Chinese Onion (Allium chinense): Health Benefits, Nutrition

Chinese Onion (Allium chinense) Health Benefits, Nutrition

Chinese onion (A. Chinense), also called oriental onion, Chinese jiaotou, is a hardy which grows as a dense evergreen clumps with small, pretty, deep rose pink flowers. It is a medicinal and aromatic herbal plant from the Amaryllidaceae family. It is a close relative of onion, shallot, leek, chives, and garlic. Allium chinense can grow … Read more

Garlic chives or Chinese Chives (Allium tuberosum): Nutrition, Health Benefits

Garlic chives or Chinese Chives (Allium tuberosum) Nutrition, Health Benefits

Garlic chives, also called Allium tuberosum, Oriental garlic, Asian chives, Chinese chives or Chinese leek, is a late-season bloomer of the onion family (Amaryllidaceae). It is native to Southeast Asia, but mainly used as an ornamental plant in North America. It is mostly grown and consumed as a vegetable in Asian countries like China, India, … Read more

Chives (allium schoenoprasum): Health and Nutritional Benefits

Chives (allium schoenoprasum) Health and Nutritional Benefits

Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) is a plant in the lily family (Liliaceae), and Allium genus alongside onions, garlic, leek, and shallot. It is grown as both a culinary plant, with the mild onion flavor, and also for the medicinal value. Chive is native to Europe and Asia, and possibly, North America. It is a herbaceous perennial … Read more

Important Benefits of Scallion, Green Onion or Spring Onion

Benefits of Scallion, Green Onion or Spring Onion

Scallion also called green onions, salad onions, spring onions, or green bunch onions are a vegetable of the Alium onion species harvested at the immature stage before the bulb fully develops. It has a white base that did not fully develop into a bulb, and long green stalks. The white part has more flavor than … Read more

Garlic (Allium sativum): Major Health and Nutritional Benefits

Garlic Allium sativum Health and Nutritional Benefits

Garlic (Allium sativum L) is a spice and medicinal plant from the family, Amaryllidaceae, just like onions (Allium cepa), Shallot (Allium ascalonicum), Leek (Allium porrum). Alium is from a Celtic word, which means ‘pungent’. The plant is a herbaceous, annual, bulbous plant. The bulb is edible, and has a pungent smell. The garlic bulb may … Read more