ISBN: 9780367395766

Let food be your medicine, medicine your food.-Hippocrates, 2400 B.C.When the Father of Medicine uttered those famous words, spices were as important for medicine, embalming, preserving f… Mehr…

Let food be your medicine, medicine your food.-Hippocrates, 2400 B.C.When the Father of Medicine uttered those famous words, spices were as important for medicine, embalming, preserving food, and masking bad odors as they were for more mundane culinary matters. Author James A. Duke predicts that spices such as capsicum, cinnamon, garlic, ginger, onion, and turmeric will assume relatively more medicinal importance again, as the economic costs and knowledge of the side-effects of prescription pharmaceuticals increase. After all, each spice contains thousands of useful phytochemicals. Pharmaceuticals usually contain only one or two.Discover the Science behind the FolkloreSpices are important medicines that have withstood the empirical tests of millennia. Nearly 5,000 years ago Charak, the father of Ayurvedic medicine, claimed that garlic lightens the blood, reduces tumors, and is an aphrodisiac tonic. Today scientists say it thins the blood, prevents cancer, and increases libido. For centuries people worldwide have used spices to cure a myriad of ailments and to preserve foods. Now science is proving that these spices may preserve us with their antioxidant and antiseptic activities. Organized by scientific name, the CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices provides the science behind the folklore of over 60 popular spices. For each spice, it lists:Scientific nameCommon nameMedicinal activities and indicationsMultiple activitiesOther uses, especially culinaryCultivationChemistryImportant phytochemical constituents and their activitiesThe handbook also includes market and import data, culinary uses, ecology and cultural information, and discusses at length the use of spices as antiseptics and antioxidants. New Textbooks>Trade Paperback>Health & Wellness>Alternative,Natural Healing>Alt,Natural Healing, Taylor & Francis Core >1 >T<

ISBN: 9780367395766

"Let food be your medicine, medicine your food."-Hippocrates, 2400 B.C.When the "Father of Medicine" uttered those famous words, spices were as important for medicine, embalming, preservi… Mehr…

"Let food be your medicine, medicine your food."-Hippocrates, 2400 B.C.When the "Father of Medicine" uttered those famous words, spices were as important for medicine, embalming, preserving food, and masking bad odors as they were for more mundane culinary matters. Author James A. Duke predicts that spices such as capsicum, cinnamon, garlic, ginger, onion, and turmeric will assume relatively more medicinal importance again, as the economic costs and knowledge of the side-effects of prescription pharmaceuticals increase. After all, each spice contains thousands of useful phytochemicals. Pharmaceuticals usually contain only one or two.Discover the Science behind the FolkloreSpices are important medicines that have withstood the empirical tests of millennia. Nearly 5,000 years ago Charak, the father of Ayurvedic medicine, claimed that garlic lightens the blood, reduces tumors, and is an aphrodisiac tonic. Today scientists say it thins the blood, prevents cancer, and increases libido. For centuries people worldwide have used spices to cure a myriad of ailments and to preserve foods. Now science is proving that these spices may preserve us with their antioxidant and antiseptic activities. Organized by scientific name, theCRC Handbook of Medicinal Spicesprovides the science behind the folklore of over 60 popular spices. For each spice, it lists:Scientific nameCommon nameMedicinal activities and indicationsMultiple activitiesOther uses, especially culinaryCultivationChemistryImportant phytochemical constituents and their activitiesThe handbook also includes market and import data, culinary uses, ecology and cultural information, and discusses at length the use of spices as antiseptics and antioxidants. Books > Wellness > Alternative Health List_Books<

ISBN: 9780367395766

"Let food be your medicine medicine your food."-Hippocrates 2400 B.C.When the "Father of Medicine" uttered those famous words spices were as important for medicine embalming preservi… Mehr…

"Let food be your medicine medicine your food."-Hippocrates 2400 B.C.When the "Father of Medicine" uttered those famous words spices were as important for medicine embalming preserving food and masking bad odors as they were for more mundane culinary matters. Author James A. Duke predicts that spices such as capsicum cinnamon garlic ginger onion and turmeric will assume relatively more medicinal importance again as the economic costs and knowledge of the side-effects of prescription pharmaceuticals increase. After all each spice contains thousands of useful phytochemicals. Pharmaceuticals usually contain only one or two.Discover the Science behind the FolkloreSpices are important medicines that have withstood the empirical tests of millennia. Nearly 5 000 years ago Charak the father of Ayurvedic medicine claimed that garlic lightens the blood reduces tumors and is an aphrodisiac tonic. Today scientists say it thins the blood prevents cancer and increases libido. For centuries people worldwide have used spices to cure a myriad of ailments and to preserve foods. Now science is proving that these spices may preserve us with their antioxidant and antiseptic activities. Organized by scientific name the CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices provides the science behind the folklore of over 60 popular spices. For each spice it lists:Scientific nameCommon nameMedicinal activities and indicationsMultiple activitiesOther uses especially culinaryCultivationChemistryImportant phytochemical constituents and their activitiesThe handbook also includes market and import data culinary uses ecology and cultural information and discusses at length the use of spices as antiseptics and antioxidants. new, CRC Press<

ISBN: 9780367395766

Paperback, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], Written by renowned ethnobotanist James A. Duke, CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices provides a systematic review of more than 60 important medicinal s… Mehr…

Paperback, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], Written by renowned ethnobotanist James A. Duke, CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices provides a systematic review of more than 60 important medicinal spice plants. Presenting the science behind the folklore, Duke lists the phytochemicals in each spice that may contribute to its therapeutic value. He also includes market and import data, culinary uses, ecology and cultural information, and discusses at length the use of spices as antiseptics and antioxidants. Each entry includes scientific and common names, medicinal activities and indications, and other uses., Pharmacology<

2019, ISBN: 9780367395766

Illustrator: Duke, Peggy-Ann K. Mitwirkende: Bogenschutz-Godwin, Mary Jo, Mitwirkende: Ducellier, Judi, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Reprint, 360 Seiten, Publiziert: 2019-0… Mehr…

Illustrator: Duke, Peggy-Ann K. Mitwirkende: Bogenschutz-Godwin, Mary Jo, Mitwirkende: Ducellier, Judi, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Reprint, 360 Seiten, Publiziert: 2019-09-27T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.5 kg, Pharmakologie, Medizin, Kategorien, Bücher, Industrie, Branchen & Berufe, Business & Karriere, Chemie, Ingenieurwissenschaften, Fachbücher, Schule & Lernen, Ingenieurwissenschaft & Technik, Naturwissenschaften & Technik, Biowissenschaften, Fitness, Gesundheit & Medizin, Ratgeber, Heilkräuter, Naturmedizin & alternative Heilmethoden, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2019<