Nowadays, people are more accepting of herbal medicine and its importance to one’s health. Herbs had been used thousands of years ago by many ancient civilizations not only for their medicinal purposes, but for their nutritional properties as well. Herbs like chamomile, acai berry, ginseng, ginkgo biloba, among others can now be used like the common herbs you see in your kitchen such as dill, parsley, garlic, turmeric, etc. as cooking ingredients.
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Try cooking a chicken-ginseng soup by using 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, 2 cups chopped onion, 2 tablespoon diced fresh ginger, 6 cloves of minced garlic, and a pound of skinless and boneless chicken breast, cut into inch-pieces. You will also need 3 cups water, 3 cans of fat-free sodium-free chicken broth, 3 cups of frozen or fresh corn, 4 bags ginseng tea or 2 sliced ginseng roots, ¼ tablespoon of salt and 1/8 teaspoon of pepper.
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Try cooking a chicken-ginseng soup by using 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, 2 cups chopped onion, 2 tablespoon diced fresh ginger, 6 cloves of minced garlic, and a pound of skinless and boneless chicken breast, cut into inch-pieces. You will also need 3 cups water, 3 cans of fat-free sodium-free chicken broth, 3 cups of frozen or fresh corn, 4 bags ginseng tea or 2 sliced ginseng roots, ¼ tablespoon of salt and 1/8 teaspoon of pepper.
