Mumbai: Curry leaves are an important ingredient in the kitchen. Rich in medicinal properties, curry leaves must be included in diet. It helps in digesting food. Additionally, due to its rich content of iron, folic acid, antioxidants and many nutrients, it protects from diseases like diarrhea and diabetes.
Curry leaves are considered a superfood due to their richness in vitamins and minerals. Antioxidants and many nutrients are present in curry leaves.
Curry leaves are digestive, hence they stimulate appetite and also help in digesting food. Curry leaves contain more vitamin A than spinach, fenugreek, coriander. It also contains carbohydrates and protein. Applying dried curry leaf powder mixed with coconut oil reduces hair fall and promotes hair growth; it is also useful in reducing gray hair.
Medicinal Properties :
- In case of nausea or indigestion, drinking one teaspoon of curry leaf juice mixed with sugar and lemon juice is beneficial.
- If you want to lose weight, eat fresh curry leaves daily.
- It is also beneficial for improving eyesight.
- Curry leaves are effective in the problem of hair loss or sudden graying.
- Boil curry leaf juice in coconut oil and apply this oil on the hair.
- People with diabetes should eat curry leaves every morning.
- Eating curry leaves on an empty stomach in the morning reduces cholesterol.
- Chewing curry leaves is beneficial in liver problems and any kind of jaundice.
- Due to the good amount of iron in it, it is good for increasing hemoglobin.
