Sharing the health benefits of plants 

You may have tried cider but have you tried fire cider?! Fire cider is a spicy, homemade tonic. It uses unpasturized apple cider vinegar to extract minerals and alcaloids from immune-stimulating ingredients. This simple recipe has been made famous by Rosemary Gladstar, a well-known American herbalist, who wanted to show people how easy it was to make medecine in your own kitchen using accessible and affordable ingredients. Let’s take a look at some of those ingredients. Garli

France has a number of well-known aperitif drinks including Pastis, Suze and Lillet. But, did you know that these three drinks are all produced from plants ? Aniseed, licorice root, fennel seeds, star anise, quinquina bark, bitter orange and gentian make up just some of the ingredients of these drinks. Quick fun quiz : which ingredients are associated with which drink ? (Response at the end of the article) Many plants used in aperitif drinks all over the world have one thing