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Article: Spicing it up!(Life)
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- The Mercury (South Africa)
- Article date:
- August 16, 2006
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THE medicinal treasures we have at our fingertips never cease to amaze me. For instance, Cayenne pepper - a readily available, inexpensive kitchen spice - has been prized for thousands of years for its medicinal properties.
And it's not all just old wives' tales either: clinical studies conducted on many of the old-time health applications have validated the therapeutic value of this remarkable herb.
Many herbalists believe Cayenne is the most useful and valuable herb in the herb kingdom, not only because it plays a key role in maintaining the optimal health of the entire digestive system, heart and circulatory system, but also because it increases the ...