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The Health Benefits of Allspice

• The spice is enriched w/ great amount of minerals such as potassium, manganese, iron, copper, selenium, & magnesium. Iron is an essential co-factor for cytochrome- oxidase enzymes during cellular metabolic process. It is as well needed for red blood cell production in the bone marrow. Being an essential component of cell & body fluids, potassium helps control heart rate and blood pressure. Manganese is applied by the body as a co-factor for the strong antioxidant enzyme superoxide dismutase.
• Allspice contains numerous health gaining important oils like eugenol, a phenylpropanoids class of chemical compound, which leaves good, sweet scented scents to this spice. It as well contains caryophyllene, methyleugenol, glycosides, tannins, quercetin, resin & sesquiterpenes. These volatile oils got through distillation process using this spice corns. The outside surface of the berries is believed to bear the greatest healing activity.
• The spice as well has very great amounts of vitamin-A, vitamin B-6 (pyridoxine), riboflavin, niacin and vitamin-C. Vitamin C is a strong natural antioxidant; regular intake of foods rich in vitamin C helps body develop resistance against infectious agents & scavenge bad, pro-inflammatory free radicals.
• As in black pepper corns, the active principles in the allspice may add the motility of the gastro-intestinal tract as well as add the digestion ability by raising gastro-intestinal secretions.
• The active principles in the allspice seen to make anti-inflammatory, rubefacient (warming & soothing), carminative and anti-flatulent attributes.
• Eugenol, has local anesthetic & cleansing attributes, thus; functional in gum & dental treatment processes. Recent research studies bear presented that preparation produced from allspice oil combined with extractions from garlic & oregano can work against E.coli, Salmonella & L.monocytogenes infections.