By admin (
June 18, 2011 at 3:41 pm)
· Filed under Healing Herbs, Natural Health, clove, Healing Herbs, medicinal herbs, natural medical herbs, spices
Cloves, Clove (Eugenia caryophyllus / Clove)
Its aroma is strong, spicy and penetrating. Clove has been appreciated since ancient times not only as a spice added to many recipes but also because of its medicinal properties of its essential oil
Clove Description:
It belongs to the Myrtaceae family (for those of you who may be interested). Clove is a tree that takes 20 years to develop and reaches a height that goes from 12 and 15 meters (36 to 50 feet ). The tree will produce its fruit for around 50 years. Its leaves are quite similar to those of the laurel. [...] Continue Reading…
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
Permalink
By admin (
June 15, 2011 at 2:08 pm)
· Filed under Healing Herbs, Natural Health, antioxident, herbal medicine, medicinal herbs, natural herbs, sweet almond
Sweet Almond(Prunus dulcis / sweet almonds)
Apart from the fact that it is delicious and used both for cooking and as appetizers, this species is highly prized for the beauty of its flowers and for its edible seeds, almonds. Additionally almond oil is extracted and is one of the more widely used natural oils around.
Sweet Almond Tree Description:
A deciduous tree of the Rosaceae family, that grow up to 10 meters in height. Its leaves are pointed and oval shaped, with a jagged outline and grow to 12 cm in length. The flowers are grouped in pairs and are white [...] Continue Reading…
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
Permalink
By admin (
June 13, 2011 at 4:56 pm)
· Filed under Healing Herbs, Natural Health, aloe vera, medicinal herbs, natural herbs
Aloe Vera (Aloe Barbadensis / Aloe)
There are around 300 species of Aloe and of these four major types have been scientifically proved to have medicinal properties. The most widely used and popular is Aloe Barbadensis, known as Aloe Vera.
Aloe Plant Description:
It is a perennial plant of the Liliaceae family that grows to 60 cm. in height.
It has green leaves which are long, hard, sword shaped with a series of sharp points on each edge. The leaves grow directly from the soil.
The Aloe gel reaches its peak nutritional content after three years of plant life.
It has yellow flowers in [...] Continue Reading…
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
Permalink
By admin (
June 12, 2011 at 8:35 pm)
· Filed under Healing Herbs, Natural Health
Basil
This small plant has a fragrant and slightly spicy aroma, and is very much appreciated by lovers of good food although it is not as well known for its important therapeutic value in many aspects.
Description:
Of the family Labiatae, is an annual plant which has a stem about 40 cm. high and its leaves are 2 to 5 cm long and slightly toothed. The flowers are white or slightly purple, arranged in elongated spikes. The fruit is small and smooth. Basil is sorted according to the size of the leaves; the “big green” is used in decoration, the “thin green, [...] Continue Reading…
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
Permalink
