herbs and spices with multiple uses

[forrestdweller]

over the years there have been many occasions where i had to treat minor problems with medicinal herbs,recently i got a book on this subject about the medicinal plants of Costa Rica. which made me (not the first time) realize that there's a lot of common herbs and spices with dual use... while i live in a different climate than most of you the examples below should be able to grow indoors as well and/ or available from local stores (!!! do your own research as well as people can act differently):
● cinnamon (cinnamon verum): one teaspoon of powder helps against diarrhoea
● cayenne pepper (capsicum frutesens): multiple uses, f.i. as a cold remedy, NOT tried myself but somewhere i read it also can act as a blood clotting agent
●ginger (zingiber officinale): an important plant in traditional chinese medicine , f.i. a tea of chopped-up root to treat diarrhoea
●curcuma (curcuma longa): used since ancient times, a neighbour taught me to use juice from the crushed leaves to treat minor cuts etc. (infections)

anyone aware of other common herbs/ spices which fit in this tread?!

 

[Toddy]

Nigella seeds...it's both a seasoning and a remedy for sinusitis

Star anise....seasoning and it's used as an anti-viral agin flu and the like

 

[Woody girl]

Sage makes a sore throat gargle, and is useful for oral hygiene.
Thyme has antiseptic properties and is good for coughs.
Garlic is good for chest infections as it has a mild antibiotic effect.
Rosemary is used to clean and reinvigorate hair, and makes a good rinse used to treat against dandruff.

 

[slaine_23]

Cloves of course, for toothache also a sore throat used in either a hot honey/lemon drink or a hot whiskey.
I prefer the latter.

 

[forrestdweller]

Garlic is good for chest infections as it has a mild antibiotic effect.

not to mention making BBQed fruit bat tastier ("crocodile dundee II" reference) and keeping vampires away

 

[Silverclaws2]

Well I managed two weeks with a collapsed tooth crown that later required a foot filling using cloves to keep things ' bearable', so yeah cloves for tooth related stuff, mind peppermint can also work I have discovered - I spent some time relying on DIY dental.

Am always using Comfrey for aches and sprains, Comfrey of which has the country name of ' Bone Knit ', in fact country names can be indicators of what stuff has been found useful for through the centuries.

And then there's Arnica for bruises and Calendula for cuts and grazes

And of course everyone knows about Lavender

 

[HorseGuy]

Cinnamon can help with indigestion or heartburn.