Culinary Herb Or Spice Medicinal Plant For Sale In Connecticut

* It is used in both fresh and dried forms, to not only "heat up" curries, pickles and chutneys, but also to impart two distinct flavours to them. * In 2007, Guinness World Records certified that the Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia) was the world's hottest...

* The common name catmint can also refer to the genus as a whole. The tea should be infused in a closed container in order to preserve the essential oils, boiling is said to spoil it.

* Valerian ( Valeriana officinalis , Valerianaceae ) is a hardy perennial flowering plant , with heads of sweetly scented pink or white flowers. * A perennial herb with fragrant white, pink, or lavender flowers in loose, flat-topped clusters, smelling...

* Chives ( Allium schoenoprasum ) are the smallest species of the onion family Alliaceae * Allium schoenoprasum is also the only species of Allium native to both the New and the Old World and is a perennial .

They are sometimes put in beer and ale to improve the flavour and increase foaming. * The aromatic fruits and leaves are used either fresh or dried to flavour soups, stews etc. It is a deciduous shrub growing to 1-2 m tall.

It is especially important as source of levulose. The leaves are often blanched by excluding light, either by removing all the leaves and then earthing up the new growth, or by covering the plant with a bucket or something similar.

* A member of the mint family; many small flowers on short spikes, usually blue but rarely pink, purple, or white; forms a dense mounded plant; used in cooking; aromatic; full sun, dry soil; native to southern Europe, Caucasus, Iran, Turkey.

They are sometimes put in beer and ale to improve the flavour and increase foaming. * The aromatic fruits and leaves are used either fresh or dried to flavour soups, stews etc. It is a deciduous shrub growing to 1-2 m tall.

Flowers are small, white and borne profusely in panicles at the ends of the drooping branches. The rough grayish bark is twisted and drips sap. The upper branches of the tree tend to droop.

The leaves can be used fresh or are harvested in the summer and dried. * A spicy, aromatic flavouring, bay leaves are commonly used as aflavouring for soups, stews etc and form an essential ingredient of the herb mix 'Bouquet Garni'.

White to lilac-blue flowers in early to mid-summer. * Subshrubby,erect, hairy, perennial with oblong-ovate, entire, gray-green-woody, aromatic leaves, to 3in long. The young leaves and flowers can be eaten raw, boiled, pickled or used in sandwiches.

* Thymus serpyllum, known by the common names of Breckland thyme, wild thyme or creeping thyme, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to most of Europe and North Africa.

The fresh leaves are highly nutritious and can be considered a natural vitamin and mineral supplement in their own right. * Parsley ( Petroselinum ) is a bright green biennial herb , often used as spice .

* Thymus serpyllum, known by the common names of Breckland thyme, wild thyme or creeping thyme, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to most of Europe and North Africa.

* Thymus vulgaris or Common Thyme is a low growing herbaceous plant, sometimes becoming somewhat woody. If the leaves are to be dried, the plants should be harvested in early and late summer just before the flowers open and the leaves should be dried...

* Depending on where it is grown, is either a perennial or annual herb. * The leaves are eaten raw or cooked, used as a flavouring in salads etc. * The leaves lose their flavour if the are cooked for any length of time and so are best used raw or added...

* Borage , also known as starflower is an annual herb originating in Syria , but naturalized throughout the Mediterranean region, as well as Asia Minor, Europe, North Africa, and South America.

* Ocimum basilicum , or Sweet Basil, is a culinary herb of major importance. It acts principally on the digestive and nervous systems, easing flatulence, stomach cramps, colic and indigestion.

A fragrant tea is made from the fresh or dried leaves. * Can reach 1.5 m (5 ft) tall, rarely 2 m (6 ft 7 in).The leaves are evergreen , 2–4 cm (0.8–1.6 in) long and 2–5 mm broad, green above, and white below with dense short woolly hair.Flowering,...

* Matricaria recutita or German chamomile , also spelled camomile , is an annual plant of the composite family Asteraceae . Synonyms are: Chamomilla chamomilla , Chamomilla recutita (correct name according to the Flora Europaea ), Matricaria chamomilla...

* The leaves and flowering tops are used; they are collected as soon as the flowers begin to open and can be dried. * Menthol activates cold-sensitive TRPM8 receptors in the skin and mucosal tissues, and is the primary source of the cooling sensation...

We thank you for your purchase as 100% of our net proceeds go to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Buy some for your pantry now and you will be glad you did. Lemon verbena is known for its ability to "calm tension, refresh and relax.

Wormwood 1 or Mugwort or Estafiate (Artemisia Mexicana) Properties: Analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antispasmodic, digestive aid, diuretic, expectorant, sudorific.

Its bitter leaves can be cooked as a potherb, boiled or steamed like spinach or served in a salad. Medicinal actions target digestive and eliminative systems of the body. References: J.Duke *These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA.

The most notable is the holy basil or tulsi, a revered home-grown plant in India and Nepal. Chemical components: The various basils have such different scents because the herb has a number of different essential oils which come together in different proportions...

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Ashwagandha is used for arthritis, anxiety, trouble sleeping (insomnia), tumors, tuberculosis, asthma, a skin condition marked by white patchiness (leukoderma), bronchitis, backache, fibromyalgia, menstrual problems, hiccups, and chronic liver disease.