Ginger is a plant that grows in Southeast Asia but is now cultivated in warmer climates such as Jamaica and other places in the Caribbean. It’s strong taste and potent smell distinguish ginger root quite easily from other spices. The root is commonly used to flavor tasty dishes but has numerous medicinal properties. Chinese herbalists have used this herb for thousands of years.

Though pumpkins are commonly associated with autumn and Halloween, this is not the only time to bring them out. Pumpkin seeds are extremely healthful and they are available year round. Their seeds and the oil they contain have long been used in medicine for a variety of different reasons.

Cat’s Claw is often called “The Healing Vine of Peru”, and can grow up to 100 feet in length. It is a small tropical vine that grows in Asia, the Amazon Rainforest, and parts of South America and gets its name from the thorns placed at the base of the leaves, forming what looks like a cat’s claw.

Strawberries are proof that your food doesn’t have to taste bad in order to be healthy. In fact, these berries have been proven to be more satisfying than most other foods, and lower bad cholesterol levels by up to thirteen percent over a period of eighteen weeks.

We all know that leafy green vegetables are good for you, but spinach is actually more nutritious than most of this category because of its nutrient content. Spinach is in season throughout March to May and September to October but is available all throughout the year.

Green Tea isn’t only tasty –it’s also great for you! Green tea has been considered one of the more potent healers for over four thousand years in Chinese medicine. Now, with an insurgence of Eastern medicine into Western philosophy the healing properties of the plant are being discovered by the scientific world, which isn’t really a surprise to those who have been touting its benefits for years.

If you're over twenty five, you probably have experienced some form of joint pain. The bad news is that as we get older the more likely it is that we will have persistent joint pain of some sort.  If you play sports, jog or weight train you are likely to have tendinitis at some point, and as you age arthritis becomes a probability. In fact 68% of people over the age of 65 are living with arthritis.  It can be very debilitating. Now that many of us work on computers for a living, we are likely to develop tendinitis in our fingers and wrists, others may get lateral epicondylitis or tennis elbow if their work involves any type of lifting.