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Moong (Mung) Yellow Dal (Phaseolus Aureus) 1 lb: B

Commonly known as 'dhuli moong', these are yellow split beans. They are originally found as whole green beans but once these are split and the skin removed, it is yellow. These yellow split moong beans are extremely easy to cook, need no soaking and are easy to digest. Generally used for khichdi, it may also be cooked as a dal. Top with fried onions and serve with Mango Pickle Chutney. As a basic accompaniment to an Indian meal, it is cooked with spices to a consistency of thin oatmeal and topped with freshly fried spices, like garlic, onions, chilies and spices to heighten their flavors.Can be served with rice or served with Indian breads. There are innumerable delicious mung recipes – here's one: Dal Tarkari (Dal and Vegetable Soup): Ingredients: 1 cup Split Moongdal 8 cups water 2 bay leaves 1' cinnamon stick 1 tsp. turmeric powder (Optional) 1 Tbsp. butter 10 oz. or more vegetables of your choice ( washed and cubed) 1 tomato chopped 1 Tbsp.ghee (clarified butter) 1 tsp.cumin seeds (Optional) 2 dried chilies 1 tsp.ginger paste 1 Tbsp.chopped cilantro leaves Salt to taste Procedure: 1. Clean and wash the dal. Drain. Set aside. 2. Combine water, salt, bay leaves, cinnamon in a sauce pan/crock pot and boil. 3. Add dal to boiling water. 4. Lower to medium heat and cook for about 20 minutes. 5. When dal becomes tender, remove froth that collects on top. 6. Add butter, turmeric powder. 7. For the seasoning, Heat 2 Tbsp. of ghee in a small pan, add cumin seeds and red chillies. Stir once. Add ginger paste and fry for 5 seconds. 8. Pour seasoning into the dal. 9. Drop in cut vegetables and tomato, replace lid and cook until vegetables are tender. 11. Garnish with cilantro leaves.
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Chili (Cayenne) Peppers, Ground, Red Pepper (Cayenne) 90,000 HU (Capsicum annum) 1 lb: K

This is Frontier’s double wall silverfoil pack. Some Frontier packs are double wall wax-lined paper. Chili, or Cayenne, pepper stands out as one of the most recognized of the red peppers. Red hot, and delicious. The Heat Level of Chili Pepper is measured on the Scoville scale in 'Heat Units'. Two common ground varieties are 30M & 90M Heat Units, (30,000 & 90,000 respectively). The 30M pepper is comparable to the canned 'Red Pepper' that you find in at the Supermarket. Just about anyone can tolerate 30m (also called 30k) Cayenne. On the other hand, 90m Chili is incredibly hot. So watchit.
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Grapefruit Juice Powder Concentrate 10 kg (22 lbs): Q

Grapefruit is an excellent source of vitamin C, a vitamin that helps to support the immune system. Vitamin C-rich foods like grapefruit may help reduce cold symptoms or severity of cold symptoms; over 20 scientific studies have suggested that vitamin C is a cold-fighter. Vitamin C also prevents the free radical damage that triggers the inflammatory cascade, and is therefore also associated with reduced severity of inflammatory conditions, such as asthma, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. As free radicals can oxidize cholesterol and lead to plaques that may rupture causing heart attacks or stroke, vitamin C is beneficial to promoting cardiovascular health. The rich pink and red colors of grapefruit are due to lycopene, a carotenoid phytonutrient. Lycopene appears to have anti-tumor activity. Among the common dietary carotenoids, lycopene has the highest capacity to help fight oxygen free radicals, which are compounds that can damage cells. Phytonutrients in grapefruit called limonoids inhibit tumor formation by promoting the formation of glutathione-S-transferase, a detoxifying enzyme. This enzyme sparks a reaction in the liver that helps to make toxic compounds more water soluble for excretion from the body. Pulp of citrus fruits like grapefruit contain glucarates, compounds that may help prevent breast cancer. In animal studies and laboratory tests with human cells, limonoids have been shown to help fight cancers of the mouth, skin, lung, breast, stomach and colon. Now, scientists from the US Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have shown that our bodies can readily absorb and utilize a very long-acting limonoid called limonin that is present is citrus fruits in about the same amount as vitamin C. In citrus fruits, limonin is present in the form of limonin glucoside, in which limonin is attached to a sugar (glucose) molecule. Our bodies easily digest this compound, cleaving off the sugar and releasing limonin. Grapefruit contains pectin, a form of soluble fiber that has been shown in animal studies to slow down the progression of atherosclerosis. In one study, animals fed a high-cholesterol diet plus grapefruit pectin had 24% narrowing of their arteries, while animals fed the high-cholesterol diet without grapefruit pectin had 45% narrowing. Both blond and red grapefruit can reduce blood levels of LDL ("bad") cholesterol, and red grapefruit lowers triglycerides as well, shows a study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Want to reduce your risk of calcium oxalate kidney stones? Drink grapefruit juice. A study published in the British Journal of Nutrition found that when women drank ½ to 1 liter of grapefruit, apple or orange juice daily, their urinary pH value and citric acid excretion increased, significantly dropping their risk of forming calcium oxalate stones. Not only are grapefruit rich in vitamin C, but new research presented at the 228th National Meeting of the
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Grapefruit Juice Powder Concentrate 5 kg (11 lbs): Q

Grapefruit is an excellent source of vitamin C, a vitamin that helps to support the immune system. Vitamin C-rich foods like grapefruit may help reduce cold symptoms or severity of cold symptoms; over 20 scientific studies have suggested that vitamin C is a cold-fighter. Vitamin C also prevents the free radical damage that triggers the inflammatory cascade, and is therefore also associated with reduced severity of inflammatory conditions, such as asthma, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. As free radicals can oxidize cholesterol and lead to plaques that may rupture causing heart attacks or stroke, vitamin C is beneficial to promoting cardiovascular health. The rich pink and red colors of grapefruit are due to lycopene, a carotenoid phytonutrient. Lycopene appears to have anti-tumor activity. Among the common dietary carotenoids, lycopene has the highest capacity to help fight oxygen free radicals, which are compounds that can damage cells. Phytonutrients in grapefruit called limonoids inhibit tumor formation by promoting the formation of glutathione-S-transferase, a detoxifying enzyme. This enzyme sparks a reaction in the liver that helps to make toxic compounds more water soluble for excretion from the body. Pulp of citrus fruits like grapefruit contain glucarates, compounds that may help prevent breast cancer. In animal studies and laboratory tests with human cells, limonoids have been shown to help fight cancers of the mouth, skin, lung, breast, stomach and colon. Now, scientists from the US Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have shown that our bodies can readily absorb and utilize a very long-acting limonoid called limonin that is present is citrus fruits in about the same amount as vitamin C. In citrus fruits, limonin is present in the form of limonin glucoside, in which limonin is attached to a sugar (glucose) molecule. Our bodies easily digest this compound, cleaving off the sugar and releasing limonin. Grapefruit contains pectin, a form of soluble fiber that has been shown in animal studies to slow down the progression of atherosclerosis. In one study, animals fed a high-cholesterol diet plus grapefruit pectin had 24% narrowing of their arteries, while animals fed the high-cholesterol diet without grapefruit pectin had 45% narrowing. Both blond and red grapefruit can reduce blood levels of LDL ("bad") cholesterol, and red grapefruit lowers triglycerides as well, shows a study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Want to reduce your risk of calcium oxalate kidney stones? Drink grapefruit juice. A study published in the British Journal of Nutrition found that when women drank ½ to 1 liter of grapefruit, apple or orange juice daily, their urinary pH value and citric acid excretion increased, significantly dropping their risk of forming calcium oxalate stones. Not only are grapefruit rich in vitamin C, but new research presented at the 228th National Meeting of the
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Lycii Berry Powder (Lycium chinensis; Gou Qi Zi) 25 kg (55 lbs): Q

Also called Lycium barbarum; Wolfberry; Matrimony Vine. Lycii berries are dried fruits with a distinctive, slightly sweet flavor. They are excellent in desserts (rehydrate and bake into muffins or scones), and add to the taste and appearance of grain dishes. Lycium fruit contains vitamins, minerals, beta carotene, polysaccharides and amino acids. For thousands of years, people in Asia have used lycium fruit and licorice to help maintain good health. Lycium helps improve vision and prevent headaches and dizziness caused by liver and kidney deficiencies. Modern science does indeed confirm that the berries exert a beneficial effect on the liver, protecting it from damaging toxins. The root stimulates the involuntary nervous system that governs the internal organs. The root also relaxes the walls of the arteries, allowing them to expand and thus lowering blood pressure. Lycium has also been shown effective in mild forms of diabetes. www.herbmed.org/Herbs/Herb168.htm#Category1Herb168: Seventy nine advanced cancer patients in a clinical trial were treated with LAK/IL-2 combining with Lycium Barbarum polysaccharides (LBP). Initial results of the treatment from 75 evaluable patients indicated that objective regression of cancer was achieved. [Article in Chinese] Cao 1994 Results indicate treatment with a Chinese herbal decoction (Viscum coloratum, Psoralea corylifolia, Eucommia ulmoides, Lycium chinense, Tussilago farfara, Artemisia capillaris, and Pogostemon cablin) helped reverse airway obstruction of asthmatics. [Article in Chinese] Fu 1989 Lycium chinense cerebroside treatment of cultured rat hepatocytes injured with GalN markedly blocked the release of both glutamic pyruvic transaminase and sorbitol dehydrogenase into the culture medium in a dose-dependent manner. Kim 2000 The hepatotoxicant, CCl4, routinely decreased levels of total and reduced glutathione. The levels of these compounds were significantly maintained at the levels of the control cultures following treatment with Lycium chinense cerebroside. Kim 1999 The results suggest that total flavonoids of Lycium barbarum can scavenge O2-. in xanthine/xanthine oxidase system, scavenge OH produced in Fenton reaction and that these effects were concentration-dependent. [Article in Chinese] Huang 1998 These results suggest that zeaxanthin dipalmitate (Lycium chinense) exerts a potent hepatoprotective activity by inhibiting Ito cell proliferation, collagen synthesis and by inhibiting certain biochemical functions of Kupffer cells. Kim 1997 Incubation of CCl4-intoxicated hepatocytes with two cerebrosides isolated from Lycium chinense significantly reduced the levels of glutamic pyruvic transaminase and sorbitol dehydrogenase released by injured cells. Kim 1997
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Carrots Diced 3/8'' (Daucus carota) 1 lb: K

This is Frontier’s double wall silverfoil pack. Some Frontier packs are double wall wax-lined paper. The nutritious carrot, a particularly rich source of carotene (provitamin A), figures in more delcious recipes than one can count. Low in calories, carrots are an excellent source of beta carotene, converted in the body to Vitamin A and a source of folacin and fiber. Diced carrots are a convenient recipe additive, and carrot powder is a convenient sauce and smoothie additive.
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Tomato Flakes (Lycopersicon esculentum) 1 lb: K

This is Frontier’s double wall silverfoil pack. Some Frontier packs are double wall wax-lined paper. A versatile quick addition to innumerable recipes.
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Vegetable Broth Powder 1 lb: K

This is Frontier’s double wall silverfoil pack. Some Frontier packs are double wall wax-lined paper. Delicious, all-natural, versatile and convenient. Corn syrup solids, tomato, salt, dehydrated onion, dehydrated garlic, yeast extract, carrot, basil, celery seed, kelp, parsley, spinach, tumeric and bay.
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Artichoke Leaf Powder (Cynara scolymus) 1 lb: C

This is Starwest's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Used as a dietary supplement. Artichokes are popular in all sorts of food dishes, where the heart of the plant is the part used. The other parts of this herb, such as the head, roots, and leaves, each have known nutritional benefits. Due to its diuretic activities, Artichoke works well in the treatment of kidney diseases. The Globe Artichoke, a relative of the hepatoprotective Milk Thistle, is popular for its pungent taste which is attributed to phytochemicals found in the green parts of the plants called cynaropicrin and cynarin, sesquiterpene lactones with documented medicinal actions. The phytochemicals in artichoke have been well documented and the leaves rather than the flower have been found to be higher in medicinal value. Traditional uses have included support for sluggish liver, poor digestion and atherosclerosis. The 1997 Commission E on Phytotherapy and Herbal Substances of the German Federal Institute for Drugs recommends Artichoke leaf for 'Dyspeptic problems. Average daily dosage: Drug, 6 g; equivalent preparations. Mode of Administration: Dried, cut leaves, pressed juice of fresh plant, and other galenical preparations for internal use. Action: Choleretic' Research on standardized Artichoke extract has focused on the constituent, caffeoylquinic acid, and its ability to increase bile production in the liver. An increase in bile production assists the body in blood fat metabolism, which assists the digestion process. Cynarin has been shown to increases bile production in the liver, and to increases the flow of bile from the gallbladder, as well as increasing the contractive power of the bile duct, that is, it is 'choleretic.' Choleretics typically lower cholesterol levels because they increase the excretion of cholesterol and decrease the synthesis of cholesterol in the liver. Cynara extract from artichoke leaf has been shown to lower blood cholesterol (13%) and triglyceride levels (5%) in both human and animal studies. Consistent with its choleretic effect, Artichokes also possess some diuretic activity, helping with kidney disease and protein in the urine. A recent French patent describes an artichoke extract for treating liver disease, high cholesterol levels and kidney insufficiency. Artichoke has been shown to decrease the rate of cholesterol synthesis in the liver, and other blood fats such as triglycerides are thought to be reduced through the use of artichoke. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'The Globe Artichoke (Cynara Scolymus, Linn.) also has a tuberous root, but it is the large flower-buds that form the edible portion of the plant, and it is from a similarity in the flavour of the tuber of the Jerusalem Artichoke to that of the fleshy base of this flower that the Jerusalem Artichoke has obtained its name'. 'The expanded flower has much resemblance to a large thistle - the corollas are of a rich blue colour.' 'It is
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Radish Root Powder (Raphanus sativus; Lai Fu Zi) 1 lb: C

This is Starwest's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. The Chinese radish is also known as daikon, Japanese radish, Oriental radish, winter radish and black radish. The black radish tuber is, oddly enough, white. Chinese radish originated in the Orient, as did the common spring or summer radish. Chinese radishes have extremely large roots , some weighing up to 100 pounds. Most are in the 10-20 pound class at full maturity. These big, late maturing radishes were known in Europe much earlier than the smaller kinds. Chinese radishes grown in Florida vegetable garden soils often reach 20 or more pounds. Unlike spring radishes, this type of radish is usually cooked rather than eaten fresh. In Asia, larger daikon type radishes are important sources of food. They are cooked in various ways and preserved by pickling or drying. From one variety or another, the leaves, stems, flowering shoots, seed pods, seeds, sprouts, and roots are eaten. Powdered radish root can be conveniently substituted for fresh radish in most recipes. Raw radishes contain large amounts of diatase, an enzyme that aids in the digestion of starches. Maybe that's why the Japanese always serve radishes with rice dishes, and the Europeans serve radishes with breads and breakfast cereals. Radishes contain many of the same anti-oxidants and cancer fighting compounds as other members of the crucifer family, such as broccoli, cabbage and kale. They are a traditional treatment for digestive problems. The 1997 Commission E on Phytotherapy and Herbal Substances of the German Federal Institute for Drugs recommends Radish roots, 'Raphanus sativus L. var. niger... Radish contains mustard oil glycosides and essential oil. Uses: Peptic disorders, especially those related to dyskinesia of the bile ducts, catarrhs of the upper respiratory tract. Contraindications: Cholelithiasis (gall stones).' 'Average daily dosage: 50 - 100 ml pressed juice. Mode of Administration: Pressed juice for oral use. Actions: Secretagogue for the upper gastrointestinal tract; Motility promoting; Antimicrobial.' Grieve, below, recommends radish for 'treatment of cholelithiasis,' but the Commission E is careful to point out that radish can function as a preventative, but should not be substituted for conventional treatment should gall stones (cholelithiasis) develop. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'Radishes are an excellent food remedy for stone, gravel and scorbutic conditions. The juice has been used in the treatment of cholelithiasis as an aid in preventing the formation of biliary calculi. The expressed juice of white or black Spanish radishes is given in increasing doses of from ½ to 2 cupfuls daily. The 2 cupfuls are continued for two or three weeks. then the dose is decreased until ½ cupful is taken three times a week for three or four more weeks. The treatment may be repeated by taking 1 cupful at the beginning, then ½ daily, and later, ½ every second day.'
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Grapefruit Peel C/S (Citrus paradisi) 1 lb: C

This is Starwest's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Use our unsweetened, organically grown grapfruit peel in innumerable recipes. Candied Grapefruit Peel: The tang of the citrus fruit is a wonderful contrast to the sweetness of the sugar. Cover peel with cold water. Bring to boil and cook until tender, pouring off water and adding fresh cold water several times. Drain. With spoon, remove white inner portion of peel. With knife or tiny star cookie cutter, cut a few stars from peel, if desired. With scissors or sharp knife, cut rest of peel in thin strips. Make syrup by boiling 2 cups sugar with 1 cup water. Add a little red or green food coloring. (A drop or two of yellow coloring with red improves the finished color.) Add peel; cook over low heat until peel has a clear, candied appearance. Remove peel, 2 or 3 pieces at a time, allowing excess syrup to drain back into saucepan. Roll strips separately into remaining 1 cup sugar until well coated. Place on rack to cool. Store in tightly covered container in cool, dry place. Keeps at least a month.
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Sichuan Lovage Root Slices (Ligustrum sinense; Chuang xiong) 1.17 lb (500 Gm): C

This is Starwest's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Used as a decoction or food additive. The root is anodyne, antibacterial, antifungal, antirheumatic, antispasmodic, emmenagogue, diaphoretic, hypotensive and sedative. It is taken internally in the treatment of menstrual disorders, post-partum bleeding, coronary heart disease, poor circulation, headaches. Ligusticum is also known as the Chinese lovage, and is one of the most popular herbs in China and Korea, where it grows wild and has been cultivated for centuries. Many practitioners prescribe it to treat irregular menstrual periods, dysmenorrhea, and headaches. The roots are dug in spring. After the fibrous roots have been removed, they are dried in the sun. Then, after soaking them in water, the roots are cut into slices. In additional to its medicinal uses, ligusticum can be combined with certain foods and beverages as a flavor component, and to add fragrance to some soaps and cosmetics. The recommended dose of ligusticum is 3-6 grams daily, taken as part of a decoction. Some practitioners recommend a higher maximum dose of up to 10 grams per day. When used as a powder, a lower dose (1-1.5 grams) is administered.
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Pumpkin Seed Powder (Cucurbita pepo) 1 lb: C

This is Starwest's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Pumpkin seed powder is delicious in salads, mixed with grains, or added to salad dressings, casseroles, soups, and baked goods. Pumpkin seed powder is traditional in Chinese medicine mixed with cold boiled water for oral administration. The 1997 Commission E on Phytotherapy and Herbal Substances of the German Federal Institute for Drugs recommends Pumpkin seed for 'Irritated bladder condition, micturition problems of benign prostatic hyperplasia stages 1 and 2.' 'Average daily dosage: 10 g of seed; equivalent preparations. Mode of Administration: Whole and coarsely ground seed and other galenical preparations for internal uses.' The unique chemistry of pumpkin seeds has been shown in double-blind trials to effectively reduce symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Trials in Thailand have shown that eating pumpkin seeds as a snack can help prevent the most common type of kidney stone, called a calcium oxalate stone. Pumpkin seeds appear to reduce levels of substances that promote stone formation in the urine and increase levels of substances that inhibit stone formation. Pumpkin seeds are quite safe for long-term consumption. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'The Four Greater Cold Seeds of the old materia medica were the seeds of the Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo), the Gourd (C. maxima), the Melon and the Cucumber. These were bruised and rubbed up with water to form an emulsion, which was much used in catarrhal affections, disorders of the bowels and urinary passages, fever, etc.' 'The seeds of both the Water Melon and the Common or Musk Melon are good vermicides, having much the same constituents as those of the PUMPKIN (sometimes known as the Melon Pumpkin), which have long been a popular worm remedy and in recent years have also been used for tapeworm.' 'Pumpkin seeds contain 30 per cent or more of a reddish, fixed oil, traces of a volatile oil, together with proteids, sugar, starch and an acrid resin, to which the anthelmintic properties appear to be due, though recent experiments have failed to isolate any substance of physiological activity, either from the kernels or shells of the seeds. The value of the drug is said to be due to its mechanical effect.' 'The seeds are employed when quite ripe and must not be used if more than a month old. A mixture is made by beating up 2 oz. of the seeds with as much sugar and milk or water added to make a pint, and this mixture is taken fasting, in three doses, one every two hours, castor oil being taken a few hours after the last dose. An infusion of the seeds, prepared by pouring a pint of boiling water on 1 oz. of seeds, has likewise been used in urinary complaints.' King's 1898 Dispensatory: 'Mucilaginous, taenicide [worm-killer], and diuretic, and of service in strangury and urinary affections, also in gastritis, enteritis, and febrile diseases. The infusion may be drank freely. The expresse
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Rosehips C/S (Rosa canina) 1 lb: C

This is Starwest's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Rose Hips are packed full of Vitamin C and bioflavonoids that are integral to the promotion of healthy eyes, gums and teeth. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'The DOG ROSE (R. canina) is a flower of the early summer, its blossoms expanding in the first days of June and being no more to be found after the middle of July. The general growth of the Dog Rose is subject to so much variation that the original species defined by Linnaeus has been divided by later botanists into four or five subspecies. The flowers vary very considerably in colour, from almost white to a very deep pink, and have a delicate but refreshing fragrance.' 'The scarlet fruit, or hip (a name that has come down from the Anglo-Saxon hiope), is generally described as 'flask-shaped.' It is what botanists term a false fruit, because it is really the stalk-end that forms it and grows up round the central carpels, enclosing them as a case; the real fruits, each containing one seed, are the little hairy objects within it. Immediately the flower has been fertilized, the receptacle round the immature fruits grows gradually luscious and red and forms the familiar 'hip,' which acts as a bait for birds, by whose agency the seeds are distributed.' 'At first the hips are tough and crowned with the fivecleft calyx leaves, later in autumn they fall and the hips are softer and more fleshy. The pulp of the hips has a grateful acidity. In former times when garden fruit was scarce, hips were esteemed for dessert. Gerard assures us that 'the fruit when it is ripe maketh the most pleasante meats and banketting dishes as tartes and such-like,' the making whereof he commends 'to the cunning cooke and teethe to eate them in the riche man's mouth.' Another old writer says: 'Children with great delight eat the berries thereof when they are ripe and make chains and other pretty geegaws of the fruit; cookes and gentlewomen make tarts and suchlike dishes for pleasure.' 'The Germans still use them to make an ordinary preserve and in Russia and Sweden a kind of wine is made by fermenting the fruit.' 'Rose hips were long official in the British Pharmacopceia for refrigerant and astringent properties, but are now discarded and only used in medicine to prepare the confection of hips used in conjunction with other drugs, the pulp being separated from the skin and hairy seeds and beaten up with sugar.' 'It is astringent and considered strengthening to the stomach and useful in diarrhoea and dysentery, allaying thirst, and for its pectoral qualities good for coughs and spitting of blood. Culpepper states that the hips are 'grateful to the taste and a considerable restorative, fitly given to consumptive persons, the conserve being proper in all distempers of the breast and in coughs and tickling rheums' and that it has 'a binding effect and helps digestion.' He also states that 'the pulp of the hips dried and powdered is used i
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Horseradish Root Powder (Armoracia rusticana) 1 lb: C

This is Starwest's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Known for its pungent taste, Horseradish has been used as a condiment and medicine for centuries in Europe. Horseradish contains many compounds similar to mustard, which is in the same botanical family. It is essential in cocktail sauce, specialty mustards, and many other sauces, dips, spreads, relishes and dressings. Medicinally, horseradish was used both internally and externally. Applied to the skin, it causes reddening and was used on arthritic joints or irritated nerves. The glycosides are responsible for the reddening effect (by increasing blood flow to the area) when horseradish is applied topically. Internally, it was considered primarily to be a diuretic, used for kidney stones or edema, and an antiseptic treatment for hacking coughs. The 1997 Commission E on Phytotherapy and Herbal Substances of the German Federal Institute for Drugs recommends Horseradish for 'Internal: Catarrhs of the respiratory tract; supportive therapy for infections of the urinary tract. External: Catarrhs of the respiratory tract; hyperemic treatment for minor muscle aches.' 'Contraindications: Internal: Stomach and intestinal ulcers, kidney disorders. No administration to children under the age of 4. Side Effects: Internal: Discomforts of the gastrointestinal tract. 'Average daily dosage: 20 g of fresh root; equivalent preparations. External: Preparations with a maximum of 2 percent mustard oil. Mode of Administration: Fresh or dried, cut or ground root, freshly pressed juice as well as other galenical preparations for internal or external applications. Actions: Antimicrobial; Hyperemic.' Horseradish has antibiotic properties, which may account for its easing of throat and upper respiratory tract infections. It was also recommended as a digestive stimulant. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'Stimulant, aperient, rubefacient, diuretic and antiseptic. It is a powerful stimulant, whether applied internally or externally as a rubefacient, and has aperient and antiseptic properties.' 'Taken with oily fish or rich meat, either by itself or steeped in vinegar, or in a plain sauce, it acts as an excellent stimulant to the digestive organs, and as a spur to complete digestion.' 'It is a very strong diuretic, and was employed by old herbalists in calculus and like affections. It is useful in the treatment of dropsy. An infusion for dropsy is prepared by pouring 1 pint of boiling water on 1 oz. of Horseradish and ½ oz. of Mustard seed, crushed. The dose is 2 to 3 tablespoonsful three times a day.' 'The chief official preparation of Horseradish in the British Pharmacopoeia is Comp. Sp. Horseradish; a fluid extract is also prepared. A compound spirit of Horseradish may be prepared with slices of the fresh root, orange peel, nutmeg and spirit of wine, which proves effective in languid digestion, as well as for chronic rheumatism, 1 or 2 teaspoonsful being taken
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