BEST DISHES -- Ma-la noodles, pulled chicken, ma-la tendon, sliced conch, Chengdu cold jelly, pork with garlic, tea-smoked duck, tea-smoked pork with leeks, lamb with bean sauce, ma-po bean curd, kin-gou squash.
I could go on, given that almost every tool in the kitchen can be substituted with something simpler: knife for mezzaluna, rolling pin for garlic press, tea towel for salad spinner.
Garlic, green tea, aloe vera, chamomile and echinacea are commonly used herbs with potential medicinal properties [ 3, 4].
Some reports state, however, that garlic, green tea, Aloe vera and cranberry in general seem to have a low drug interaction risk [ 12, 55].
Evidence is also emerging that flavonoids such as garlic, green tea, silibinin, and curcumin have cancer preventive properties (Rahman 2003; Mandel et al 2005).
A review of the evidence suggests that there may be an overall decreased risk of cancer associated with taking Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng), garlic, green tea, soy, and tomatoes but research is extremely preliminary and in some cases contradictory.
Many traditional plants products are in use since long due to their therapeutic potential e.g. garlic, green tea, ginger etc., and several avenues are yet to be explored [ 6].
These included aloe vera, garlic, green tea, chamomile, echinacea, ginger, cranberry, peppermint, ginseng, ginkgo biloba, evening primrose, dandelion, valerian, liquorice, St. John's wort, slippery elm, milk thistle, dong quai, black cohosh, bilberry, senna, hawthorn, saw palmetto and chasteberry, in decreasing order of popularity amongst the survey respondents [ 33].
Avoid garlic, onions, tea, coffee, chocolate, alcohol, and cigarettes.
