Healing Spices ~ How to Use 50 Everyday and Exotic Spices to Boost Health and Beat Disease

Breakthrough Scientific Research Is Finding That Spices-even More Than Herbs, Fruits, And Vegetables-are Loaded With Antioxidants And Other Unique Health-enhancing Compounds. Studies Of Dietary Patterns Around The World Confirm That Spice-consuming Populations Have The Lowest Incidence Of Such Life-threatening Illnesses As Heart Disease, Cancer, Diabetes, And Alzheimer's. bharat B. Aggarwal, The World's Foremost Expert On The Therapeutic Use Of Culinary Spices, Takes An In-depth Look At 50 Different Spices And Their Curative Qualities, And Offers Spice “prescriptions”-categorized By Health Condition-to Match The Right Spice To A Specific Ailment. Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Introduction: From My Laboratory to Your Kitchen Part One: The Healing Power of Spices Ancient Medicines, New Discoveries: The Proof Is Positive—Spices Can Heal The Healing Spice Cabinet: From Mysterious to Mainstream— How to Buy and Store the Healing Spices Part Two: The Healing Spices Ajowan: Nature’s Pharmacy Allspice: An All-Around Healer Almond: Heart Guard Amchur: Mango with an Extra Pinch of Health Aniseed: The Ultimate Digestif Asafoetida: Fabled Flu-Fighter Basil: The Garden of Youth Bay Leaf: An Infusion of Antioxidants Black Cumin Seed: The “Amazing” Cure-All Black Pepper: The King of Spices Caraway: After-Dinner Relief Cardamom: The Stomach Sentinel Celery Seed: First Aid for Gout Chile: Red-Hot Healer Cinnamon: Balancing Blood Sugar Clove: Pain Relief’s Loyal Servant Cocoa: How Sweet It Is! Coconut: The Fat that Burns Calories Coriander: Taming Tummy Troubles Cumin: Keeping Diabetes Under Control Curry Leaf: From Mother Nature’s Branch of Medicine Fennel Seed: Calming Cramps and Colic Fenugreek Seed: Defeating Diabetes Galangal: Better Health, Courtesy of Thailand Garlic: Strong Enough to Battle Heart Disease Ginger: Quieting That Queasy Feeling Horseradish: Potent Infection Fighter Juniper Berry: The Natural Diuretic Kokum: India’s Exotic Weight-Loss Wonder Lemongrass: The Calming Spice Marjoram: The Mediterranean Miracle Mint: The Essence of Freshness Mustard Seed: Faithful to Good Health Nutmeg: A Sprinkle of Healing Onion: Too Strong for Cancer Oregano: Infection Protection Parsley: Antioxidant Enhancer Pomegranate: “A Pharmacy unto Itself” Pumpkin Seed: Shielding the Prostate Rosemary: Cancer Guard for the Grill Saffron: Lifting Your Spirit Sage: Improving Memory and Mood Sesame Seed: Oiling Your Circulation Star Anise: Beautiful and Healthful Sun-Dried Tomato: Guardian of Men’s Health Tamarind: A Beloved Folk Remedy Thyme: Anti-Microbial, Pro-Health Turmeric: Leading Crusader against Disease Vanilla: Health in Your Dessert Wasabi: Hot Ally against Cancer Part Three: Special Spice Combos Spice Mixes and Rubs from Around the World: Easy Combos to Create Delicious Healing Dishes Currying Flavor: The Secret to Creating Powders and Pastes Hot and Healthy: Healing Tips from the World’s Warm Zones Part Four: Spices as Natural Medicines From Arthritis to Ulcers, an A-to-Z Guide to the Therapeutic Potential of the Healing Spices Part Five: Resources A Buyer’s Guide to the Healing Spices Index pt. 1. The healing power of spices pt. 2. The healing spices : Ajowan : Nature's pharmacy ; Allspice : A all-around healer ; Almond : Heart guard ; Amchur : Mango with an extra pinch of health ; Aniseed : The ultimate digestif ; Asofoetida : Fabled flu-fighter ; Basil : The garden of youth ; Bay leaf : An infusion of antioxidants ; Black cumin seed : The "amazing" cure-all ; Black pepper : The king of spices ; Caraway : After-dinner relief ; Cardamom : The stomach sentinel ; Celery seed : First aid for gout ; Chile : Red-hot healer ; Cinnamon : Balancing blood sugar ; Clove : Pain relief's loyal servant ; Cocoa : How sweet it is! ; Coconut : The fat that burns calories ; Coriander : Taming the tummy troubles ; Cumin : Keeping diabetes under control Curry leaf : From Mother Nature's branch of medicine ; Fennel seed : Calming cramps and colic ; Fenugreek seed : Defeating diabetes ; Galangal : Better health, courtesy of Thailand ; Garlic : Strong enough to battle heart disease ; Ginger : Quieting that queasy feeling ; Horseradish : Potent infection fighter ; Juniper berry : The natural diuretic ; Kokum : India's exotic weight-loss wonder ; Lemongrass : The calming spice ; Marjoram : The Mediterranean miracle ; Mint : The essence of freshness : Mustard seed : Faithful to good health ; Nutmeg : A sprinkle of healing ; Onion : Too strong for cancer ; Oregano : Infection protection ; Parsley : Antioxidant enhancer ; Pomegranate : "A pharmacy unto itself" ; Pumpkin seed : Shielding the prostate ; Rosemary : Cancer guard for the grill ; Saffron : Lifting your spirit ; Sage : Improving memory and mood ; Sesame seed : Oiling your circulation ; Star anise : Beautiful and healthful ; Sun-dried tomato : Guardian of men's health ; Tamarind : A beloved folk remedy ; Thyme : Anti-microbial, pro-health ; Turmeric : Leading crusader against disease ; Vanilla : Health in your dessert ; Wasabi : Hot ally against cancer pt. 3. Special spice combos : Spice mixes and rubs from around the world ; Easy combos to create delicious healing dishes ; Currying flavor : the secret to creating powders and pastes ; Hot and healthy : healing tips from the world's warm zones pt. 4. Spices as natural medicines : From arthritis to ulcers, and A-to-Z guide to the therapeutic potential of the healing spices pt. 5. Resources : A buyer's guide to the healing spices ; Index. Looks at the healing properties of fifty spices and explains how they can be incorporated into a healthy diet to treat specific health problems and boost natural immunity against common diseases, with fifty recipes for main and side dishes and instructions for making spice mixes. A book that take a look at 50 different spices and their curative qualities. It offers spice 'prescriptions' to match the right spice to a specific ailment.