Lime is used principally as a garnish for fish and meat dishes. The fruit contains Hesperidinand Naringin, scientifically proven antiinflamatory flavonoids. Lime juice is used as and appetiser, and has antitussive, antiflu, stomachic and antiscorbutic properties. Sweet Basil is an annual herbaceous plant, the fresh leaves of which are eithereaten raw or used as a flavouring in Thai cooking. Volatile oil content variesaccording to different varieties.
Therapeutic properties are as carminative, diaphoretic, expectorant, digestant and stomachic agents.
This erect annual plant with aromatic rhizomes and yellow-brown roots, is used as a flavouring. The plant has stomachache relieving and antimicrobial properites, and therapeutic benefits as an antitussive and antiflatulence agent. The leaves, peel and juice of the Kaffir Lime are used as a flavouring in Thai cuisine. The leavesand peel contain volatile oil. The major therapeutic benefit of the juice is as an appetiser.