How To Prepare 8 Cheap Healing Extracts From Herbs And Spices At Home. Do It Yourself.

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Surely, you have ever encounter a recipe, requiring extract from some herbs or spices - vanilla, mint, almond and coconut are among the most common. 

So, I decided to teach you how to do it yourself at home. It’s easy.

For this purpose, you need some small jars (with a screw cap) or glass bottles, vodka and herbs/spices. I’ll show you how to prepare extracts from coconut, orange, ginger, lime, vanilla and several mixed.

Here are some important things that's nice to know in advance to prepare a good extract:

1. To obtain qualitative extract, it should pass at least 2 weeks (in some cases 3-4 weeks).When the taste of vodka become unnoticeable, the extract is ready.

2. Jars/bottles should be shaken every day during preparation of the extract, it may take 2-3, or 4 weeks.

3. After extract is ready, you can remove the herb (spice) / if you want/. Also, you can leave it inside, especially if you think you'll use it more than six months, because the taste can be reduced. This does not apply only to mint - its leaves should be removed from the jar, after 2-3 days.

4. Jars must be kept in a cool dark place. If you keep them on a shelf (ie not in the dark), use jars of dark glass.

5. The extracts will not spoil. The only danger is the weakening of taste, over time.

6. You can always refill vodka or to add more spices/ herbs.

7. You can also use other types of alcohol, if you think that the flavors will fit - such as rum or tequila. The important thing is to be strong alcohol, about 40%.

8. You can use the extracts to flavor cakes, for cocktails or treatment.

1.Extracts from oranges, limes / or lemons/, grapefruits

Proportion: you can use the peel from one lemon/orange with 150ml alcohol.

Wash well the fruit peel, then put it in the jar, pour vodka to the top, close tightly and shake.

2.VanIlla

Proportion: use 1 vanilla pod with maximum 100ml of alcohol

To prepare vanilla, cut it in two, lengthwise. With the back of the knife, scrape the seeds. Then cut the pods and put everything in a jar. Pour vodka and shake.

3. Mint

Proportion: a handful of leaves with 150ml of alcohol

Get 5-7 stalks of mint, wash well and dry. Put the leaves (without stems) in a jar, pour vodka and shake. The only difference with other extracts, is that mint leaves should be removed after about three days.

4. Coconut

Proportion: half a coconut with 200ml of alcohol

Stick a nail into one of the "eyes" of the coconut, empty the juice through the hole. Then, using a hammer, crush " the equator" of the coconut. The brown part is peeled with peeler and the white-grated or minced. Put it in a jar, pour vodka and shake.

5. Cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and ginger

Easy preparation-just put all these spices in the jar, cut ginger into chunks, pour 200 ml vodka and shake.

6. Ginger

Proportion: root the size of a large walnut about 150-200m alcohol

It is important to be well washed. Cut it into pieces, add vodka and shake.

7. Apple and cinnamon

Proportion: 1/4 apple and 1 cinnamon stick, 150ml of alcohol

Apple and ginger does not need to be peeled. Just cut and put in a jar, add cinnamon stick. And, of course, vodka.

8. Almonds

Proportion: 5 almonds with 150ml of alcohol

Peel raw 5-6 almonds and put them in a jar with vodka.

Good luck and do not hesitate to experiment!

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The lymphatic system stays in the basis of the purification of inter cellular spaces, and it is also a part of our immune system. Its function is to filter the blood, to produce white blood cells, to protect us against diseases etc.

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Why To Treat Many Diseases With Ginger?

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Ginger - a real panacea, described in the writings of Confucius, and invaluable natural gift, treating a whole bunch of diseases. Also, it is a great spice and product, stabilizing the immune system.

Why ginger is so important?

When we talk about ginger we care, what lies behind its spicy and lemon flavor.  We believe, that it will save us from abdominal colic and fever, cancer and heart disease.

The aromatic ginger is a treasury of B vitamins: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, folic acid, vitamin C, and calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, sodium and zinc. Also, it contains essential oil, ointment, starch, tannins, resins, phenols, alkaloid ...

Do you know that, quarter teaspoon of ginger powder, or a slice, in a cup of tea mobilize brain -  you can do it before important meetings or conferences.

Ginger is a simple solution for headaches, injuries, back pain: in such cases make homemade pasta  with ginger powder and a few drops of hot water.

Especially valuable is the treatment with ginger in problems with the gastrointestinal tract, in particular, colitis with dizziness and nausea. Ginger supplements calm tract, neutralize the increased bloating. Extracts of ginger support health,  when have cardiovascular disease and asthma.

Can we cure cancer with ginger?

One of the most important benefits of ginger, is that it can affect the growth of cancer cells. The extracts of ginger kill ferments, that support the development of cancerous cells. Without these ferments, cancer cells are killed within a few hours.

Here is the list of diseases, in which ginger is proven to help:

• respiratory diseases, particularly bronchitis and cough;
• asthma - alleviates symptoms, normal breathing;
• nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, colicky abdominal surgery;
• inflammation and precancerous conditions of the colon;
• relieves pain in arthritis;
• assist in the treatment of ovarian cancer;

How To Reduce And Remove Nitrates From Fruits And Vegetables? Simple Homemade Tricks.

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We usually associate Spring with lettuce and green onions, which are among the vegetables, containing many nitrates.  It’s known that there are nitrates even in drinking water and sausages. It is important to know, what are the values of nitrates in drinking water in the area you live.

The question is, whether our body has a mechanism to deal with nitrates. Unfortunately, the answer is -no. In itself, however, nitrates are not harmful,  however, it is dangerous when nitrates turn themselves into nitrites. They in turn, combine to hemoglobin in human organism, and thus, they prevent the transfer of oxygen to tissues and organs. This may lead to appearance of cancer.

What  we  can do  is to remove them in a very simple way. The most elementary thing,  is to soak the green salad in a bowl of water in which there  are couples of  spoons of vinegar. Mix 5 tablespoons of vinegar with one liter of water. If you do not have vinegar, you can add baking soda in the same proportion.

Soak the salad for at least 20-30 minutes, then throw out the water and rinse. To be even more sure, that you have no nitrates in the salad, season it with lemon.  It contains large amounts of vitamin C, which prevents conversion of nitrates into nitrites.

Other vegetables that can be treated in the same way, are green onions, garlic and tomatoes. It's nice to know, that tomatoes with thicker peel, contain more nitrates. Carrots and beets – they accumulate nitrates in root tips (mustache), so always remove them.

If you notice that they are curly (mustaches), it is best not buy these vegetables. The same goes for radishes. Mainly, nitrates are contained in the peels of fruits and vegetables. In potatoes, however, there are nitrates and in their core, as well. So first peel the potatoes, cut them into several pieces, boil them, throw out the water and then cook.

When prepare cabbage,  it is necessary to remove the top 4-5 leaves to make sure that you have no  problem with nitrates. Cucumbers, zucchini, eggplant - to get rid of nitrates, cut off the stalk and soak vegetables in water for 1 hour.

Always choose cucumbers with deep green color. Darker color indicates more nitrates. Apples, pears - they contain not only nitrates, but also dangerous substances for long-term storage of fruits. It is better to peel them or soak in water, before consumption.

Watermelons – buy them if they are mellowed very well. If you encounter a watermelon with large white threads inside, it is  better not to consume it. Nitrates accumulate themselves mainly in the peel and just below it.