Herb

In general use, herbs are any plants used for food, flavoring, medicine, or perfume. Culinary use typically distinguishes herbs from spices. Herbs refer to the leafy green parts of a plant (either fresh or dried), while a "spice" is a product from another part of the plant (usually dried), including seeds, berries, bark, roots and fruits.

In botanical English the word "herb" is also used as a synonym of "herbaceous plant".

Herbs have a variety of uses including culinary, medicinal, and in some cases spiritual usage. General usage of the term "herb" differs between culinary herbs and medicinal herbs. In medicinal or spiritual use any of the parts of the plant might be considered "herbs", including leaves, roots, flowers, seeds, resin, root bark, inner bark (and cambium), berries and sometimes the pericarp or other portions of the plant.

The word "herb" is pronounced /ˈhɜːrb/ by most English-speaking countries, but /ˈɜːrb/ is common among North American speakers and those from other regions where h-dropping occurs.

Herbs (band)

Herbs are a multi-cultural New Zealand reggae vocal group which had Samoans, Tongans, Cook Islanders and Maori in the band. 11th inductee into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame, they formed in 1979, and were once described as "New Zealand's most soulful, heartfelt and consistent contemporary musical voice". It has been said their debut EP Whats' Be Happen? "set a standard for Pacific reggae which has arguably never been surpassed".

Politics

The band has always been political, with links to the Polynesian Panthers and the cover of Whats' Be Happen (released during the 1981 Springbok tour) being an aerial photo of police action at Bastion Point in 1978. As well as race relations, the band took a strong stance on nuclear weapons in the pacific with "French Letter".

History

Herbs produced a stream of reggae hits with some of the country's top talent. In the 1980s and the first half of the '90s, Herbs had 10 top 20 singles hits. Herbs also worked alongside UB40,Taj Mahal, Tina Turner, Neil Young, George Benson and Stevie Wonder.

24Herbs

24Herbs (stylized also as 24HERBS) is a Hong Kong hip Hop group formed in 2006. It consists of six members: Ghost Style, Phat, Kit, SIR JBS, Drunk & Dor Yuk. Phat & Kit were members of the Hong Kong underground hip hop group LMF. Drunk was a member of pop “boy group” Alive. Ghost Style is a DJ and music producer. Dor Yuk is a commercial music producer and SIR JBS is a fashion designer and skate shop “8FIVE2 Shop” owner.

History

Early years and debut album (2006-2010)

In 2008 24Herbs released their self-titled debut album 24Herbs. Their hit single "Respect Jou OK" made to multiple radio stations' charts and won “Year 2008 Hong Kong Commercial Radio Annual Award for "The Best New Group – 3rd place". 24Herbs collaborated with various artists, including on "Forgiveness" with Sammi Cheng and "Laser" with Chermaine Fong. "Forgiveness" won the "Highest hit rate MV" in Hong Kong Digital Media Award. In the last few years, 24Herbs has been actively involved in the film industry, they wrote and performed the theme song for the film "Once a Gangster" and guest-starred in the film.