Edible and Medicinal Plants Around The World

Plants can provide food and medicine around the world when you know which ones are safe and which ones are not safe. If you get stranded on an island without food knowing what plants can be used for food or medicine will help you survive till help arrives. But you must be sure to know for a fact which plants are safe, know how to prepare them for eating or for medicine, and know what might make them be dangerous for you. For instance, some plants are found in different areas and give an appearance that they are not useful to us, but yet at certain times of the year they have parts that become edible like the fresh flowers from them.Confused? Here ‘s a little help . Some are high in sugar which might make these be a bad choice if you have a health issue like diabetes. So knowing what plants are safe is good but you should also know how it might affect a health issue. Some plants can be eaten raw while others must be cooked at the right temperatures to be safe for consumption. There is so much to know to survive on using edible and medicinal plants around the world.

September 23rd 2011 READ MORE Comments Off