Kitchen Medicine

Introduction
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No matter where we find ourselves, there will always be times when we are not our healthiest. If you depend on a family doctor, that requires you to see him or a substitute when the need arises. If you follow herbal practices with your health, that requires that you know the plants in the area in which you find yourself, and that changes with environment.

One constant in our new, modern age of shipping, is that supermarkets anywhere in the United States and Canada carry very similar (if not identical) items. In Fresno, California you can go into a food store and find ginger, when you have menstrual cramps , just the same way you do in a food store in Miami, Florida. Should you find yourself in Honolulu, Hawaii with a sore throat the food chain predominant there also sells sage that can be used for a gargle the same as the food store at home in Manhattan, New York.

In other words a well stocked kitchen can help save money, prevent needless trips to the pharmacy or doctor, and also allows you the ease of travel, knowing that the next town has a store with the needed spice or food remedy.

Probably everyone knows that prunes are a laxative. But did you know that strawberries are also? And gentle enough for a child?

You probably know that honey sooths a cough, but did you know that onions do as well?

We will look at common spices and foods from a new standpoint. Not just as flavorings or as nutritional aids in diet, but also how they can help keep you and your family healthy. There is truth in the old adage, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away"!