As an herbal medicine, nutmeg powder is used to relieve or prevent flatulence and to break up chest congestion. Recent research shows that it may inhibit the growth of the rota-viruses associated with diarrhea in children. Nutmeg may also be employed as noted above. An article in the July 2005 edition of BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine suggests that alcohol extracts made with nutmeg may help treat erectile dysfunction. 
 
The nutmeg tree is a native of the Banda Islands, a cluster of small volcanic islands historically known as the Spice Islands and now part of the province of Molucca in Indonesia. Nutmeg isn't really a nut, but the kernel of an apricot-like fruit. The closely related is an arillus, a thin leathery tissue between the stone and the pulp. As noted by Ginger Webb in Herbalgram (1996), natives of the Banda islands use nutmeg oil for treatment of flu. The oil is rubbed on the abdomen for stomachaches and on the forehead for headaches. Grated nutmeg seed, combined with eucalyptus oil, treats diarrhea. Nutmeg can be combined with citronella, cloves, ginger, and softened uncooked rice to make an ointment used in the treatment of rheumatism and other various limb and joint aches. 
 
Also known as: Myristica fragans, mace, mace fruit, nutmeg fruit.

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SUGGESTED USAGE
Most popularly added to food in either ground, chopped or powdered form. May also be taken as a tea or extract. 
 
Precautions: Nutmeg is a very weak hallucinogen; caution and moderation should be exercised.

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Essential oil containing camphene, p-cymene, phellandrene, terpinene, limonene, myrcene, linalool, geraniol, terpineol, myristicin, elemicin, safrol, eugenol and eugenol.

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