Allspice Recipes - Treatment and Medical Uses of Allspice Tree and Allspice Whole

Latin description: Pimento dioica syn. P. officinalis

Medcinal Uses and Benefits of Allspice

• For pneumonia use warm tea, vapor inhalation and a liniment of allspice which is combined with ginger.
  Has a tonic effect on the nervous sytem and is useful in cases of nervous exhaustion; the oil was once used for hysterical convulsions or 'spasms'.
• Useful for oral hygiene and in cases of halitosis.
• Useful for mild pain.
• The tea has antisepticproperties (due to the eugenol content in the berries) and is used primarily as a digestive aid for flatulence, intestinal gas and indigestion.
  Often included in formulations designated as 'spring tonics' or 'stimulants'.
• Tea used as an appetite stimulant; also as a carminative.
  Used in the bath, or as an ointment for aches & pains.
  Both the tea and a poultice are used for rheumatism and neuralgia.
• The rind contains the most active medicinal components.
  Is considered to be stimulant in action, particularly the aroma.
• Lowers blood sugar (useful in diabetes); improves protein absorption.
• Warm tea (plus inhalation of the warm vapors) used for hypothermia; also a reviving agent when taken in cases of frostbite.
• A little warm tea with each meal for ulcers.
• The leaves are used in the bath for varicose veins, gout, and edema.
• Locally antiseptic and anesthetic.
• May be substitued for cloves in formulations.
• Combined with laxative herbs to reduce griping.