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CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices by James A. Duke (2002, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCRC Press LLC
ISBN-100849312795
ISBN-139780849312793
eBay Product ID (ePID)2217510
Product Key Features
Number of Pages360 Pages
Publication NameCrc Handbook of Medicinal Spices
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2002
SubjectSpecific Ingredients / Herbs, Spices, Condiments, Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Naturopathy, Life Sciences / General, Herbal Medications
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaCooking, Health & Fitness, Science, Medical
AuthorJames A. Duke
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight29 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2002-067412
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal615.321
Synopsis"Let food be your medicine, medicine your food." -Hippocrates, 2400 B.C. When 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. Discover the Science behind the Folklore Spices 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 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices provides the science behind the folklore of over 60 popular spices. For each spice, it lists: Scientific name Common name Medicinal activities and indications Multiple activities Other uses, especially culinary Cultivation Chemistry Important phytochemical constituents and their activities The 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., Written by renowned ethnobotanist James A. Duke, CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices provides a systematic review of more than 60 important medicinal spice plants. Offering much more than a few old wives' tales, Duke takes care to present the science behind the folklore and he supplies a listing of the phytochemicals in each spice that could contribute to its medicinal activity. He also includes market and import data, culinary uses, ecology and cultural information, and discusses at length the use of spices as antiseptics and antioxidants. Each entry includes scientific and common names, medicinal activities and indications, and other uses.
LC Classification NumberRS164.C826 2002
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