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The Lemon Verbena Plant

The fresh crisp lemony smell of lemon verbena is unmistakable.  It’s not everyday you find a plant that you can grow, which can be used as a fine culinary herb and its leaves makes a refreshing and nutritious tea. Sometimes lemon verbena gets confused with lemon balm but they are two different herbs. Lemon verbena

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What is Fenugreek?

What is Fenugreek Fenugreek is an old medicinal plant, which  originated on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean, but it  is also cultivated in Egypt, India, Africa and England. Historically, the  seeds have been used for medicine and culinary purposes,  by the Greeks, Egyptians and Romans.  Today fenugreek remains a popular cooking spice in India

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Garlic Benefits are Real

History of garlic It is a fact that garlic has been used longer as medicine than a spice. In ancient days garlic was used as a treatment for deafness, dropsy, leprosy and respiratory illnesses. For that matter, modern medical anthropologists gives garlic credit for helping to prevent epidemic diseases during those ancient times. Garlic contains

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