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Healing Spices Handbook

by Barbara Brownell Grogan,
Foreword by Deanna Gabriel Vierck CCH, CN

asy to follow, approachable, and authoritative, this is the
Eessential reference to using spices for maximum health and
wellness. It’s packed with practical information, including the
benefits of spices, their history as natural remedies, creating
spice blends, safety tips, common uses, and delivery systems. An
A-Z guide of 40 spices identifies their preventative and curative
potential, and each examination of 40 conditions features one or
two spice-filled recipes to help you heal.
Spices do more than just flavor food! This illustrated
guide shows how spices can maintain optimal health,
and offers recipes to treat common ailments. The
next book in the Recipe for Natural Living series.
Here’s what healing spices can do for you:
• Muscles, joint pain, and arthritis can be treated with cayenne,
ginger, and turmeric. • Garlic and onion can alleviate seasonal
allergies. • Fenugreek can regulate type 2 diabetes.• Red pepper
can ease a hangover. • Juniper berries can help with a UTI.
• Sumac can treat skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis,
sunburn, acne, and allergic reactions.
KEY SELLING POINTS BARBARA BROWNELL Grogan, principal for Rivanna Publishing

✱ Perfect fit for series: Research shows that spices—even Ventures, is former editor-in-chief of National Geographic Books
more than herbs, fruits, and vegetables—are rich in anti- and a certified health coach through New York’s Institute for
oxidants and other uniquely health-beneficial ingredients. Integrative Nutrition. She is coauthor of 500 Time-Tested Home
Studies of dietary patterns around the world confirm that Remedies and the Science Behind Them and editor of USDA’s Guide
spice-consuming populations have the lowest incidence to Infant Nutrition, 2018. Barbara cowrites a monthly column,
of such life-threatening illnesses as heart disease, cancer, “The Remedy Chicks,” at everydayhealth.com. She lives in
diabetes, and Alzheimer’s Charlottesville, VA.

✱ Spices are easy to find in many groceries and health food DEANNA GABRIEL VIERCK, CCH CN, is a certified clinical
stores today herbalist and holds a BS in Biology, Public Relations, and Earth
MAY 2020 Science from Central Missouri State University. Deanna received
ISBN 9781454938729 • $14.95 ($19.95 CAN) • PB her clinical training at the North American Institute of Medical
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Herbalism. She lives in Boulder, CO.

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