cumin | Turmeric | ||||||
| Alzheimer's Disease |  Sesame | Turmeric | ||||||
| Anxiety |  Nutmeg | |||||||
| Arthritis |  Ginger | Turmeric | ||||||
| Asthma |  Cardamom | Ginger | Turmeric | |||||
| Blood Clots | Cardamom |  Clove | Garlic | |||||
| Blood Pressure |  Allspice | Cardamom |  Cinnamon |  Coriander | Garlic | Sesame | Turmeric | |
| Blood Sugar | Cinnamon | |||||||
| Cancer | Cardamom | Cinnamon | Clove | Coriander | Cumin | Garlic | Ginger | |
 Mustard | Nutmeg | Sesame | Turmeric | |||||
| Cholesterol | Cinnamon | Garlic | Ginger | Mustard | Nutmeg | Sesame | Turmeric | |
| Colon Cancer | Cardamom | Coriander | ||||||
| Constipation | Cardamom | Coriander | ||||||
| Diabetes, Type 2 | Cinnamon | Cumin | Garlic | Mustard | Turmeric | |||
| Eczema | Coriander | Turmeric | ||||||
| Epilepsy | Cumin | Nutmeg | ||||||
| Gout | Turmeric | |||||||
| Gum Disease | Clove | Turmeric | ||||||
| Heart Disease | Garlic | Ginger | Mustard | Sesame | Turmeric | |||
| Heartburn | Ginger | Turmeric | ||||||
| Herpes | Clove | |||||||
| Indigestion | Cardamom | Coriander | Ginger | |||||
| Insulin Resistance | Cinnamon | Mustard | ||||||
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Coriander | |||||||
| Liver Disease | Coriander | Turmeric | ||||||
| Manopause | Allspice | |||||||
| Memory Loss | Nutmeg | |||||||
| Metabolic Syndrome | Cinnamon | |||||||
| Migraine | Ginger | |||||||
| Nausea | Ginger | |||||||
| Osteoporosis | Cumin | |||||||
| Parkinson’s Disease | Turmeric | |||||||
| Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome | Cinnamon | |||||||
| Psoriasis | Coriander | Turmeric | ||||||
| Stroke | Cinnamon | Garlic | Ginger | Turmeric | ||||
| Triglycerides | Cinnamon | Garlic | Ginger | |||||
| Ulcers | Cardamom | Clove | Coriander | |||||
| Yeast Infection | Cinnamon | Coriander |