5 Superfoods to Minimize Common Winter Illnesses Healthier Winter Eating Tips
The term, superfood, is reserved for foods that are very nutrient dense, and full of vitamins and minerals, especially if purchased as organic foods. During the winter, certain superfoods go…
Healthy Summer Recipes: Grilling with Fruit & Veggies
With the 4th of July right around the corner, here’s a reason to fire up the gril for a fruit-veggie barbeque day. Grilled fruits and vegetables can make for an…
Culinary Spices: A Month-Long Exploration March 2023 Theme: "Fuel for the Future"
March is National Nutrition Month, so we are starting our own celebration and calling it HOLISTICALLY SPEAKING. Join us DAILY as we provide holisticA healing approach that looks at the…
Kava: A Natural Aphrodisiac (L.) Piper methysticum
With February deemed as the month of love, in this edition, we’ll cover the natural herbal aphrodisiac, Kava (or by its Latin name, Piper methysticum). In its most authentic form, Kava hails…
Cayenne for Constipation (L.) Capsicum frutescens
Although erroneously called a type of pepper, cayenne is actual an herb/spice from the Nightshade family, which includes tomatoes, eggplants, and potatoes. Actually, Cayenne is from the Capsicum genus consisting…
Astragalus for Long-Term Immune Support (L.) A. propinquus / A. membranaceus / A. mongholicus / Phaca membranacea
PHYLOGENETIC INFORMATION: Phylum: Angiosperm Class: Eudicot Family: Fabaceae Genus: Astragalus L. Species: A. propinquus (syn. A. membranaceus), A. mongholicus (syn. Phaca membranacea) Common Names: Astragalus [root], Radix Astragali/Astragali Radix, milk…
Black Pepper for Digestion & More… (L.) Piper nigrum
In this herbs and spices spotlight, we’ll explore the popular “king of spices” – black pepperAs we continue with HOLISTICALLY SPEAKING, today we will spotlight BLACK PEPPER
As we continue with HOLISTICALLY SPEAKING, today we will spotlight BLACK PEPPER as our third culinary spice for National Nutrition Month. Sometimes called black peppercorn, piper, or pepper for short, More as our third…
St. John’s Wort for Depression (L.) Hypericum perforatum
…Useful for people who are in the dark, living a shadow life. It opens the emotional windows and lets the sunlight in.” ~David Winston, Adaptogens (2nd ed.) In this herb…