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Is Ginger Garlic Paste Good for Your Health?

Garlic ginger paste is commonly used in Indian food and combines two of nature’s most powerful healers. According to AllRecipes.com, to make garlic ginger paste combine 4 ounces of chopped garlic and 4 ounces of chopped ginger, with 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Puree the mixture in a food processor or blender until it forms a smooth paste. Use garlic-ginger paste in your diet to provide significant health benefits.

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Benefits of Coriolis Mushrooms

Turkey tail -- a common nickname for the coriolus mushroom -- might not sound like a traditional Chinese medicine with possible anti-cancer benefits. But coriolus versicolor, also known as Trametes versicolor, contains several...

How to Store Peeled Garlic Cloves Without Olive Oil

The taste of fresh garlic flavors foods in a way that jarred garlic can't begin to match. Unpeeled garlic stores in a cool, dark, dry, well-ventilated location for three to five months, says food safety specialist Linda Harris ...

Onion & Horseradish for Sinus Infections

A sinus infection, also known as sinusitis, causes the lining of your nasal passages to become swollen or inflamed. Sinus infections are common and often follow a viral, bacterial or fungal infection that damages the lining in ...

High Blood Pressure & Coriolus Versicolor

Coriolus versicolor is a type of mushroom commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine. While many patients take coriolus versicolor in capsule or tea form, some supplements contain extracts such as polysaccharide K and verisi...

Atractylodes Root for Diabetes

It is used as part of traditional Chinese medicine to treat a variety of medical conditions. The dried root of the plant is used medicinally. Test-tube studies have found that atractylone -- one active ingredient in atractylode...

Top Ten Benefits of Ginger

Modern researchers have documented many of these health effects, and consumers purchase a large amount of ginger each day. A May 2011 article in "Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition" described how this herb...