Coriander, another curry spice, has been shown to destroy food-borne bacteria, preventing those nasty midnight runs to the bathroom. The health benefits of curry can be found through its many ingredients. Of course, a ?curry? is not a set recipe. It?s derived from a word meaning ?sauce,? and we take it to mean a soup or stew in this age. But there are a few set ingredients found in the vast majority of all curry recipes that offer plenty of health and wellness benefits. The Healthy BenefitsTurmericTurmeric is the herb in curry that helps give it that yellowish/orange-like color. It is a main ingredient in most premade curry powders, and virtually no curry you fix or eat will be made without this herb.Turmeric is healthy for you because it is a natural anti-inflammatory. It works great to reduce the painful effects of arthritis. And it also helps to naturally clean and restore the body?s liver. Its active ingredient, curcumin, is also rumored to fight against Alzheimer?s disease.Coconut MilkCoconut milk is another one of those essential curry ingredients that most likely will not be left out. It?s pretty self-explanatory where coconut milk comes from. But what?s not so obvious is that coconut milk helps to aid in digestion of foods, and the anti-viral and anti-bacterial fatty acids, among others, will help your body?s immune system.PotentialThis may not seem like a health benefit at first, but one of the biggest reasons people have trouble staying on a diet is because they find low-fat and low-carb meals to be less appetizing. Curry doesn?t have this problem. With the many spices used in cooking, an all vegan curry is actually one of the preferred varieties, and there are limitless variations you can make to tailor the dish to any diet.ChiliesThere are a variety of chilies used in curry powders, depending on which cook you?re speaking to, but any chili you use is going to have health benefits. The capsicum contained within a hot pepper, providing the proverbial heat, is well known in many cultures for its medicinal qualities.In powdered form, the benefits do lose a bit of their punch, along with their heat, but chilies are still able to aid in sleep. And as any medical professional will tell you, regular sleep patterns are important to your health. There are also still some anti-inflammatory and antioxidant qualities to the powder.VitaminsThis is another benefit of the chilies, but is important enough to stand on its own. It?s a separate benefit because these benefits aren?t found in all peppers like the capsicum ? only in red, yellow and sometimes green (of the milder verities) chilies.Fruit for fruit (berries, more precisely), these peppers pack more vitamin C than citrus fruits. And not just a little more; some of these peppers have exponentially more vitamins than a fruit like an orange, lemon, cumquat or grapefruit.GarlicAlmost everyone who knows a little bit about food knows that garlic has some truly magical medicinal qualities. Okay, so this mythical member of the onion family can ward off Dracula. But on a serious note: garlic is known to help reduce high blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol levels, and has a truly powerful punch that can destroy cancerous cells in the human body.GingerThis tuber, kin to cardamom and turmeric, is garlic?s best friend in Asian cooking ? you will rarely find one without the other. Other than the unmistakable appealing taste, ginger is able to act as a pain reliever, helping with problems like arthritis, and it is also very effective in staving off nausea and motion sickness.CinnamonDepending on what type of curry you?re eating, there may or may not be a lot of cinnamon in it. However, after hearing about its health benefits, you may want to up the quantities of this spice.