Posts

Herbs and Spices

Image
Ginger   Ginger is a rhizome plant. Ginger rhizome shaped fingers that bulge in the middle sections. The dominant spicy taste is due to a ketone compound called zingeron . Ginger is very popular as a spice and medicinal ingredient.    Curcuma Domestica Rhizoma Used as a spice, cosmetics, and traditional medicine.  

How to Plant Turmeric the Right Way

Image
How to Plant Turmeric the Right Way – I will share about planting turmeric in this article. What is turmeric? Turmeric is a spice plant that’s commonly used as a cooking ingredient. Its popularity comes from the many benefits for the body, starting from medicine, herb, cosmetic, and even for industrial ingredients. Now, not only is it easy, you only need to take care of it during the turmeric planting process. Here we go! Choosing seed The first important steps in planting turmeric is of course choosing which seed is the best because by doing so it will ensure the quality of the turmeric when being sowed later. There are some things to pay attention when choosing seeds, such as: fulfilled the quality standards, not ridden with pests, and having high quality in general. Other thing to make sure is that the seed comes from a 7-12 years old host. Seeding The seeding process is done in order for the seed to grow as healthy and as possible. Seeding will make the turmeric able to adapt more

Tips on How to Grow Ginger The Right Way

Image
In this article I want to share about how to grow ginger. First, let’s do some review about what is ginger.  Ginger is one of the most sought-after spices for Indonesian society due to its popularity as a medicine and also as a way to warm the body. Because of this function ginger is one of the plants that has medicinal property on its pseudo stem. Not only that, ginger is in the same family as other medicinal herbs such as curcuma, curcuma aeruginosa, turmeric , and also galangal . Ginger on its root is a spice originating from Asia Pacific, starting from India onto China. Therefore, with the many benefits that’s possessed by this spice called ginger, not a small amount of people is trying their best to cultivate grow it. For more information on how to grow ginger, please refer to these articles 1. Choosing seed In order to get the best results, it’s best for us to use a high-quality ginger seed too. It’s preferred for these seeds to meet the requirements of quality standards that hea

8 Turmeric Side Effects if Consumed Excessively

Image
Despite being known as the rhizomes with myriad of benefits a surprising negative side effects still exist when it’s consumed excessively. Not only is it used as a spice seasoning, turmeric has also been used as traditional herb drinks for a long time.     From generation to generation, turmeric is believed to be able to solve a lot of problems and diseases. For example, it’s used as an herbal drink before childbirth and sometimes as a pain reliever from menstruation. Lots of modern research have shown that turmeric is indeed a spice with many benefits, making the use of it becoming more and more prominent in society. Especially since the spread of Covid-19, turmeric and other herbs was in high demand in the market. But did you know that despite its many benefits, an excessive consumption of turmeric is still not good? This is because turmeric has a lot of active substances in it. Here are some of the side effects that we should pay attention to, as summarized by theAsianparent:

7 Red Ginger Benefits That Some People Aren’t Aware

Image
The benefits of red ginger for your health – Did you know that ginger also have lots of different types ? Some of them is more effective in keeping your body healthy. One of those types that most people don’t know of its many benefits when consumed is red ginger Fitting for its name, red ginger has a reddish tone on its surface, making it easy to differentiate from other kind of ginger . The insides of this ginger also have a yellow reddish color on it. Not only that, the size of red ginger is most of the times smaller and overall have a lot more spice to it. With having an appearance and taste that’s stronger than other ginger, red ginger of course is more effective when used as medicinal herb. Curious what are those benefits? Let’s check it out. 7 Red Ginger Benefits That Most People Aren’t Aware Benefits of red ginger are as follow: 1. Effective in relieving cough and sore throat Having the warm sensation when it’s consumed, red ginger often times is the preferred choice when expe

Get To Know About Lemongrass

Image
Lemongrass is a plant belonging to the family of poaceae   which is used as a spice to scent food. The members of the poaceae are the most populous in the world because there are many cultivated plants that are members and are widely planted as food. In general, the characteristics of the poaceae plant are segmented stems, crownless flowers, and ribbon-shaped leaves. Lemongrass ( Cymbopogon citratus ) is a plant that lives wild and has pseudo-trunk that forms thick clumps up to 1 - 2 meters high. The stems of the lemongrass plant are also stiff and break easily. The stems of the lemongrass plant are clustered and tuberous, and soft and hollow. The contents of the stem are tuber fronds for shoots and are white and yellowish in color. the root is a type of fibrous root with a short rhizome and light brown roots. The leaves are green and not stemmed, rough, long, and pointed, almost resembling thatch leaves. In addition, the leaves of this plant have a ribbon-like shape that gets tapere

The Diverse Turmeric Drinks to Enhance Body Resistance and Health

Image
The popularity of turmeric as a spice with many benefits keep increasing day by the day. This spice with bright yellow color offers many benefits as turmeric drinks for your health. The active curcumin in it becomes a strong compound that acts as an antioxidant and anti-inflammation. This compound is thought to be able to prevent a couple of diseases from entering the body, from light diseases to chronic diseases. It’s become public knowledge that turmeric drinks contain many substances that are very beneficial for the body’s digestion. Other than for the body’s health, turmeric has also been often used as a natural food coloring and it can also even be processed as refreshing drinks. Turmeric can be consumed in many ways. Although this spice is most often used as food seasoning when used in traditional medicine, turmeric is processed into a drink. But good thing is that you can make these turmeric drinks by yourself at home. With the combination of other natural ingredients, turm

The Various Benefits of Turmeric for Your Body

Image
Turmeric is one of the kinds of food ingredients that has a unique taste and color. Not only used as seasoning, turmeric also has many benefits for your healthy that can be gained from the curcumin and essential oil it possesses. Some of the chemical compound that makes turmeric beneficial for your body are arabinose , fructose, glucose, calcium, cobalt, curcumin and essential oil. Each and every single one of them are beneficial for the body. Curcumin also has a role as something that brings the orangish yellow color on turmeric.   The Various Benefits of Turmeric for the Body. Other than used to solve digestive problems, turmeric surprisingly has a lot of other benefits that you might not be aware of. Starting from easing inflammation to antidote for snake’s venom, here are the benefits that turmeric has: 1.          Ease inflammation The active substance curcumin in turmeric is an antioxidant that contain strong anti-inflammatory potential. There are 200 milligrams of