Ashitaba: Tommorow's Leaf

Ashitaba (Japanese name "ashitaba", Angelica Keiskei Koidzumi), or commonly called by Filipinos as "Asitaba," A herbal plant originated from Izlu Island. That gives profound effect if administered vocally orally like a lettuce. My father at age 60 consumed the herb regularly, and he experienced a revitalizing effect with his eye sight. He usually uses a reading glass in able to read text messages with the help of magnifying glass. Afterwards, he doesn't use the glasses anymore. With his arthritis also, that usually gets a load of his uric acid and making his feet swollen has magically improved. Several friends of him have began using the said plant, and testified favorable results in their blood pressure, diabetes and colon ailments. I am also convinced, and using its boiled leaves to make milk for my two baby girls. I also have tried and used ashitaba leaves to several dishes such as papaitan, sinigang, tokwa't baboy, nilaga, bulalo, adobong pusit and ensalada.  Later I will post articles on how to use ashitaba as veggie to common filipino dishes. Making your everyday food into a healthy meal. So stay tuned. It's up to you my readers to believe it or not, you can always do more research in order for you to determine if this benefits you or not.



It made me curious about this plant, and look it up at google.com, and found several articles about its beneficial claims and therapeutic effect. Others are air-drying its leaves and using it as a herbal tea, some commercially process the leaves and in capsule form, powdered or tea bags.

Here is a photo of an air-dried leaves we are using as a herbal tea.

Here are some historical statements from organicshitaba.com,
"The oldest written record of the medicinal value of Ashitaba appears in a Chinese book listing the medicines that can be derived from grass. The book was first published during the Ming Dynasty and was written by Dr. Lee during his lifetime from 1518 to 1593 AD. This book was then transcribed into Latin, English, German, Russian and became internationally famous as a publication on Oriental Medicine. It was brought into Japan and presented to the Shogun by Razan Hayashi in 1606."

Links
http://www.planetbotanic.ca/fact_sheets/japanese_herbs/ashitaba_japanese_angelica.htm
http://www.organicashitaba.com/articles.html
http://www.ashitabagreen.com/index.html 

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Check out my home cooking with Ashitaba.

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