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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: Jack be little |Jalapeno chile | Jicama | Jew's Ear Fungus | Jasminum grandiflorum |Jasminum sambac | Juglans regia |

 
  jack be little:Botanical Name:jack be little

 
  Jalapeno chile:Botanical Name:jalapeno chile
A variety of gently tapering hot green Mexican chilli about 6 cm long. Used fresh in curries or pickled for use as a snack food

 
  Jicama:Botanical Name:jicama
This tan-skinned tuber has a mild, nondescript flavor, but a nice crunchy texture. It's a good, cheap substitute for water chestnuts in stir-fries. Since it doesn't discolor, it's also a great vegetable to serve raw on a crudites platter. Peel it before using.

 
  Jew's Ear Fungus:Botanical Name:Auricularia auricula-judae
English Name:Jew's-ear (n.):A widely distributed species of edible fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae, formerly Hirneola Auricula-Jud?, or Hirneola Auricula), bearing some resemblance to the human ear and growing on decaying wood.
Common Name:Jew's Ear Fungus,black fungus,JEW'S EAR,Jew's-ear,Judas's Ear,Elder wood Fungus,pepeao
And why is it known as Jew's Ears Fungus? Myth and legend link this fungus with Judas, who supposedly hanged himself to death, from an elder tree, after betraying Jesus Christ. As a result, the tree became known as the Judas tree. This type of tree often has these little Jelly fungi sprouting out of it, which became known as Judas's Ear. Over time, the name gradually changed to the similar-sounding Jew's Ear.

 
  Jasminum grandiflorum:Botanical Name:Jasminum grandiflorum / J.officinale
English Name:Spanish Jasmine
Sanskrit / Indian Name:Jati
It is a large scrambling or twining shrub with imparipinnate leaves and very fragrant flowers. Traditionally it is used as a high-class perfume. It is used for its cooling effect. Also used for various skin diseases and headache.

 
  Jasminum sambac:Botanical Name:Jasminum sambac
English Name:Jasmine
Sanskrit / Indian Name:Jati
It is scandent or sub-erect shrub.Four varieties are cultivated throughout India for its fragrant flowers. It may grow as a climber in some cultivated conditions. The flowers and its oil are used as aromatic and refresher to the skin.

 
  Juglans regia:Botanical Name:Juglans regia
English Name:Walnut,WALNUT, PERSIAN WALNUT, EUROPEAN WALNUT, AKHROT
Sanskrit / Indian Name:Akschota
A large, deciduous, monoecious tree with tomentose shoots. Walnut is esteemed as dessert and dry fruit during winter, particularly in North India. A globulin, juglansin, has been isolated from the edible kernel.
Walnut shell, acts as exfoliating micro-particles, & contains organic acids that are astringent and antiseptic. The leaves and bark are tonic, anthelmintic, alterative and detergent; they are used in herpes, eczema, scrofula and syphilis; the fruit is reported to be used as alterative in rheumatism. The vinegar of the pickled young fruit is used as a gargle for sore throat. Green hull and unripe shell are anti-syphilitic and vermifugal. The expressed oil of the fruit is considered useful against tapeworm and as a laxative injection. In Malaya, the kernels are recommended in colic and dysentery.
The finely powdered bark can be used as an ingredient of ayurvedic medicine for the treatment of bleeding gums and as mouth rinse. It can also be used in cosmetics for dentifrice, toothpowder, mouth rinses, deodorants and chewing gums.

 
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