Medicinal Herbs and Spices: The Origins and Nutritional Benefits of Culinary Plants

A practical guide to making your food your medicine

* Explores the healing benefits, cultural history, and culinary use of 56 herbs and spices

* Explains how to easily incorporate herbs and spices into everyday cooking to enhance flavor, nutrition, and healing

* Presents scientific research on the benefits of phytochemicals, including their preventative effects on chronic diseases such as arthritis and Alzheimer's

For thousands of years, herbs and spices have been valued not only for flavor ...