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 A spice is a dried seed, fruit, root, bark, leaf, or vegetative substance used in nutritionally insignificant quantities as a food additive for the purpose of flavour, colour, or as a preservative that kills harmful bacteria or prevents their growth.Spices, however, are dried and often ground or grated into a powder.

 
 Many of these substances are also used for other purposes, such as medicine, religious rituals, cosmetics, perfumery or eating as vegetables. For example, turmeric is also used as a preservative; liquorice as a medicine; garlic as a vegetable. In some cases they are referred to by different terms.

 
 Contents: Gala apple |Garfish | Garlic / bulb garlic | Goat pepper | Golden delicious apple | Golden delicious squash |Golden raspberry | Granny smith apple | grapefruit (white/pink) | Grapes | Green bean |Green tomato | Grey mullet | Garcinia Cambogia | Ginkgo Biloba | Gotu Kola |Grape Seed | Green Tea | Gymnema sylvestre | Ginger | Great Burdock Achene |Griffonia Seed | Green Peas | Golden Seal Root | Glossy Privet Fruit | Germinated Barley |Gaultheria fragrantissima | Gloriosa superba | Glycyrrhiza glabra | Gmelina arborea | Godanti bhasma |Gossypium herbaceum | Gossypium indicum | Guggul |

 
  Gala apple:Botanical Name:Gala apple
This apple is outstanding for eating out of hand or for baking or making applesauce.

 
  Garfish:This is a well-known fish, with a snake like body, long, pointy nose and shiny silver sides. Greenish back. It weighs up to 1.3 kilos. Small garfish are fried, while larger ones are either grilled or oven baked with onions, garlic and tomatoes. It isn't particularly tasty, however, it does have the advantage of having few bones.

 
  Garlic/bulb garlic:Botanical Name:Allium sativum Linn.
English Name:Garlic
Common Name:Lasuna,Dasuan.
Almost every cuisine on our planet has found an important role for garlic. Europeans mince it raw and add it to salad dressings, or saute it and use it to flavor their sauces. Asian cooks add it to their stir-fries; Indian cooks to their curries; Hispanic cooks to meats and vegetables. And Americans have lately taken a fancy to roasting whole bulbs, and then spreading the garlic like a soft cheese on bread or crackers. Garlic's good for you, too. Researchers believe that garlic can bolster the immune system, lower blood pressure and prevent heart disease, and at least some people believe that it can ward off vampires and insects. The only downside is that raw or undercooked garlic tends to linger on the breath, though many people are more than willing to pay that price.
Cooking Tips:To peel it easier, dip it in warm water for 5 minutes.

 
  goat pepper:Botanical Name:goat pepper
A very small chilli pepper from Indonesia dried and sold worldwide for pickling.

 
  Golden delicious apple:Botanical Name:golden delicious apple
This sweet apple is good for eating out of hand, baking, and for making pies. The yellower the better.

 
  Golden delicious squash:Botanical Name:golden delicious squash
Used when fully ripe and the rind has hardened. It is peeled and the seeds removed before cooking. Used for pumpkin pie and soup. They may also be pickled or made into chutney. The salted and dry-roasted seeds are eaten as a snack food.

 
  Golden raspberry:Botanical Name:golden raspberry
This is a blonder version of the red raspberry.

 
  Granny smith apple:Botanical Name:granny smith apple
This is a firm, tart apple that's good for baking, making pies, and eating out of hand. They tend to have thick skins, so you might want to peel them before serving.

 
  Grapefruit (white/pink):Botanical Name:Grapefruit (white/pink)
English Name:Grapefruit Seeds,GSE.
Common Name:forbidden fruit" of Barbados
A grapefruit is a large, slightly tart kind of citrus fruit. The rind is mostly yellow, and often tinged with green or red. Grapefruits are categorized by the color of their pulp: red, pink, or white (which is more honey-colored than white). The color of the pulp doesn't affect the flavor. When buying grapefruit, select specimens that are smaller, thin-skinned, and heavy for their size. Some varieties are seedless. They're best in the winter and spring.
Cooking Tip:If they are too bitter, add salt to sweeten them.

 
  Grapes:Botanical Name:Grapes
The fruit of a vine Vitis vinifera, V. labrusca or V. rotundifolia and hybrids, grown worldwide where the winters are cool and summers long and hot. The berries normally grow in clusters and range from green to dark purple and from 5 to 30 mm in diameter. The flesh varies from sour to sweet and succulent and is usually relatively firm but juicy and may contain up to 3 inedible seeds. Used for wine making, as a dessert fruit for decoration and garnishing and when dried for use as dried vine fruits (raisins, currants and sultanas).

 
  Green bean:Botanical Name:green bean
The immature pod of the French bean q.v.

 
  Green tomato:Botanical Name:green tomato

 
  Grey mullet:Botanical Name:Grey mullet
A very well known fish with a long body and silvery-ash in color, which becomes almost black towards the back. White belly. Quite often its flesh has an unpleasant, boggy smell. As it's rather heavy on the stomach, this fish should be eaten grilled. Most people, however, tend to eat the larger ones boiled.

 
  Garcinia Cambogia:Botanical Name:Garcinia Cambogia
English Name:Garcinia
Sanskrit / Indian Name:Vrikshamla, Kankushta
Common Name::(in india)r kokum, uppage huli;(in English)Brindel Berry/Uppagi, Malabar tamarind,Brindal Berry, Gorikapuli, HCA, Hydroxycitric acid, Malabar Tamarind.
The tree is valued for its dried rind which is rich in acids and possesses marked antiseptic properties. It contains tartaric acid reducing sugars and phosphoric acid (as calcium triphosphate). It limits the synthesis of fatty acids in the muscles and liver lipogenesis (production of fat) by inhibiting the enzyme ATP-citrate lyase.
The fruits contain about 30% acid (calculated as citric acid) on the dry basis which is essentially (-)-hydroxy-citric acid. A decoction of the fruit rind is given in rheumatism and bowel complaints. The resin possesses purgative properties.

 
  Ginkgo Biloba:Botanical Name:Ginkgo Biloba
English Name:Ginkgo Biloba leaves
Common Name:aidenhair Tree Leaves(English), Ginkgo biloba L.(Latin),echter Ginkgobaum
Ginkgo Biloba works by increasing blood flow to the brain, and through the entire body's network of blood vessels,which supplies oxygen and nutrients. Good blood circulation is essential for good health - better blood circulation promotes general longevity, and helps to keep you healthy.

 
  Gotu Kola:Botanical Name:Family Umbelliferae Centella asiatica syn. Hydrocotyle asiatica
English Name:Centella asiatica
Sanskrit / Indian Name:
Common Name:Indian Pennywort, Marsh Penny, Indian Hydrocotyle, Hydrocotyle, White Rot, Thick-leaved Pennywort,Gotu Kola, Hydrocotyle asiatica,Centella asiatique(in French).
There are three main chemical constituents in Gotu kola. The first is asiaticoside, which is a triterpene glycoside and classified as an antibiotic. It aids in wound healing and has been used in the treatment of leprosy and tuberculosis in the Far East. The second constituent is a pair of chemicals, brahmoside and brahminoside, which are saponin glycosides. These are diuretic in nature and have a slightly sedative action in large doses. Finally, there is madecassoside, a glycoside that is a strong anti-inflammatory agent. The plant is also a source of Vitamin K, magnesium, calcium and sodium.

 
  Grape Seed:Botanical Name:Vitis vinifera
English Name:Grape Seed
Common Name:Grape Seed, Muscat, Red Wine,Vitis vinifera,Vitis Vinefera (Grape) Seed
Grape seed extract Proanthocyanidins refer to procyanidin mixtures extracted from grape (Vitis vinifera) seeds. Procyanidins are derivatives of the flavan-3-o1 class of flavonoids. This class includes (+)-catechin, commonly referred to as catechin, and (-)-epicatechin, commonly referred to as epicatechin.

 
  Green Tea:Botanical Name:Camellia Sinensis
Green tea is derived from the leaves of the tea plant and it is rich in beneficial compounds called catechins. Green Tea is lightly processed to retain these substances so the active constituents remain unaltered in the herb. Traditional Chinese medicine has prescribed Green Tea for longevity and a strong immune system, energy enhancement, headaches, depression, digestion and detoxification. It is thought to have excellent thermogenic properties to enhance weight loss.

 
  Gymnema sylvestre:Botanical Name:Gymnema sylvestre Roxb.
English Name:Ram's Horn
Sanskrit / Indian Name:Meshashringi,Gurmar
Common Name:Gurmarbooti, Gurmar,
Gymnema sylvestre is a large, woody climber.
Its principal constituent is gymnemic acid which has anti-diabetic properties. The plant is stomachic, stimulant, laxative and diuretic. It abolishes the taste of sugar and is believed to neutralize excessive sugar present in the body in diabetes mellitus. The leaf extracts contain gymnemic acid which is said to inhibit hyperglycemia. It has also been shown to have a regenerative effect on pancreatic beta cells and is insulinotropic.

 
  Ginger:Botanical Name:Zingiber officinale (ROSC.)
English Name:Ginger
Common Name:Jamaica ginger, African ginger, black ginger, race ginger
The word ginger comes from the ancient Sanskrit singabera, meaning 'shaped like a horn'.It first appeared in the writings of Confucius in the 5th century BC. and it has been used medicinally in the West for at least 2000 years.It was introduced by the Spaniards to the Americas and is now cultivated extensively in the West Indies. The Portuguese introduced it to West Africa. It was traditionally used to warm the stomach and dispel chills. In the 18th century it was added to remedies to modify their action and to reduce their irritant effects upon the stomach. Ginger is still used in this way in China to reduce the toxicity of some herbs. The Chinese prescribe ginger tea for delayed menstruation.It is rich in vitamin C, and Chinese mariners ate it fresh to ward off scurvy.

 
  Great Burdock Achene:Botanical Name:Fructus Arctii(Arctium lappa)
English Name:Great Burdock Ach
Scientific Names:Arctium lappa L.
Common Name:Bardana,Gobo,Beggar's Buttons, Burr, Burr Seed, Burrseed, Cockle Burr,Clod-bur, Clot Bur, Clot-bur, Clotbur, Clotburr, Clothburr, Cocklebur, Cockleburr, Cockle Buttons, Cockle-Button, Fox's Clote, Grass Burdock, Great Burdock, Greater Burdock, Happy Major, Happy-major, Hardock, Harebur, Hareburr, Hare-Lock, Hurrburr, Lappa, Lappa Minor, Loppy-major, Lopuh, Love Leaves, Niu Bang Zi, Personata, Philanthropium, Repeinik, Thorny Burr, Touch-me-not, Turkey Burrseed, Turkey-Bur,Lappa. Fox's Clote. Thorny Burr. Beggar's Buttons. Cockle Buttons. Love Leaves. Philanthropium. Personata. Happy Major. Clot-Bur.
During the Middle Ages, burdock was valued for treating a host of ailments. English herbalists used burdock root for boils, scurvy (a disease caused by vitamin C deficiency, leading to bleeding, gum disease, and weakness), diabetes, and rheumatism (disorders characterized by joint discomfort and loss of mobility). Burdock also played an important role in Native American herbal medicine, and American herbalists have used the roots and seeds of this plant for two centuries.

 
  Griffonia Seed:Botanical Name:Griffonia simplicifolia
English Name:Griffonia Seed
Common Name:Griffonia Seed
In African folk medicine, Griffonia Seed is reputed to be an aphrodisiac, as well as an antibiotic and a remedy for diarrhea, vomiting, and stomachache. Griffonia Seed has been used in the treatment of fibromyalgia, headaches, and stomach problems. More impressively, Griffonia Seed has been shown to raise serotonin levels, leading to relief from depression, insomnia, anxiety, and eating disorders.

 
  Green Peas:Botanical Name:Oriental Green Peas
English Name:Green Peas
Common Name:Pea, dry pea, (UK, USA), Batani (Ind), Erbese (Ger), Ater (Eth), pois (Fra), Takarmany borso (Hun)
Pea is a frost-hardy, cool-season vegetable that can be grown throughout most of the United States, wherever a cool season of sufficient duration exists. For gardening purposes, peas may be classified as garden peas (English peas), snap peas and snow peas (sugar peas). Garden pea varieties have smooth or wrinkled seeds.

 
  Golden Seal Root:Botanical Name:Hydrastis canadensis,Hydrastis canadensis (L.)
English Name:Goldenseal
Common Name:Goldenseal, yellow paint root, orange root, yellow puccoon, ground raspberry, eye root, yellow Indian plant, turmeric root, Ohio curcuma, eye balm, yellow eye, jaundice root,Hydrastis rhizoma, yellow root, orange root, eye balm, eye root, wild curcuma, ground raspberry, Indian plant, Indian dye, Indian paint, Jaundice root, turmeric root, yellow puccoon.
Goldenseal is the root of Hydrastis Canadensis. Goldenseal root is famous for use against sore throat and strep throat, effective against bladder infections. It is the alkaloid berberine which makes goldenseal root an effective remedy against protozoa, bacteria and fungi.

 
  Glossy Privet Fruit:Botanical Name:Ligustrum lucidum Ait.
English Name:Ligustrum lucidum Ait
Common Name:Privet, Nu Zhen Zi, Glossy Privet, Dong qing Zin
Ligustrum lucidum is a Chinese medicinal plant that is often used in combination with other herbs in botanical formulas. There are several species of Ligustrum that are thought to have different medicinal properties. Traditionally, Ligustrum lucidum is used to treat diminished eye sight, dizziness, fever, insomnia, and lower back pain. Some herbalists also use it to treat side effects caused by chemotherapy and to increase immunity in cancer patients. In vitro studies have shown that the fruits of Ligustrum lucidum have antitumor, immunostimulatory, antioxidative, antiviral, antimutagenic, and hepatoprotective properties.

 
  Germinated Barley:Botanical Name:Hordeum vulgare L.
English Name:Germinated Barley (mai ya)
Common Name:Fructus Hordei Germinatus
Also known as malt, germinated barley is the end product that comes from the fermentation and drying of barley, an annual cereal plant that grows worldwide. Germinated barley is made by soaking barley corn in water at a properly maintained temperature and humidity, then taking the sprouts out after they reach a length of approximately .5 centimeters. At that point, they are dried. The sprouts can either be used raw, or after being parched.

 
  Gaultheria fragrantissima:Botanical Name:Gaultheria fragrantissima
English Name:Indian Winter Green
Sanskrit / Indian Name:Gandapura
A much-branched evergreen, aromatic shrub.
The volatile oil obtained by the steam distillation of the leaves of G. fragrantissima is identical to Wintergreen oil, obtained from G. procumbens.
The principal constituent of the oil is methyl salicylate. It is stimulant, carminative and antiseptic. It is applied externally in the form of liniment or ointment in rheumatism, sciatica and neuralgia.

 
  Gloriosa superba:Botanical Name:Gloriosa superba
English Name:Malabar Glory Lily
Sanskrit / Indian Name:Kalihari
Gloriosa superba is a striking tuberous climbing plant with wavy-edged yellow and red flowers found throughout India. The cylindrical rhizomes usually bifurcate to 'V' shape. The acuminate tips of the leaves spiraled and serve as tendrils for climbing. The perianth lobes are brightly colored and wavy margined. Colchicine is the major compound isolated from the rhizomes. They have abortifacient, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and antileprotic properties.
In Ayurveda, the tuber is anthelmintic and abortifacient. Kalahari is cultivated mainly in south India.

 
  Glycyrrhiza glabra:Botanical Name:Glycyrrhiza glabra
English Name:Licorice, Liquorice
Sanskrit / Indian Name:Yashti-madhu, Yashti-madhuka
Glycyrrhiza glabra is a perennial herb in the subtropical and warm temperate regions. None of the liquorice species occurs in India in the wild. But its use has been reported for a long time in traditional literature.
The principal constituent of licorice is glycyrrhizin. Licorice is used for the treatment of asthma, acute and chronic bronchitis and chronic cough. It modulates the immune system and has shown remarkable immuno-stimulant properties. It has an antioxidant activity. It is a mild anti-inflammatory for arthritis and rheumatism and is used to treat gastric, duodenal and esophageal ulceration or inflammation, heartburn and mouth ulcers. The plant contains phytoestrogens in the form of isoflavones such as formononetin; glabrone, neoliquiritin and hispaglabridin A & B.
It alleviates irritable conditions of the mucus membrane, and strengthens the immune system and provides resistance in recurring infections.

 
  Gmelina arborea:Botanical Name:Gmelina arborea
English Name:Coomb Teak
Sanskrit / Indian Name:Gambhari
An unarmed tree, with a smooth, whitish gray bark which contains traces of an alkaloid.
The bark is a bitter tonic and stomachic, and is considered useful in fever and indigestion.

 
  Godanti bhasma:Sanskrit / Indian Name:Godanti bhasma
It is a natural form of calcium that helps to maintain healthy bone structure.

 
  Gossypium herbaceum:Botanical Name:Gossypium herbaceum
English Name:Indian Cotton Plant
Sanskrit / Indian Name:Karpasa
Small shrubs with thick and rigid stems, the flowers are medium-sized, yellow with a purple center.
Cotton seed is demulcent, laxative, expectorant and galactogogue.It is used as a nervine tonic in headaches and brain affections,and decoctions of the seed are given in dysentery and intermittent fevers.

 
  Gossypium indicum:Botanical Name:Gossypium indicum
English Name:Cotton Plant
Sanskrit / Indian Name:Karpasa
A perennial or annual shrub with slender, trailing branches. The seeds are covered with white or grey lint.
Cotton seed, which yields oil, is demulcent, laxative, expectorant and galactogogue. It is used as a nervine tonic in headaches and brain affections, and decoctions of the seed are given in dysentery and intermittent fevers.

 
  Guggul:Botanical Name:COMMIPHORA MUKUL
Common Name:COMMIPHORA, MUKUL, GUGGUL, BALSAMODENDROM MUKUL, INDIAN BDELLIUM TREE, MOQL, MOQLE-ARZAGI
Uses : It is Carminative, Antispasmodic, Disphoretic, Ecobolic, Anti suppurative and Emmenagodue. Gum resin used for treatment of rheumatoid arthiritis. It is a potent drug for cardiac disorders high cholesterol. It is an ingredient for over fifty compounds.

 
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