Ginger – used as a spice and also as a medicine

Ginger is an herb. The rhizome (underground stem) is used as a spice and also as a medicine. It can be used fresh, dried and powdered, or as a juice or oil. According to the National Library of Medicine1, part of the NIH (National Institutes of Health), ginger is widely used throughout the world for
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The Health Benefits of Roses Tea

Roses “It has been used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine to treat conditions influenced by female hormones, including menopause and dysmenorrhea. No clinical trials to evaluate the effectiveness of rose tea have been done previously.  The girls in the tea group were instructed to drink 2 cups of rose tea every day from one week
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Theaflavins in black tea and catechins in green tea are equally effective antioxidants.

Theaflavin (TF) and its derivatives, known collectively as theaflavins, are antioxidant polyphenols that are formed from the condensation of flavan-3-ols in tea leaves during the enzymatic oxidation (fermentation) of black tea. Theaflavin-3-gallate, theaflavin-3′-gallate, theaflavin-3-3′-digallate are the main theaflavins.[1] Theaflavins are types of thearubigins, and are therefore reddish in color. Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) will metabolize into
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