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Plants, including many now used as culinary herbs and spices, have been used as medicines, not necessarily effectively, from prehistoric times.Spices have been used partly to counter food spoilage bacteria, especially in hot climates, [6] [7] and especially in meat dishes that spoil more readily. [8]
The use of plants for medicinal purposes, and their descriptions, dates back two to three thousand years. [10] [11] The word herbal is derived from the mediaeval Latin liber herbalis ("book of herbs"): [2] it is sometimes used in contrast to the word florilegium, which is a treatise on flowers [12] with emphasis on their beauty and enjoyment rather than the herbal emphasis on their utility. [13]
Most of the water vapor that turns into dew comes from the air, not the soil or clouds. [23] [24] The taller the herb (surface area is the main factor though), the more dew it produces, [25] [26] so a short cut of the herbs necessitates watering.
It is a popular misconception that herbal medicines are safe and side-effect free. [35] Consumption of herbs may cause adverse effects . [ 36 ] Furthermore, "adulteration, inappropriate formulation, or lack of understanding of plant and drug interactions have led to adverse reactions that are sometimes life threatening or lethal."
Cordyline fruticosa is an evergreen flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae.The plant is of great cultural importance to the traditional inhabitants of the Pacific Islands and Island Southeast Asia.
A root of cultivated Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng). Ginseng (/ ˈ dʒ ɪ n s ɛ ŋ /) [1] is the root [a] of plants in the genus Panax, such as South China ginseng (P. notoginseng), Korean ginseng (P. ginseng), and American ginseng (P. quinquefolius), characterized by the presence of ginsenosides and gintonin.
Gambier extract is used or has been used as a catechu for chewing with areca and betel, for tanning and dyeing, and as herbal medicine.Gambier extract was also used by native people as a medical treatment or prevention of diseases that were believed to be spread by the now obsolete medical theory of miasma.
The fruits of G. procumbens, considered its actual "teaberries", are edible, with a taste of mildly sweet wintergreen similar to the flavors of the Mentha varieties M. piperita (peppermint) and M. spicata (spearmint) even though G. procumbens is not a true mint.