Medicinal Plants & Herbs are powerful plants that have both nutritional and health benefits. They have phytochemicals with amazing health benefits, and nutritional value
Turmeric has a wide range of health and nutritional benefits which can be employed in different recipes, skin formula, teas, infusions such as turmeric milk, turmeric paste, and turmeric tea. Turmeric is a stimulant, a carminative, used in symptoms of asthma and cough, and to prepare dental powders and pastes. Turmeric Milk Turmeric milk has … Read more
Ginger is one of the healthiest and most delicious spices on the earth, with many health and nutritional benefits. It originates from Southeast Asia, and it is believed that over 5000 years ago, Chinese and Indians treated many diseases with tonic produced from ginger root. About 1,600 species of ginger are widely grown in Asia, … Read more
There are many recipes and preparations that can be gotten from the herb, cloves. The recipes such as clove and garlic utilize the numerous nutritional and health benefits of the clove plant. Clove oil extracted from the plant has loads of vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals. These phytochemicals have antioxidant, anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, lipid-lowering, antihypertensive action. Other … Read more
Cloves, from the plant family, Myrtacea are the aromatic dried buds of a tree called Eugenia caryophyllata also sometimes Syzgium aromaticum. They are used as a spice in cuisine in many parts of the world. Clove has potential antioxidant and antimicrobial properties, among other health benefits. Syzgium aromaticum is an evergreen plant ranging from 8 … Read more
Turmeric is a perennial flowering plant, obtained from the rhizome (the underground part/root) of Curcuma longa L. It belongs to the ginger family, “Zingiberaceae”, and is closely related to ginger. The roots of are used in the Asia, mostly in India, Middle East, Africa for cooking, beauty purpose and herbal remedies because it is really … Read more
Turmeric is a wonderful plant with so many health benefits. Additionally, the use of turmeric for skin care products has found its use in many home remedies preparations and products. The antioxidant, antibacterial, and ant inflammatory properties are highly utilized in skin care routine for various purposes. The bioactive element, curcumin, is mostly responsible for … Read more
Mucuna pruriens, or velvet beans, cowhag, common cowitch is an annual climbing legume from the family, Leguminoseae. The plant is originally from southern China and eastern India, where it was cultivated as a green vegetable crop. It is now grown in tropical regions such as Africa, tropical America, the Pacific region, the West Indies, and … Read more
Ficus capensis, bush fig, or fig of heaven is a tropical evergreen tree, belonging to the mulberry family or fig family (Moraceae). There are more than 800 species in the family. Ficus capensis is also called blood leaf, or akpuru leaf. It is believed to boost blood production in the body. The evergreen tree grows … Read more
Gongronema latifolium, popularly called utazi, is a plant of wide medicinal and nutritional benefits. It belongs to the family, Asclepiadaceae, and genus Gongronema. It is widely utilized in tropical Africa. The plant is a climber with a tuberous base, and a soft stem. It grows in the deciduous and secondary forests in tropical African countries … Read more
Bryophyllum Pinnatum, also Kalanchoe Pinnata, is a succulent perennial plant that has several medicinal benefits. Other names of the plant are ‘miracle leaf’, ‘leaf of life’, ‘love plant’, ‘Canterbury bells’, ‘Cathedral bells’, Mexican love plant, ‘air plant’. It is of the Crassulaceae Stonecrop family. Kalanchoe is distributed in countries such as India, Australia, New Zealand, … Read more