SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2006 Caraway Carum carvi
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There is a lot of medicine in the spice jars on your shelves and several of these are already covered in other ‘Keeping the Plants alive' Plant Profiles with a difference. These are Cinnamon, Fenugreek, Coriander, Capsicum, Ginger and Turmeric and now Caraway.
It appears to be a lesser player in the list of spices, always playing a part along with others, perhaps because it is less fussy about its growing conditions (for a spice) it wasn't valued as much. I think it could stand on its own in its main use medicinally which is to improve digestive function.
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June/July 2006 Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus
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Hot, spicy and a little naked...
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September/October 2005 Fenugreek Trigonella foenum-graecum
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Continuing the series on 'Let your food be your medicine with Fenugreek.....'
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FEBRUARY/MARCH 2005 Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis
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Continuing the series on 'Let your food be your medicine.....'
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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2004
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Coriander - Coriandrum sativum
Pungent, enticing, alluring, sensual, complex, surprising and a little estoteric. Smells bad, tastes good.
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MAY/JUNE 2004 Portulaca oleracea Purslane
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Portulaca oleracea Purslane (also called wild Portulaca, or Pigweed)
Ancient plant and modern medicine
Continuing ‘Let your Food be your Medicine' series.
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JANUARY/ FEBRUARY 2004 Chilli Capsicum minimum, C. fructescens
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Continuing in the ‘Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food' (Hippocrates) series (See Ginger, Garlic and Turmeric) Written by Isla Burgess
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JUNE/JULY 2003 Cinnamon - Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Cinnamomum cassia
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Continuing in the ‘Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food' (Hippocrates) series (See Ginger, Garlic and Turmeric) Written by Isla Burgess
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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2003 Motherwort - Leonurus cardiaca
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‘Drink Motherwort and live to be a source of continuous astonishment and grief to waiting heirs.' (Anon, origin unknown)
Written by Clare Baker and Isla Burgess
Information in 'Keeping the Plants Alive' is a guide and should not be used as a substitute for consulting a qualified health practitioner.
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AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2002 Ginger - Zingiber officinalis
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Keeping the Plants Alive is written by Isla Burgess, pictures are by WhaleGrave Photos.
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MAY/JUNE 2002 Plantago ssp - Plantain
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This months plant profile for 'Keeping the Plants Alive' is written by Clare Baker, photos are by Barry O'Brien.
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FEBRUARY/MARCH 2002 Turmeric- Cucuma longa
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Keeping the Plants Alive is written by Isla Burgess, pictures are by WhaleGrave Photos.
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DECEMBER/JANUARY 2002 Kava - Piper Methysticum
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OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2001 - Garlic - Allium sativum
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AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2001 - Ginkgo - Ginkgo biloba
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JUNE/JULY 2001 - St John's Wort - Hypericum perforatum
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