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Medicinal Herbs for Your Kitchen Garden

A Kitchen garden is a place where herbs, vegetables, and fruits are grown around households by using the kitchen waste, for self-use.

Updated on: 10 December, 2021 10:41 AM IST By: Hitul Awasthi
Leaves of mint

We all know what is the importance of herbs in our life as there are multiple benefits. what if the maximum of these herbs add to our kitchen garden? Yes, we can give them a special place in our kitchen garden. They can be grown very easily and with less effort. Through these herbs we can: 

  • Improve your health

  • Save money on groceries

  • Improves your physical activity

  • A natural stress reliever

  • Supplies fresh and toxic-free agricultural commodities

  • Effective utilization of kitchen wastewater and other waste materials

                                       

Kitchen garden herbs  

1. Menthe spicata(Mint) 

Used against stomach disorder, calming stress and anxiety. 

Foeniculumvulgare

2. Foeniculumvulgare (Fennel) 

Helps to suppress appetite, reduce blood pressure and heart diseases. 

Basil leaves

3. Ocimumspecies (Basil) 

Used against common cold, fever, cough. 

Coriander leaves

4. Coriandrum sativum (Coriander)

Improves digestion power, lowers bad cholesterol, reduces diabetes. 

5.Aloe vera

5. Aloe vera

Reduce blood sugar level, helps in skin care, and are used in many cosmetics. 

Thyme

6.  Thymus vulgaris(Thyme) 

Used against stomach ache, diarrhea, and arthritis. 

Sage

7. Salvia officinalis(Sage) 

Help reduce blood sugar levels, enhance memory and brain health. 

Lavender

8. Lavandula spica(Lavender) 

Reduce blood pressure, migraine pain, and menstrual pain. 

chamomile

9. Matricarichamomilla (chamomile) 

Reduce blood sugar level, menstrual pain, inflammation. 

10.Salvia rosmarinus(Rosemary) 

Helps to improve memory power and eyes health

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