Benefit of Pickle

PICKLED for health

Pickle recipes and a wealth of fascinating information on the health benefits of pickles are given in the book, 'Fifteenth Century Ottoman Cuisine', compiled by Muhammed Bin Mahmud Şirvani, translated by Prof. Dr. Mustafa Argunşah and Dr. Müjgan Çakır and published by Gökkubbe Publications. As the book points out, Şirvani was a medical doctor, and since the recipes were compiled from a physician's point of view, reference is made to the therapeutic effects of each of the dishes included.
One of the recipes in the chapter on pickles is for pickled mint, which come across in no other source. Şirvani points out that pickled mint fortifies the stomach, cures hiccups and toothache, facilitates the digestion when taken after or between meals, stimulates the appetite and eliminates malodorous impurities from the body.