{"product_id":"crc-handbook-of-medicinal-spices-paperback","title":"CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames A. Duke\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Let food be your medicine, medicine your food.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Hippocrates, 2400 B.C. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiscover the Science behind the Folklore \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpices 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 \u003cstrong\u003eCRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices\u003c\/strong\u003e provides the science behind the folklore of over 60 popular spices. For each spice, it lists: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScientific name\u003cbr\u003eCommon name\u003cbr\u003eMedicinal activities and indications\u003cbr\u003eMultiple activities\u003cbr\u003eOther uses, especially culinary\u003cbr\u003eCultivation\u003cbr\u003eChemistry\u003cbr\u003eImportant phytochemical constituents and their activities \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52597146878259,"sku":"9780367395766","price":152.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/eFpaUVRVMmtlcXNjblh2bCtuekFrdz09.webp?v=1761713691","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/crc-handbook-of-medicinal-spices-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}