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Turmeric, spice and herbal medicine

Filed Under: Healing from Plants, Spices Herbs and Aromatics

Certain culinary spices we’ve traditionally loved in food also have been known in herbal medicine since ancient times for their remarkable healing properties. Below are quotations from culinary artists and herbalists who value the spice and herb turmeric, known botanically as Curcuma longa.

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Seasonal Herbal Teas

Filed Under: Herbal Teas, Spices Herbs and Aromatics

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Turmeric in Your Teacup

Filed Under: Lifestyle Reviews

Turmeric Teas have taken the market lead for new offerings in herbal teas. Nationally available herbal tea brands have proprietary blends highlighting turmeric, a spice that occurs in Indian curries. Turmeric’s culinary property is to soften or make pliable, it’s a supporting spice in curry pastes against the tapestry of fire in chilies and garlic. Only a tiny amount [Read more…]

Your Magical Tea Cup

Filed Under: Herbal Teas, Spices Herbs and Aromatics

Cover image for book: Infuse: Herbals Teas...
Cover image for book: Infuse: Herbals Teas to Cleanse, Nourish and Heal by Paula Grainger and Karen Sullivan

Infuse: Herbal Teas to Cleanse, Nourish, and Heal. / Paula Grainger and Karen Sullivan. Published by Hamlyn. An Hachette UK Company, 2016. 144 p., color illustrations, Herb-Pedia, Resources, Index.

Infuse: introduces freshly steeped herbs and spices in formulas that enhance your body and mind and their capacities to find relief, to feel better in your day to day life. [Read more…]

Coconut Love to Last a Lifetime

Filed Under: Plant Foods, Raw Food

Cocos nucifera by Franz EugenKoeler
By Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen – List of Koehler Images, Public Domain.

Coconut Palm Tree

One of the—or perhaps the most—complete foods, one that shares every bit of itself for human consumption [Read more…]

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