**5. Health and medicinal use of spices and herbs of India**

Indians employ herbs and spices in their traditional medical practises, much like people from many other cultures do. "Ayurvedic medicine" refers to an Indian medical system that employs herbs and spices. In Indian culture, this all-encompassing method of healing is referred to as the "science of life." In addition to adding flavour to dull dishes, research demonstrates that herbs and spices "have a huge impact on human health because they affect many of the body's metabolic processes." Indian Festival (Rani) Herbs have long been utilised in both Eastern and Western medicine to treat a number of diseases (**Table 1**) [29].
