AMAZING BENEFITS OF NUTMEG

Nutmeg is a versatile and perfect spice that adds so much flavour to your every Food. Our nutmeg powder comes packed with benefits both for health and beauty and provides a heavenly aroma that enhances your eating experience.

What is Nutmeg?

Have you ever heard about the Myristica fragrans evergreen tree before?

If yes, so I think you might know about “nutmeg” – a seed that is produced by this type of evergreen tree. Nutmeg is a common seed that is farmed mostly in tropical areas all over the world.

If it is just because of the tiny size of this seed, you think it does not have any benefits, then you are making a big mistake. Let me tell you why.

The portion of nutrients in the nutmeg is considered as one of the highest portions among all types of nuts. As the result, the seed itself can bring to you a lot of health and beauty benefits that you might be surprised.

In addition, nutmeg is also used as a spice in various cuisines in the world. It brings the sweetness to the foods. The seed can also enhance the taste of food and make the food more aromatic with just a small amount of it.

Furthermore, today people are also using this seed as a natural cure for numerous diseases due to its diverse beneficial properties such as psychoactive, antispasmodic, anti–inflammatory properties.

So let’s take a look at how this incredible seed affects our bodies for avoiding some health problems and preventing numerous dangerous diseases.

Here I will show you the most important 5 health benefits of nutmeg and how to use the seed in the right way to get the highest result after all.

AMAZING BENEFITS OF NUTMEG

1. Reducing depression and anxiety

If you are having a massive headache facing to numerous stressful problems in your life nowadays, and you are suffering from depression or even anxiety, this natural remedy is definitely the right answer for all those stressful things happening in your life. There is nothing better than nutmeg in term of reducing depression and anxiety.

This amazing seed consists of myristicin and elemicin. These prominent compounds in nutmeg work together to relax human brain. The seed itself also can act as a mild sedative.

In addition, nutmeg have the ability to promote the neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine in the brain. This could help human body and brain to be able to “fight” depression and anxiety in life.

So if you do want to let stress ruin your mood in a day, why don’t you give nutmeg a try, and then, trust me, you can see various numerous benefits from it.

But it does not mean that you can use the seed of nutmeg as much as you want. Here is the way that is highly recommended for people who want to copes with their stress in life:

Take a small amount of nutmeg powder and mix it with a tablespoon of Indian gooseberry juice.

Drink the mixture twice daily to relax your brain and relieve your tension.

2. Improving the sharpness of brain

The main components that we can find in nutmeg are myristicin and macelignan, which are the essential oil of this seed. This gives nutmeg the ability to improve the sharpness of human brain and memory capacities.

In addition, scientists nowadays discovered other benefits that nutmeg can bring to our bodies is that it also can help to maintain neural pathways in the brain and protect them against degradation.

In fact, ancient Romans and Greek civilizations acknowledged about beneficial properties of nutmeg. They even used the seed as a tonic for brain and drank it to prepare for mental challenges. They believed that nutmeg could improve their concentration and the ability to focus.

Last but not the least, this amazing seed could also inhibits an enzyme that contributes to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

It is recommended to take a glass of warm water and mix it with a little bit nutmeg powder. Take it everyday once before you go to sleep.

3. Preventing Insomnia

One of the amazing benefits of nutmeg is that it takes care of insomnia. If you find it is really difficult for you to fall asleep at night, then you should give nutmeg a try. It has been considered as a natural cure for sleeplessness and insomnia due to its sedative and calming properties for a long time. The seed could help you to relax your brain and fall asleep easier.

So what is the element inside nutmeg giving it such an amazing ability to prevent insomnia?

It is Magnesium. Magnesium is rich in nutmeg, this element is also a fundamental mineral in the body that could help to reduce the nerve stress in the brain and promote the production of serotonin. Serotonin is derived into melatonin in the brain. If you do not have any ideas about what melatonin is, it acts as a factor to induce relaxation or sedation.

As the result, you would feel more relax and can enjoy your sleep comfortably every night.

So it is recommended for you to have a pinch of nutmeg, some almonds and cardamom in a glass of warm milk before you go to bed at night.

Or if you are not a fan of this liquid mixture, you can also use the oil from nutmeg mixed with a small amount of olive oil to massage on your forehead before going to bed.

4. Reducing joint and muscle pain

Nutmegs so known as a natural pain-relieving remedy. The nut contains a high quantity of such as myristicin, elemicin and eugenol. These oils act as essential volatile oil that could not only help to sharpen your mind and reduce nerve tension but also can reduce joint or muscle pain. These oils have their own anti-inflammatory and alleviate characteristics. In addition, they could also prevent and alleviate swelling or even infections.

So if you are suffering from joint or muscle pain, just a small amount of the essential oil mixed with carrier oil such as coconut oil or olive oil on the affected area could help you feel better day by day.

Or another way to get benefit from nutmeg is adding it into your food while you are cooking. This could help you to reduce inflammation and related pain.

5. Acne treatment

Nutmeg has long been used in herbal medicine as a treatment to sustain the skin health and appearance. The seed contains in it a prominent quantity of antioxidants. It sounds really amazing, right?

There are no other artificial skin care products can do it with your skin better than nutmeg. These antioxidants acts in a lot of different ways to prevent acnes and boost your skin conditions. They can reduce the rapid multiplication of free radicals, thus, help to prevent inflammation or even irritation on your skin due to acne breakouts.

Not only preventing acne, but also if you have any scars left by acnes on your face, a tablespoon of nutmeg oil could help you in this case. Then these annoying scars that make you feel less confident would start being smaller and less visible on your skin little by little.

So how to use this amazing nutmeg in a right way to get the higher result of your skin health? Do these two ways once a day for several days then you could see the obvious change on your skin.

Take the same amounts of raw honey and nutmeg powder. Then leave the mixture on the inflammatory area on you skin. After 20 minutes, you can wash it off with lukewarm water.

Another way you can do is mixing a half of teaspoon of powdered nutmeg with raw milk. Then you should also leave it on the acne-affected area for 30 minutes and use lukewarm water to wash it off.

With this post, am so sure you can tell people the amazing benefits of nutmeg if you are asked.