With its lemony scent and hint of rose aroma, lemon grass is an essential ingredient in Thai and Indonesian cooking. Lemon grass grows wild in Indonesia, Indochina, and tropical Australia, and has been cultivated in Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka as a culinary herb and in India as a medicinal herb for thousands of years. It was considered by Paracelsus to be a cure-all and was his favorite and most revered herb. Traditional Chinese medicine has used it to relieve headaches and abdominal pain ...(more) 

Turmeric is made from the root of Curcuma longa, a beautiful tropical plant with yellow or yellowish-white flowers, luscious fruits, and very large lily-like leaves. Its exotic fragrance once made the flowers a favorite for making fragrances. And herbal healers have been using it for thousands of years to stop inflammation. You may recognize turmeric as the spice that's widely used in Indian cuisine. Native to India and tropical areas of Asia, it's what gives curry powder its vibrant yellow ...(more) 

Note: All items with the stock number- #PB or #MR following the name of the item will take from 2-3 weeks for delivery. These items are not imported or stocked with us so your savings are increased. We purchase these items directly from the USA wholesaler on an as needed basis. Please keep in mind that the turn around time for all items marked with stock #PB or #MR is 2-3 weeks. If you order other items in the same order not marked with a #PB or #MR stock number, they will all be sent at ...(more) 

Hemp has a bad reputation as being an illegal narcotic, which deters many people from the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. However, the plant's Latin name means "useful hemp", and the seeds are one of the most nutritious substances on earth. Hemp seed contains all the essential amino acids and essential fatty acids that our bodies need, which makes it a perfect protein supplement. No other single source provides such a complete protein in a form that is so easily digested and absorbed by the bo ...(more) 

Who could know the health benefits of bee pollen better than a bee? When bees help themselves to nectar so they can make honey, they coat their legs with pollen in the process. This bee pollen is collected when they return to the hive where they have to pass through a screen to get back into the hive. This screen gently scraps the pollen of their legs as they pass through it and it will then drop into a collection tray for our use. Bee pollen has a long and storied past throughout human his ...(more) 

Spirulina is the original green superfood; it is an easily produced microscopic blue-green algae in the shape of a spiral coil, living both in sea and fresh water. It is a complete protein, providing all 21 amino acids, and the entire B complex of vitamins, including B12. It is rich in beta-carotene, minerals, trace minerals, and essential fatty acids. Digestibility is high, stimulating both immediate and long-range energy. Some scientist speculate that the “manna” of the wandering Israel ...(more)