Herbs & Spices

Healing Herbs have been around for a long time. In fact before our modern times, people went to their back yards to get free medicine. We can do the same today if the yard is not sprayed with some chemical.

I love different cultures. I have had the privilege traveling to India, Nigeria, South America, Haiti, and Israel. Each place has a special uniqueness from it’s cultural practices to the spices it uses.

Mediterranean, South America, Asia, and Europe. Both herbs and spices are used to add flavor, aroma, color, texture and nutrients to food.

What’s the Difference Between Herbs and Spices?

First, we need to take a look at the differences between herbs and spices. There are actual differences based on which part of the plant they come from.

Spice is the root, stem, bulb, bark, berries or seeds of the plant, usually dried.

Did you know that when you add herbs and spices to your food you are giving a nutritional boost to your food which has medicinal and health benefits. This is because they are loaded with potent antioxidants. Herbs like oregano rank much higher than fruits and vegetables. Many studies show herbs and spices have demonstrated healing benefits against a variety of illnesses.

In the 1899, George Merck, founder of Merck & Co., in New York, wrote “Merck’s 1899 Manual of ways foods and plants heal disease.

It reminds me the a favorite quote you will see on every page of my blog. It says,

(460-377 B.C.)”

Here at Genesis Health, we hope you go away with real information and encouragement to find out more about how plants can heal real disease. There is another quote I must end with here.

It states, “And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.”

Genesis 1:29

Today, we take spices for granted. Every kitchen has a spice rack or a well-stocked pantry because every grocery store has a wide variety of spices to choose from at very reasonable prices. But spice prices weren’t so reasonable in the 17th century.

Well, in those days nutmeg didn’t grow just anywhere. Nutmeg was so highly valued that there was even counterfeiting. Less-than-virtuous traders would whittle down ordinary wood and polish it until it resembled a nutmeg seed.

Have you ever hear of the Nutmeg State?

NUTMEG is one of those fragrant flavor enhancers, that was once a rare, costly spice, so much so that wars broke out over it, leading to a tragic and bloody history. Tens of thousands of people have died in the pursuit of this little let’s learn about its volatile history. Nutmeg has been one of the saddest stories of history.