Fenugreek (trigonella foenum-graecum), the golden brown seeds of the fenugreek plant, is a moderately popular herbal supplement. These seeds have a pungent aroma and a bitter taste, described as tasting like burnt celery. Fenugreek is used by Yemenite Jews to make a sauce called Hilbeh, by the Turkish to make a paste called cemen, and […]
Rose water is a scented and pink liquid made from distilling rose flower petals into water. It’s approximately 10-50% rose oil by weight, but that oil itself contains countless active compounds, including geraniol, and phenylethyl alcohol, which provides the rose taste and fragrance. Supposedly, it takes 50,000 rose flowers to make just a single ounce
Burdock root (arctium lappa, niu bang zi, lappa) is the 12 inch long starchy root of the burdock plant, a member of the asteraceae family that also includes ragweed and daisies. Both the burdock root and its leaves are eaten as a carbohydrate rich tuber in Eastern European countries, similarly to potatoes and carrots. In
Blueberries are one of the latest additions to the “superfood” club by the mainstream media, sitting alongside the likes of coconuts, broccoli and acai berries. You may have heard sweeping statements that “blueberries are one of the greatest health foods of all time”, but you may have also heard easily disprovable lies such as “blueberries
Oily skin is clearly a nightmare for acne, in more ways than one. The oil, scientifically called sebum, clogs your pores up by combining with dead skin cells, and once that happens, you’ve got two scenarios. One, the melanin in your sebum oxidises and turns black, leaving you with a blackhead. Two, the lowered oxygen
