Spices

A spice includes a seed, fruit, root, bark, salt, or other plant substances. Spices are essentially used for flavoring or coloring food. Traditionally, spices are used as flavors for food but nowadays, they are consumed in medicine, cosmetics or perfume production. Botanically, spices can be categorized based on their source of plant part as following: Seeds or Fruits: Examples include fennel, nutmeg, coriander, fenugreek, mustard, and black pepper, etc. Leaves of aromatic plants: basil, bay leaf, rosemary, thyme, etc. Bark: Cinnamon, Cassia, etc. Bark or Roots: such as include garlic, galangal, turmeric, ginger, etc. Health benefits of Spices Spice up your meal and build a healthy immune system with spices in your diet! Spices not just bring an extra taste to your dishes but also consist of a lot of great components such as antioxidants, minerals, phytonutrients, essential oils and vitamins that are totally beneficial for our body. Spices are composed of plant-derived chemical compounds that are well-known for having properties to treat diseases and improve health. The components in the spices also have anti-inflammatory, carminative, anti-flatulent, and also an anti-clotting function which prevents stroke episode, and coronary artery disease through easing blood flow. In fact, the treatment of colds, influenza, mild fevers, indigestion, stomach upset, and painful menstruation are some of diseases that decoction of certain healthy spices is used for. Spices are mostly available in the form of powder but in Paradis Plants, we provide you the high-quality spices in different sizes and forms with the taste of Iran’s nature.