Herbs that are useful to your body 17 Articles

by Gordon Hamilton

Herbs and spices have been used by human beings for medicinal and health generating purposes virtually since the beginning of our time on this Earth. Verifiable physical evidence of the practice dates back more than five t...read more

by Kimberley Heit

All herbs contain vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants; making them somehwat useful to the human body. However, around 35,000 of the world's plant species are believed to possess medicinal healing abilities. Herbs can be u...read more

by Tressa Paul

Thousands of years before the advent of high-tech laboratories, pharmaceutical drugs and over-the-counter drugstore remedies, people visited the pharmacy of Mother Nature and made use of herbs for all their ailing problems...read more

by A. C. O'Brien

Herbs and spices, they can do more than just flavor our foods? For generations untold, herbs and spices have played a major role in life. We use them in our foods, in our cosmetics and perfumes, in the not too distant pas...read more

by Phronesis

Herbs are known for their strong nutritional and medicinal properties. There are different kinds of herbs in this small world of ours, and they all have varying medicinal abilities as proven and tested by many. When it ...read more

by Angela Pollock

Those herbs that you have been adding to your favorite culinary dishes may offer you more than just added flavor. Many of the herbs that we commonly associate with cooking have been used by individuals for thousands of ye...read more

by Ruth Belena

Herbs can be really useful. Many of them have properties which help to relieve symptoms and heal the body. Some herbs can aid digestion and help to reduce weight. Others are useful in preventing diseases. - Herbs for I...read more

by Glynnis Hayward

Herbs are used extensively for flavoring food, but if they are fresh, many herbs have the added benefit of being good for you. (Dried herbs lose their goodness rapidly as they age.) They have been used since ancient times...read more

by Charlotte Howard

Herbs are used mainly to add flavour to foods, but they can also have health benefits. There use in medicine can be dated back to the beginning of writing, when tinctures and remedies were made up and used to treat ailmen...read more

by Michelle L Devon

Below is a list of several herbs that can be added to just about any recipe, giving it added flavor along with health benefits, without taking harsh chemical pills. Of course, you should consult your health care profession...read more

by D Wood

Herbs that are useful to your body. Medical Herbalism is now widely practiced in Europe. One can actually study herbalism at certain universities. A herbalist must know the action of of herbs on different body systems. ...read more

by Dreamy

Most people have suffered from acne at one time or another. Some women have difficulty during pregnancy with nausea or heartburn. Some women and men have fertility problems preventing them from expanding their family. H...read more

by Dee Mccoy

Herbs are the earth's gifts to ailing mankind. These simple treasures provide not only culinary delight but physical relief as well. Several herbs have calming and revitalizing properties that can help us survive stressf...read more

by Vivek Kumar

Herbs are the culinary and medicinal plants. These are the low-growing aromatic plants which are used fresh or dried for seasoning, for their medicinal properties, or in perfumes. There are a wide variety of herbs such as ...read more

by Reverend Ashira Goddard

The first question is why would any one use healing plants instead of medicine? The simplest answer is, because they work. They also have the benefit of being able to work with other medicines with little or no danger of...read more