The Book of Healing Herbs and Spices: ~Easy kitchen remedies for everyday health~

This modest collection may be helpful in addressing minor issues such as colds and flu in encouraging the body to heal more quickly with everyday foods, spices, and herbs, right from your cupboard. In China and India and many other countries, people have been using herbal medicine to address a wide variety of diseases and conditions for thousands of years. The herbs are composed of roots, leaves, flowers, bark, seeds, fruits, and minerals. When used for medicinal purposes, herbs have been conveniently packaged in pill form for our busy lifestyles, or they can be cooked in very specific formats to achieve best results. Single herbs, which are discussed herein, are also used and can be highly effective when used alone in a simple tea and/or as a food. There are over 500 Chinese herbs and many, many Western herbs which are used for healing purposes. In this book, we will look at very easy ways to assist in the body s healing by using singular herbs and spices found on your kitchen shelf. There are already thousands of comprehensive books on herbs: the herbs and foods in this book are those which Dr. Noiade considers essential to every kitchen.