The roots are pounded together with garlic and black pepper to provide a common basic seasoning, while dried coriander seeds are used to season a few dishes. Sacred Basil is an annual herbaceous plant that resembles Sweet Basil but hasnarrower and oftentimes reddish-purple leaves. The fresh leaves of this herbaceous plant are used as a flavouring and eaten raw in Thai cuisine. Volatile oil contents give the plant several therapeutic uses, including carminative, mildantiseptic, local anaesthetic, diaphoretic and digestant properties. Turmeric is a member of the ginger family, and provides yellow colouring for Thai food.
Turmeric'stherapeutic properties manifest as a carminative, antiflatulence and stomachic.
This erect annual plant resembles a coarse grey-green grass. Fresh leaves and grass are used as a flavouring. Lemongrass contains 0.2-0.4 volatile oil. Therapeutic properties are as a diuretic, emmanagogue, antiflatulence, antiflu and antimicrobial agent.