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CNM COLLEGE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE Training Successful Practitioners Culinary Herbs & their uses Important note: quantities given below are for normal culinary use and have therapeutic benefit...

CNM COLLEGE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE Training Successful Practitioners Culinary Herbs & their uses Important note: quantities given below are for normal culinary use and have therapeutic benefits. If pregnant, breast feeding, suffering acid reflux, gastritis, ulcers or taking prescription drugs, seek professional advice. Amount advised is best taken through the day (not all at once). Name Parts used Energy Main uses How to use Aniseed Seeds Warm, sweet Weak digestion, gas, bloating, 1 - 2 tsp. daily in IBS, cough, asthma teas and recipes Basil Leaves Warm Weak digestion, gas, bloating, 3 - 4 tsp. daily IBS, cough, colds, anxiety, low fresh in salads, mood, fatigue smoothies and added to meals Black Seeds Hot, dry Weak digestion & assimilation, ½ - 1 tsp. daily pepper poor circulation, rhinitis, ground onto productive coughs, viruses meals Cardamom Seed pods Warm, Weak digestion, indigestion, ½ - 1 tsp. dry nausea, bloating, IBS, low daily in teas mood, coughs, gum disease and added to recipes Chilli Fruits, seeds Hot, dry Poor circulation, fatigue, ½ - 1 tsp. daily (depends debility, ischaemic heart added to meals on variety) disease and recipes Cinnamon Inner Hot, dry, Weak digestion, nausea, 1 - 2 tsp. daily in bark sweet poor circulation, insulin teas or added resistance, H. pylori, candida to porridge and smoothies Cloves Flower buds Hot, dry, Indigestion, gas, bloating, ¼ - ½ tsp. spicy worms, parasites, tooth-ache, daily added to gum disease recipes © CNM: Culinary Herbs. EB CNM COLLEGE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE Training Successful Practitioners Culinary Herbs & their uses Name Parts used Energy Main uses How to use Coriander Leaves Cool, moist Gas, bloating, IBS, fungal 4 – 6 tsp. daily (fresh leaves) infections, chelation fresh in salads, of heavy metals smoothies and added to meals Coriander Seeds Warm Weak digestion, gas, bloating, 1 – 2 tsp. daily IBS added to recipes Cumin Seeds Warm, Weak digestion, indigestion, 1 - 2 tsp. daily spicy gas, bloating, IBS, diarrhoea added to recipes Fennel Seeds Warm, sweet Indigestion, gas, bloating, GIT 1 – 2 tsp. spasm, IBS, cough, low breast daily as teas milk production and added to recipes Fenugreek Seeds Warm, moist, Gastritis, constipation, insulin 1 – 2 tsp. daily bitter resistance, low breast milk added to production recipes Garlic Bulb Hot, pungent High cholesterol, high blood 1 – 2 fresh pressure, atherosclerosis, cloves daily fungal & bacterial infections, added to parasites recipes Ginger Rhizome Warm Weak digestion, nausea, 1 tsp. dry, 3 tsp. Note: dry poor circulation, arthritis, fresh daily in ginger is hot, amenorrhea teas or added to dry smoothies and recipes Horseradish Roots Hot, spicy Poor circulation, weak 1 – 2 tsp. daily digestion, sinus congestion, freshly grated catarrh, intestinal worms and added to meals © CNM: Culinary Herbs. EB CNM COLLEGE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE Training Successful Practitioners Culinary Herbs & their uses Name Parts used Energy Main uses How to use Mustard Seeds Hot, dry Poor circulation, weak ¼ - ½ tsp. seed digestion, sinus congestion, daily added to cough, catarrh recipes Oregano Leaves Warm Indigestion, gas bloating, IBS, 2 - 3 tsp. daily parasites, bacterial and fungal fresh in teas, GIT infections salads and added to meals Parsley Leaves Neutral / Gas, bloating, IBS, fluid 4 - 6 tsp. daily warm retention, hypertension, fresh in salads arthritis, amenorrhea smoothies & added to meals Peppermint Leaves Neutral / Nausea, vomiting, colic, 4 - 6 tsp. daily warm indigestion, flatulence, IBS, fresh in teas, diarrhoea, asthma salads, and smoothies Rosemary Leaves Warm, dry Weak digestion, liver support, 2 - 3 tsp. daily in poor memory, concentration, teas and added circulation, depression to recipes Sage Leaves Warm, dry Inflamed mouth, throat, 3 - 4 tsp. daily in tonsils, indigestion, teas and added bloating, gastritis, colds, to recipes Alzheimer’s, menopausal sweats and flushes Thyme Leaves, Warm, Sore throat, cough, asthma, 2 - 3 tsp. daily in flowers pungent weak digestion, gas, bloating, teas and added fungal & bacterial GIT to recipes infections, parasites, viruses Turmeric Rhizome Bitter, Liver insufficiency & damage, ½ - 1 tsp. daily warm arthritis, high cholesterol, low in smoothies immunity, auto-immunity, and added to cancer prevention, viruses, recipes Alzheimer’s © CNM: Culinary Herbs. EB