Herb for the week! CILANTRO/CORIANDER !!! Healing: It is claimed to cool a hot stomach, banishes intestinal gas, and generally aids digestion. Ayurvedics say that "overeating destroys intellect." To protect your reasoning power and "the bloat", they advise taking coriander and fennel seeds in a dry pan and cook on high heat for 2 mins. until fragrant. Combine with sea salt and eat, chewing well. The leaves used topically in a poultice are great relief for hot, itchy rashes. Lore and Legend: coriander leaf is cool in the kitchen, the seeds were used to heat up love lives in the Han Dynasty in China. Herbalists of the era advised drinking liquor laced with coriander as an aphrodisiac. Whether coriander is an effective love potion or not is a matter of personal taste. But the herb does have a certain "staying power" since seeds found buried in ancient Egyptian tombs are still able to germinate. CILANTRO PESTO 1 C FRESH CILANTRO LEAVES 2 T LEMON JUICE OR MILD WHITE VINEGAR 3 T RAW PUMPKIN SEEDS I like it just like this ( above ) OPTIONAL: add 1 CLOVE OF GARLIC MASHED AND 4 CHOPPED SCALLIONS BLEND TOGETHER IN A FOOD PROCESSOR AND ENJOY its great on almost everything!
Posted on: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 20:32:43 +0000
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