Mark Blumenthal

"If I were to start an herbal medicine cabinet, the first herb I would have, I recommend for everyone, is aloe vera. It's a historically rich plant with lots of tradition and there's probably no better way to show the healing power of plants than to take the leaf of an aloe vera plant and cut it and put that gel right on a burn or cut and stop the pain almost immediately.

"One of the things I would recommend for everyone's medicine cabinet would be some ginger. Ginger's a very useful herb because it's great for indigestion and also can be used for motion sickness. For anybody that has travel sickness, it's a great herb to have and it tastes great..."