Description: CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices, Paperback by Duke, James A.; Bogenschutz-Godwin, Mary Jo (CON); Ducellier, Judi (CON); Duke, Peggy-Ann K. (ILT), ISBN 0367395762, ISBN-13 9780367395766, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
"Let food be your medicine, medicine your food."
-Hippocrates, 2400 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 Folklore
Spices 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 name
Common name
Medicinal activities and indications
Multiple activities
Other uses, especially culinary
Cultivation
Chemistry
Important phytochemical constituents and their activities
The 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.
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Book Title: CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices
Number of Pages: 360 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Crc Handbook of Medicinal Spices
Publisher: CRC Press LLC
Subject: Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Life Sciences / General, Herbal Medications
Publication Year: 2019
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.7 Oz
Subject Area: Health & Fitness, Science, Medical
Author: James A. Duke
Item Length: 10 in
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
