[Marcella]

“I know nothing about ginger other than I use a lot of powdered ginger in almost every thing I cook. “

I’m ordering a book I found today written by a research scientist at MD Anderson, Houston, about spices and what research says they do and how to use them for what.

Other books I’ve seen are just plain people saying this spice does that and this other one does something else. This book I found is scientific but is still written for the general public to know how to use those spices and I think he is including herbs as spices - got that from reading customer comments.

The book is here on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Spices-Everyday-Exotic-Disease/dp/1402776632/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t

[greeneyes]

Those books look very interesting to me, although I do have several. The comission E book/monographs are considered authoritative, and give conraindications, dosage, etc.

Herbal medicines apparently are used more often in Europe than here.

[TEXOKIE]

Thanks for the book link, Marcella. I’m very interested in that topic. I looked at the Amazon page for it and they list some other related books which also sound very good. I feel as though you found the treasure trove of info I’ve been looking for! Thanks again.