Monday, February 3, 2014
Plants that Grow in the Forest: Garlic - Medicinal Uses
Liliana Usvat
When a forest is cut ( destroyed) all the plants that live in the forest are destroyed.
We all know that garlic is also cultivated but in the original state was and still is growing in the forest.
History
With a history of human use of over 7,000 years, garlic is native to central Asia, and has long been a staple in the Mediterranean region, as well as a frequent seasoning in Asia, Africa, and Europe. It was known to Ancient Egyptians, and has been used for both culinary and medicinal purposes.
Species
Garlic - Allium sativum grows in the wild in areas where it has become naturalized.
Garlic is widely used around the world for its pungent flavor as a seasoning or condiment.
The garlic plant's bulb is the most commonly used part of the plant. With the exception of the single clove types, garlic bulbs are normally divided into numerous fleshy sections called cloves.
Garlic cloves are used for consumption (raw or cooked) or for medicinal purposes. They have a characteristic pungent, spicy flavor that mellows and sweetens considerably with cooking.
Other parts of the garlic plant are also edible.
The leaves and flowers (bulbils) on the head (spathe) are sometimes eaten. They are milder in flavor than the bulbs,and are most often consumed while immature and still tender. Immature garlic is sometimes pulled, rather like a scallion, and sold as "green garlic".
When green garlic is allowed to grow past the "scallion" stage, but not permitted to fully mature, it may produce a garlic "round", a bulb like a boiling onion, but not separated into cloves like a mature bulb.Additionally, the immature flower stalks (scapes) of the hardneck and elephant types are sometimes marketed for uses similar to asparagus in stir-fries.
It was consumed by ancient Greek and Roman soldiers, sailors, and rural classes (Virgil, Ecologues ii. 11), and, according to Pliny the Elder (Natural History ), by the African peasantry. Galen eulogizes it as the "rustic's theriac" (cure-all) , and Alexander Neckam, a writer of the 12th century , recommends it as a palliative for the heat of the sun in field labor.
Mix ginger garlic lemon juice and vinegar and simmer for an hour.
Remained after boiling mixture is allowed to cool, mix well with honey and put it in the fridge in a glass jar (not plastic).
Drink cite a spoon in the morning before breakfast.
I understand that some people Iulian Barbu (who were scheduled for "by-pass" surgery) after consuming this product for 2-3 months no longer needed surgery.
Garlic Festivals - Eco Tourism
The 4th annual Sussex County Harvest, Honey and Garlic Festival held at the Sussex County Fairgrounds, 37 Plains Road, Augusta, on October 12th from 10am - 4pm. This Festival is a celebration of agritourism, ecotourism and arts & heritage tourism.
The County of Sussex, the Sussex County Beekeepers Association and the Garden State Garlic Growers are joining with the Sussex County Farm and Horse Show to showcase New Jersey's great northwest
Toronto Garlic Festival
The purpose of the annual Toronto Garlic Festival is to:
- Be a place for festival visitors to relax and have fun with family and friends;
- Promote the health benefits of Ontario garlic;
- Build a stronger connection between urban communities and rural agriculture;
- Educate and encourage home cooks and chefs to use Ontario produce (including garlic) in their cooking;
- Encourage Ontario farmers and urban gardeners to grow more garlic, including rare and heirloom varieties.
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When a forest is cut ( destroyed) all the plants that live in the forest are destroyed.
- Clear cutting the forest is a term that means everything is removed from the forest with cutting the trees for industrial use. So the forest in the initial format has no chance to regenerate.
- This is done lately in the name of the reduction of gases and the fight against global warming.
- Writers, "scientists" are actually paid to justify cutting the forests. How? By replacing coal power plants with wood power plants 43 in UK 220 in USA.
- Universities are teaching students (that actually pay to study) the management of the forest meaning how to cut the trees.
We all know that garlic is also cultivated but in the original state was and still is growing in the forest.
History
With a history of human use of over 7,000 years, garlic is native to central Asia, and has long been a staple in the Mediterranean region, as well as a frequent seasoning in Asia, Africa, and Europe. It was known to Ancient Egyptians, and has been used for both culinary and medicinal purposes.
Species
Garlic - Allium sativum grows in the wild in areas where it has become naturalized.
- The "wild garlic", "crow garlic ", and "field garlic" of Britain are members of the species Allium ursinum, Allium vineale, and Allium oleraceum, respectively.
- In North America, Allium vineale (known as "wild garlic" or "crow garlic") and Allium canadense, known as "meadow garlic" or "wild garlic" and "wild onion", are common weeds in fields.
- One of the best-known "garlics", the so-called elephant garlic, is actually a wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum), and not a true garlic. Single clove garlic (also called pearl or solo garlic) originated in the Yunnan province of China.
Culinary uses
The garlic plant's bulb is the most commonly used part of the plant. With the exception of the single clove types, garlic bulbs are normally divided into numerous fleshy sections called cloves.
Garlic cloves are used for consumption (raw or cooked) or for medicinal purposes. They have a characteristic pungent, spicy flavor that mellows and sweetens considerably with cooking.
Other parts of the garlic plant are also edible.
The leaves and flowers (bulbils) on the head (spathe) are sometimes eaten. They are milder in flavor than the bulbs,and are most often consumed while immature and still tender. Immature garlic is sometimes pulled, rather like a scallion, and sold as "green garlic".
When green garlic is allowed to grow past the "scallion" stage, but not permitted to fully mature, it may produce a garlic "round", a bulb like a boiling onion, but not separated into cloves like a mature bulb.Additionally, the immature flower stalks (scapes) of the hardneck and elephant types are sometimes marketed for uses similar to asparagus in stir-fries.
Historical use
Hippocrates, Galen, Pliny the Elder, and Dioscorides all mention the use
of garlic for many conditions, including
- parasites,
- respiratory problems,
- poor digestion, and
- low energy.
It was consumed by ancient Greek and Roman soldiers, sailors, and rural classes (Virgil, Ecologues ii. 11), and, according to Pliny the Elder (Natural History ), by the African peasantry. Galen eulogizes it as the "rustic's theriac" (cure-all) , and Alexander Neckam, a writer of the 12th century , recommends it as a palliative for the heat of the sun in field labor.
Medicinal use
- Modern science has shown that garlic is a powerful natural antibiotic
- Garlic prevents strokes and reduce tension in the arteries. To be useful in this case, it is recommended to consume garlic chopped or tossed reduce high blood pressure.
- Garlic is also alleged to help regulate blood sugar levels
- Regular and prolonged use of therapeutic amounts of aged garlic extracts lower blood homocysteine levels and has been shown to prevent some complications of diabetes
- Garlic was used as an antiseptic to prevent gangrene during World War I and World War II
- In 1924, it was found to be an effective way to prevent scurvy, because of its high vitamin C content.
- People who usually have cold hands and feet, regardless of season, are recommended to consume garlic permanent. Sulphur compounds in garlic normalizes blood circulation, regulates blood pressure, and peripheral circulation.
- garlic has diuretic action, helping to eliminate retained water in the body decreases and high blood pressure
- Influenza - three to four cloves of garlic daily consumption reduced by at least one third the odds of us getting sick during a flu epidemic. This is because garlic, besides the fact that it has the effect of strengthening the immunity, contains substances that kill or slow the growth of the influenza virus.
- Oral Candida - a study of experimental medicine shows a parasitic fungus antiseptic garlic stronger than Nystatin, the drug commonly anticandidozic. Mouth rinses are made 2-3 times per day, with one quarter cup of water, which dissolved a half tablespoon of garlic macerated in alcohol.
- Athlete's foot disease - put a small poultice, made from 1 to 2 cloves garlic, between fingers affected. Demonstrated by direct testing this simple treatment effects at least comparable to those of sophisticated synthetic creams used to treat this disease.
- 250 ml of garlic juice organic
- 250 ml organic ginger juice
- 250 ml organic lemon juice
- 250 ml organic apple cider vinegar
- 750 ml of unpasteurized honey
Mix ginger garlic lemon juice and vinegar and simmer for an hour. Remained after boiling mixture is allowed to cool, mix well with honey and put it in the fridge in a glass jar (not plastic).
Drink cite a spoon in the morning before breakfast.
I understand that some people Iulian Barbu (who were scheduled for "by-pass" surgery) after consuming this product for 2-3 months no longer needed surgery.
Garlic Festivals - Eco Tourism
The 4th annual Sussex County Harvest, Honey and Garlic Festival held at the Sussex County Fairgrounds, 37 Plains Road, Augusta, on October 12th from 10am - 4pm. This Festival is a celebration of agritourism, ecotourism and arts & heritage tourism.
The County of Sussex, the Sussex County Beekeepers Association and the Garden State Garlic Growers are joining with the Sussex County Farm and Horse Show to showcase New Jersey's great northwest
Toronto Garlic Festival
The purpose of the annual Toronto Garlic Festival is to:
- Be a place for festival visitors to relax and have fun with family and friends;
- Promote the health benefits of Ontario garlic;
- Build a stronger connection between urban communities and rural agriculture;
- Educate and encourage home cooks and chefs to use Ontario produce (including garlic) in their cooking;
- Encourage Ontario farmers and urban gardeners to grow more garlic, including rare and heirloom varieties.
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Saturday, February 1, 2014
Forest Plants - Tumeric - Mecicinal Uses
By Liliana Usvat
Turmeric grows wild in the forests of South and Southeast Asia. Turmeric comes from the root of the Curcuma longa plant and has a tough brown skin and a deep orange flesh. Turmeric has long been used as a powerful anti-inflammatory in both the Chinese and Indian systems of medicine. Turmeric was traditionally called "Indian saffron" because of its deep yellow-orange color and has been used throughout history as a condiment, healing remedy and textile dye.
Turmeric is an excellent source of both iron and manganese. It is also a good source of vitamin B6, dietary fiber, and potassium.
Turmeric is widely used as a spice in South Asian and Middle Eastern cooking. Many Persian dishes use turmeric as a starter ingredient. Almost all Iranian fried dishes consist of oil, onions, and turmeric followed by any other ingredients that are to be included.
Turmeric is mostly used in savory dishes, but is used in some sweet dishes, such as the cake Sfouf. In India, turmeric plant leaf is used to prepare special sweet dishes, patoleo, by layering rice flour and coconut-jaggery mixture on the leaf, and then closing and steaming it in a special copper steamer (goa).
In Tamilnadu, turmeric has been used traditionally for thousands of
years as a remedy for stomach and liver ailments, as well as topically
to heal sores, basically for its supposed antimicrobial property.
In the Siddha system (since c. 1900 BCE) turmeric was a medicine for a range of diseases and conditions, including those of the skin, pulmonary, and gastrointestinal systems, aches, pains, wounds, sprains, and liver disorders. A fresh juice is commonly used in many skin conditions, including
Turmeric has been used in Tamilnadu for thousands of years and is a major part of Siddha medicine. It was first used as a dye and then later for its medicinal properties.
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Turmeric grows wild in the forests of South and Southeast Asia. Turmeric comes from the root of the Curcuma longa plant and has a tough brown skin and a deep orange flesh. Turmeric has long been used as a powerful anti-inflammatory in both the Chinese and Indian systems of medicine. Turmeric was traditionally called "Indian saffron" because of its deep yellow-orange color and has been used throughout history as a condiment, healing remedy and textile dye.
Turmeric is an excellent source of both iron and manganese. It is also a good source of vitamin B6, dietary fiber, and potassium.
Culinary
Turmeric is widely used as a spice in South Asian and Middle Eastern cooking. Many Persian dishes use turmeric as a starter ingredient. Almost all Iranian fried dishes consist of oil, onions, and turmeric followed by any other ingredients that are to be included.
Turmeric is mostly used in savory dishes, but is used in some sweet dishes, such as the cake Sfouf. In India, turmeric plant leaf is used to prepare special sweet dishes, patoleo, by layering rice flour and coconut-jaggery mixture on the leaf, and then closing and steaming it in a special copper steamer (goa).
Folk medicine and traditional uses
In the Siddha system (since c. 1900 BCE) turmeric was a medicine for a range of diseases and conditions, including those of the skin, pulmonary, and gastrointestinal systems, aches, pains, wounds, sprains, and liver disorders. A fresh juice is commonly used in many skin conditions, including
Manjal Pal (turmeric milk) is warm milk mixed with some
turmeric powder. It is commonly used in Tamilnadu as a home remedy when
someone is suffering from fever. Turmeric paste is often used in Tamilnadu as an antiseptic in open wounds, while chun-holud (turmeric with slaked lime) is used to stop bleeding as home remedies. It is also used as a detanning agent in Tamilnadu.
The active compound curcumin is believed to have a wide range of biological effects including
- anti-inflammatory,
- improved Liver Functions
- antioxidant,
- antitumour,
- antibacterial, and
- antiviral activities, which indicate potential in clinical medicine.
- In Chinese medicine, it is used for treatment of various infections and as an antiseptic.
- administration of curcumin or turmeric can suppress several stages of cancer development in multiple tumor models.
- irreversibly inhibit the multiplication of leukemia cells in a cell culture
- Help for Cystic Fibrosis Sufferers
- Epidemiological studies have linked the frequent use of turmeric to lower rates of breast, prostate, lung and colon cancer; laboratory experiments have shown curcumin can prevent tumors from forming; and research conducted at the University of Texas suggests that even when breast cancer is already present, curcumin can help slow the spread of breast cancer cells to the lungs in mice.
- An Effective Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- prevent the oxidation of cholesterol in the body. Since oxidized cholesterol is what damages blood vessels and builds up in the plaques that can lead to heart attack or stroke, preventing the oxidation of new cholesterol may help to reduce the progression of atherosclerosis and diabetic heart disease.
- Relief for Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Inhibits Cancer Cell Growth and Metastases
- Protection against Alzheimer's Disease
- Turmeric and Onions May Help Prevent Colon Cancer. Curcumin, a phytonutrient found in the curry spice turmeric, and quercitin, an antioxidant in onions, reduce both the size and number of precancerous lesions in the human intestinal tract
Tips for Preparing Turmeric
Be careful when using turmeric since its deep color can easily stain. To avoid a lasting stain, quickly wash any area with which it has made contact with soap and water. To prevent staining your hands, you might consider wearing kitchen gloves while handling turmeric.
If you are able to find turmeric rhizomes in the grocery store, you can make your own fresh turmeric powder by boiling, drying and then grinding it into a fine consistency.History
Siddha Medicine
Siddha Medicineis one of the oldest medical systems known to mankind Reported to have surfaced more than 10000 years ago, the Siddha system of medicine is considered one of the most ancient traditional medical systems.
The Siddha flourished in the period of Indus Valley civilization. Palm
leaf manuscripts says that the Siddha system was first described by Lord
Shiva to his wife Parvathy. Parvathy explained all this knowledge to
her son Lord Muruga. He taught all these knowledge to his disciple sage
Agasthya. Agasthya taught 18 Siddhars and they spread this knowledge to
human beings.
Siddhars were of the concept that a healthy soul
can only be developed through a healthy body. So they developed methods
and medication that are believed to strengthen their physical body and
thereby their souls.
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