Mentioned in the Bible, this ‘miracle’ spice can work wonders for your memory — and your overall health!

Several years ago researchers in Egypt did an experiment. They “gave” rats Alzheimer’s disease by feeding them aluminum chloride. They then gave some of the rats an additional treatment, one that restored damaged brain cells to “nearly normal.”

Could this be the miracle drug scientists have been seeking to treat this terrible disease?

Well, not quite.

Because it’s not a drug, but a common plant — one used as both an herb and a spice — called coriander.

If you’ve had salsa you’ve tasted the herb part, called cilantro, or “Mexican parsley.” The spice part of the plant, which was given to “cure” the rats in the study, are the dried seeds. The seeds develop after the “parsley” part of the plant has flowered, and “gone to seed.”

The Egyptian researchers found coriander “improves blood circulation to the head, imparts mental concentration and memory.” The spice also is a potent antioxidant, is antibacterial and antifungal with “low or no side effects.”

Coriander has also been studied as a way to control blood sugar and for its antibacterial properties. Its use goes so far back, it’s even mentioned in the Bible!

There are tons of recipes online for ways to use this miracle spice in your cooking. Many people also use it medicinally by making a tea out of the dried seeds.

Sources:

“Study the Possible Protective and Therapeutic Influence of Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) Against Neurodegenerative Disorders and Alzheimer’s disease Induced by Aluminum Chloride in Cerebral Cortex of Male Albino Rats” Enas, A Khalil, Nature and Science, sciencepub.net