Carlo Petrini
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 The house was surrounded by freely growing herbs that over the centuries their ancestors had learned to use for nutritional and medicinal purposes, but they themselves had no idea how to cook them; in fact, they weren't even aware that they were edible. |
Robert S. McCaleb, Evelyn Leigh, and Krista Morien
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 Like OTC drugs in the United States, natural medicines were approved in Europe by expert panels, such as the German Commission E, which looked at existing research evidence and used their own expertise to make decisions about herbal remedies. |
Carlo Petrini
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| In Europe, women were the repositories of pharmacological knowledge connected with herbs, until the Inquisition began to stigmatize them as witches; a vast heritage of knowledge disappeared with them, and only today, thanks to developments in herbalism, can we attempt to recover it. One only has to think of the medical school of Salerno" to realize that a good diet has always been regarded as the basis of good health. |
Mary-Ann Shearer
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 OLIVE AND LEMON DRESSING
1 cup extra-virgin olive oil Juice of 1 lemon 1 teaspoon Mary-Ann's Organic Herb Salt or other herbal salt Freshly ground black pepper 1-2 teaspoons fresh mixed herbs, chopped (oregano, thyme, and basil are good)
Place all the ingredients in a closed jar or container. Shake well and serve immediately or store in the fridge.
HOMEMADE MAYONNAISE
This mayonnaise can be eaten with starch or protein as egg yolks are very low in protein. |
David Wolfe
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 Adopting The Sunfood Diet along with herbs, oxygen and taking special care to send "hot" foods through the digestive tract regularly, such as garlic, onions, hot peppers (cayenne), ginger and radishes, will help to eliminate parasites. These foods may be mixed in juices (see Appendix C: Sunfood Recipes under Molotov Cocktail), or eaten whole with raw plant fats, such as walnuts. Black walnut hulls have been used as a treatment for intestinal worms for thousands of years.
Colon hydrotherapy will also help flush parasites out of the system. |
| Leaves: Leaves contain life-giving chlorophyll pigments, and are the best source of alkaline minerals. Many herbs are green leaves.
3. Nuts: Nuts are the reproductive agents of certain trees. They are fat-dominant foods.
4. Seeds: Seeds are the reproductive agents of plants. Depending on the type, they may be protein-dominant or fat-dominant. Grains are seeds.
5. Legumes: Legumes include all peas, beans and peanuts, and are often sprouted before consumption. They are protein-dominant with the exception of peanuts which are fat-dominant.
6. Flowers: Flowers are the sexual organs of plants. |
| By repeatedly introducing significant amounts of green-leafed vegetables and wild herbs we raise the alkalinity of the body and loosen the constriction of body tissues.
Green leaves soothe the nerves and calm the body. Those with chronic back and muscle pains should be sure to eat plenty of green vegetables. Green leaves relieve pain. Green-leafy foods decrease the overall stress of the body and facilitate yoga practices. For those raw-foodists practicing yoga: drink more green vegetable juice for better flexibility. |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
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 He made a paste with four parts fresh neem leaves and one part turmeric root. The people in his study rubbed it all over themselves daily. Almost 800 of them (98 percent) showed substantial improvement within three to five days and were completely cured within two weeks. You can buy skin-care products containing neem at some health food stores. Just mix in several teaspoons of turmeric and apply it to the affected areas.
Onion (Allium cepa). When I was a kid, I boiled onion skins to make a yellow dye. |
| V St.-John's-wort (Hypericum perforatum). This herb has a reddish oil that may ooze out when the plant is handled, making it seem to bleed. According to tradition, it came to be used for skin conditions simply because skin also bleeds. Although such reasons seem silly now, there has been some scientific verification that the herb is useful for treating bruises, burns, cuts and other wounds. Commission E has endorsed it for these uses. Try steeping one to two teaspoons of dried herb in vegetable oil for a few days. Then use the oil to treat bruises.
V Witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana). |
Andreas Moritz
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 Keep them in an airtight container. Before bedtime, soak two to three heaping tablespoons of the mixture in two cups of water, cover it and leave covered overnight. The next morning bring the concoction to a boil; let it simmer for a few minutes and strain. If you forget to prepare the tea in the evening, in the morning bring it to a boil and let it sit or lightly simmer 10-15 minutes before straining.
Drink a few sips at a time in six to eight portions throughout the day. This tea does not have to be taken warm or hot, but do not refrigerate it. Do not add sugar or sweeteners. |
Paula Begoun
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 First, using keratin in hair-care products is not unique; and second, the herbs used in LANZA's products have no substantiated benefit for hair. Finally, to hydrolyze something simply means to decompose an ingredient by reacting it with water. Does that make for a conditioning agent superior to all others? Not at all. Despite the fact that hair is composed primarily of keratin, its function in hair-care products is primarily as a conditioning and water-binding agent. Because it does not cling well to the hair shaft, it tends to not be of much use when mixed into shampoos. |
Carlo Petrini
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| The peppers of Costigliole d'Asti are a symbol of globalization; amaranth and the wild herbs used in the Tehuacan soup tell of forgotten gastronomic knowledge and of ruined agricultural economies; the prawns of the Indian coasts are a manifestation of a mistaken concept of "development"; the vegetables in the farmers' market in San Francisco evoke the contradictions that well-meaning impulses can generate when they are grafted onto a system which is in itself somewhat perverse; (see Diaries
1, 2, 9, and 10, respectively). |
Victoria Boutenko, M.A.
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 Even though I had knowledge of herbs I was not able to help myself feel well. With my own health poor, I gave up doing the classes and cut back on my clients. Most of my life I have been a very energetic person, so when my energy started to decline I turned to caffeine to give myself a temporary lift. My blood sugar was so off that I had to eat constantly. Eating became a chore that I no longer enjoyed. I suffered from insomnia, dandruff, exhaustion, worry, depression, junk food cravings, and bad moods.
When I first heard about Victorias class, I was reluctant to go. |
Paula Begoun
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| Plant extracts and other natural ingredients such as honey, milk, various extracts, herbs, and essential oils may all have a healthy, vibrant sound and may even have some benefit for hair, but their value (if any) in shampoos and conditioners is lost, either in the rinse-out or the formulation. How can plant extracts and milk cling to hair under water pressure? They can't. Besides, the amount of these ingredients in a product is usually negligible to nonexistent. |
| H 13 (Regular), pH 14 (Super)
A- At One with Nature Botanical Strongends Sensitive Scalp Relaxer No-Lye, Regular with herbs and Moisturizers ($6.49), pH 14
Normal Hair, Super ($5.49), both pH 13
=V Isoplus No-Lye Conditioning Relaxer System Regular, Super ($6. |
| Does Hampton want consumers to believe that his recipes are cooked up in kitchens, using fresh herbs from an adjacent garden? That can work in small batches, but when was the last time you tried to make enough cakes (for example) to send to 4,500 locations? And that's assuming each locale wants only one cake, not dozens. The freshness and tender loving care aspect is nice imagery, but in reality, if these products are to be sold worldwide, they are being manufactured in the same manner as all cosmetic products, meaning in enormous batches with automated machinery. |
| It's interesting to note that the herbs and plant extracts are described as "newly discovered," yet they're the same ones that show up in all of the AFRiCAN PRIDE products, where they are referred to as "ancient." Ah, the caprices of marketing!
AFRICAN ROYALE
Designed for African-American hair, AFRICAN ROYALE products contain the same mix of ingredients seen in the majority of other ethnic hair-care lines being sold at drugstores. That means you'll find gentle shampoos that aren't all that adept at removing the greasy, oily residue the heavy styling and conditioning products leave behind. |
Ben-Erik van Wyk
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 Fresh herbs such as laksa are indeed a feature of Vietnamese cuisine and are responsible for the distinctive taste of many meals. Large heaps are served with almost any dish, but particularly with various types of noodle soups (pho) into which the leaves are dipped (using chopsticks) and eaten. Nutritional value The leaves are a good source of folic acid and iron. |
| These often slightly bitter salads typically contain rocket, endive, lettuce, dandelion, purslane, cornsalad, chervil and various other herbs, and are served with vinaigrette or olive oil (sometimes with anchovies or walnuts for extra taste). Shredded leaves are used to garnish soup and other dishes. Rocket oil or jamba oil is obtained from the seeds, which contain about 30% oil. This is important as culinary oil (and lubricant) in India. Nutritional value Fresh leaves are a rich source of vitamins (especially vitamins A and C), minerals (calcium, iron) and folic acid. |
| They are an essential ingredient of a bouquet garni (a small bundle of herbs that is removed before the dish is served). One or two leaves are added to stocks, marinades, soups, pickles, pates, stews and various chicken, fish and meat dishes (an example is bobotie, a traditional South African meat dish of Malay origin). Bay leaves are often used to flavour milk puddings. The leaves and essential oil are commercial flavourants in the food industry.
Nutritional value Unimportant (used in small amounts for flavour only). |
| Lupinus albus white lupin • Egyptian lupin
White lupin
Description Erect annual herbs with digitate leaves and attractive flower clusters producing hairy pods with large, usually white seeds. Four large-seeded lupins are of direct importance as human and animal food: the white lupin, blue lupin (L. angustifolius), yellow lupin (L. luteus) and Andean lupin or tarwi (L. mutabilis). Origin & history Mediterranean region (Andean lupin occurs naturally from Venezuela to northern Chile and Argentina). |
Mary-Ann Shearer
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| ZUCCHINI & MUSHROOM BAKE
3-4 spring onions or shallots, finely chopped 2-4 cups large brown mushrooms, sliced 2 medium eggplants, thinly sliced and dry-grilled until lightly browned Mary-Ann's Organic Garlic & Herb Salt 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon oregano V2 cup chopped parsley Pinch thyme 1 cup tomato puree 1 cup fresh cream 4 cups zucchini, sliced into rounds 4-6 ripe tomatoes, sliced
Layer the mushrooms, spring onions, and eggplants, sprinkling the herbs and cheese in between. Pour over the cream and tomato puree. |
Ben-Erik van Wyk
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| It includes more than 350 different plants that are sources of cereals, nuts, fruits, vegetables, beverages, sugars and starches, cooking herbs, spices and flavours.
The book is intended to provide quick answers to a wide range of questions about food plants - how to identify them, how to use them in cooking and their nutritional value. For each plant, a short, scientifically accurate summary is given of the characteristics of the plant, its origin and history, the parts that are used, brief notes on cultivation and harvesting and especially the culinary uses and nutritional value. |
Mary-Ann Shearer
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| VEGETABLE STUFFING
6 spring onions 2 sticks celery or shallots, finely chopped (I prefer to use chopped celery) 2 teaspoons butter 2 cups button mushrooms, sliced V2-I cup carrot, grated 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped 1 tablespoon pea, potato, or garbanzo bean flour 1 teaspoon dried mixed herbs Mary-Ann's Organic Seasoning Salt or Herb Salt, pepper, and a pinch of nutmeg
Dry stir-fry the onions in a pot. (To dry stir-fry just add ingredients to a hot pot and stir rapidly; you can add a little water if you prefer.) Add all the remaining ingredients except the flour. |
Mike Adams
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 Lesley Tierra, The herbs of Life
Milk is best avoided by those with sinus problems. It suppresses the helpful thinning of mucosal secretions, and causes or aggravates symptoms in many allergic people.
- Robyn Landis, Herbal Defense
Most conventional doctors don't consider cows' milk to be a cause of asthma
Of course, the vast majority of conventional medical doctors consider the idea to be complete nonsense. |
John Heinerman
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 The same directions would be followed.
Suppresses Candida, Heals Mouth Sores
A douche of goldenseal is excellent for reducing yeast infection. In an electric blender combine 3 cups of water and 1-1/2 tsps. of powdered root, then douche several times each day with it until the problem is cleared up.
A simple mouthwash made of pinches of goldenseal powder and baking soda in a little water is perfect for healing any kind of sores in the mouth or on the gums and tongue. |
| Strain and sweeten with honey before drinking.
YELLOW DOCK
(Rl mix crispus)
Brief Description
Yellow dock is a perennial plant considered by some to be a troublesome weed in many fields and waste places throughout Europe, the U.S. and southern Canada. Its spindle-shaped, yellow taproot sends up a smooth, rather slender stem, 1-3 feet high. Lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate in shape, the pointed light green leaves have predominantly wavy margins. The lower leaves are larger and longer-petioled than the upper. The numerous pale green, drooping flowers are loosely whorled in panicled racemes. |
| Strain mixture through a wire mesh strainer and continue stirring with a wooden ladle until entirely cold. Half a cup of glycerin or 2/3 cup powdered slippery elm can be added to help preserve ointment from rancidity later on. Put into clean jars while still relatively warm and allow to become somewhat firm. Seal with tight lids and store in a cool, dry place until needed.
Curing Cystitis
Cystitis is an infection of the bladder accompanied by a burning sensation during and following urination. |
| Northern Hemisphere. Botanists believe this is one of the most primitive families of dicotylede-nous plants. The buttercup family usually has a simple flower structure in which each flower part may be separate rather than fused into a single organ as are most other flowers.
The family includes many familiar wild flowers and a number of cultivated ornamentals. Some of the well-known representatives, a few of which are mentioned in this book, include: aconite, anemone, baneberry, columbine, globeflower, hellebore, marsh marigold (cowslip), and peony. |
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