Sponsored by: Turmeric is a strong and bitter spice that is very popular in India as a well-used seasoning in cooking. It comes from the dried root of the Curcumalonga, which is a plant included in the ginger family native to Southeast Asian countries. The distinctive yellow-orange spice often lends its flavors to curries and [...]
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Sesame is a rainy season crop that usually differs in three kinds: the black, white and the red. The black variety has the best qualities that are packed with nutritional value. The white variety possesses just the right amount of qualities while the red variety does not have beneficial qualities at all. The most important [...]
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The opium poppy is a plant that bears red, purple, pink and white flowers on a central bulbous pod that is usually about 3 to 5 feet in height. It is widely grown in countries such as North America, South America, Europe and Asia while Turkey, Australia and India are the major producers of this [...]
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Myrrh is a reddish brown resinous material which comes from the dried sap of the Commiphora myrrh tree. This aromatic spiny shrub is bestowed with yellow-red flowers and pointed ellipsoid fruits. The name originated from the Arabic word murr, which means bitter. Originally native in the Northeastern regions of Africa particularly the Red Sea and [...]
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The licorice plant is a legume related to beans and peas and is prevalent in southern Europe and some parts of Asia. This herbaceous perennial plant grows to about a meter in height with pinnate leaves of about to 7 to 15 centimeters long of 9 to 17 leaflets. Flowers are only about a centimeter [...]
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Back in the 1960s, Indian researches discovered an ancient Sanskrit medical text that apparently described the symptoms and treatment for high cholesterol. The texts also described the treatment provided by the plant commiphora mukul or Guggul, a small thorny plant that is heavily distributed in northern Indian regions. The shrub reaches to about 4 to [...]
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Gotu Kola is plant native to the country India and other similarly tropical countries. This pleasant plant changes its appearance depending on its growing conditions and environment. In shallow waters, the plant puts out floating roots and leaves it leaves on top of the water. In dry conditions, the plant puts out numerous small roots [...]
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Ginger is a creeping herb with thick branching rhizomes and sturdy upright stems with sometimes pointed and lance-like leaves that go up to 15 to 30 centimeter in length. The root produces yellow-green flowers with a deep purple and yellow lip marking. They usually flourish in most parts of Southern Asia, the West Indies, Jamaica [...]
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Garlic is the common name for those flavorful and powerfully-scented bulbs that are part of the lily family. Its popular use in Mediterranean cooking goes hand in hand with the popular benefits of the Mediterranean diet. The ancient Egyptians and Greeks were known to use it to treat everything from simple toothaches to leprosy. By [...]
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Cuminum Cyminum is an herb that grows to about a foot tall and is native to countries such as India, China, Mexico and the Mediterranean. Seeds of the plant are harvested by hand and are yellowish brown in color. Pink and white flowers blossom from the plant during the hot summers from a three-to four-month-long [...]
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Coleus Forskohlii is a hard plant that grows along the dry slopes of the lower Himalayan regions and the plains of Uttar Pradesn in Northern India. It is also cultivated in other parts of India and Thailand, including some parts of South East Asia. Coleus is a member of the Lamiaceae family, more commonly known [...]
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Boswellia, also called Shallaki or Indian Frankincense, is one of the most potent anti-inflammatory herbs found in the dry, hilly areas of India. When the trunk of the tree is tapped, a gummy resin is extracted that is turned into a purified extract, which is then used for herbal preparations. The health benefits of this [...]
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Ashwagandha is also called the Indian Winter Cherry or Indian Ginseng, and it is widely used in Ayurveda medicine. The herb is a stout shrub that has a height of 170 centimeters. The erect branched-out plants seem to project a berry-like form bestowed with greenish or yellow flowers and red fruits. Grown in multiple parts [...]
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Aloe Vera is a very-short and sometimes stem-less plant that grows approximately 80-100 centimeters tall that is spread by offsets and root sprouts. The leaves are thick and fleshy of a green to grey-green color with a ragged margin. The plant produces around 25 leaves that form an attractive rosette appearance. Flowers of the plant [...]
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