Medicinal Spices and Herbs from India

Indian spices are known for their tremendous advantages, both as medicines as well as in cuisine. This two-volume book provides valuable and detailed information about the pharmacological and therapeutic benefits of traditional and exotic Indian spices grown on Indian soil and available across geographical boundaries.Volume 2 focuses on individual spices and their uses in treating various diseases. In particular, the volume explores the impacts and uses of black cumin, celery, black stone flowers, chili pepper, Asian spider flower, alkanet, kapok tree, pomegranate, asafoetida, fenugreek, cardamom, Indian sandalwood, musk, and more. Exploring each herb in detail, the book provides both new information as well as reinforces existing knowledge regarding these spices, adding to the knowledge about these exotic Indian spices in the field of medicine.Volume 1: Introduction, Therapeutic Properties, and Commercial Products provides an introduction to the history of use of spices in Indian culture and goes on to discuss the influence of geographical location and climatic variation, processing conditions for extraction of active principles, medicinal uses of traditional spices, the therapeutic properties and molecular mechanisms of exotic Indian spices used as medicine in the treatment of cancer, inflammation, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, brain and cognitive function, cardiovascular diseases, skin diseases, gastrointestinal disorders, bacterial infections, and other pathological conditions.