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Health benefits of herbs and spices makes it an important part of herbal medicine.
The early use of herbs and spices was medicinal, and in many regions where they grow they are still valued for their medicinal properties.
Often their use in cooking owed as much to their percieved ability to promote health, combat flatulence, or helpdigest fatty foods.Fresh herbs and spices provided mineral salts and vitamins long before our need for these was understood. In tropical countries the vitamin C contained in chili peppers remains just as important to the diet as the lift that the chilies give to it.
In the US, the AmericanSpice Trade Association defines " any dried plant used primarly for seasoning purposes as a spice, this includes herbs.
In Southeast Asia, any aromatic plat used frsh is an herb, but once thesame substance is dried it is classed as a spice.
In the past herbs and spices were also important for their preservative properties,before the arrival of refrigeration.
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