OP. Posted here bc food but is this more medicine category? If helps, found below for spices so I can experiment but hoping familiar to someone here who can explain if just add teaspoon to cup of rice or more or less or how actually make. Thx

Ginger: stomach pain, and help with nausea and congestion.
Turmeric: sore throat.
Black Pepper: cold and cough symptoms.
Cumin: cold and cough
Cinnamon: respiratory congestion and promote clear breathing.
Garlic: cold, cough, and sore throat pain.
Cloves: respiratory congestion.

Years ago a woman from India shared that when her kids are sick she makes rice and depending on how sick, she adds different spices. She described it like orange rice if feeling this way, yellow rice if another way and had about 5 “colors” of rice for different ailments (like stomach ache v flu). I remember rice with turmeric was one but don’t remember what it was for or any others or which spice for which ailment. Does this mean anything to anyone here? Unfortunately I remember the idea but not specifics and no way to contact the woman and google searches not giving results how she described. Sound familiar to anyone here?