The Sweet Cure from Strawberries

The popular Strawberry (Fragaria vesca Linn.) plant belongs to the plant family Rosaceae. It is a low perennial herb with runners. The leaves are compound in three leaflets, bright green, and with toothed margin. The flowers are white, with five petals, developing into a sweet red false or aggregate fruit which is now called strawberry. The plant is vegetatively propagated by runners.

These are the medicinal use of this plant:

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• Binds tissues and promotes free flow of urine.
• Chronic diarrhea.
• Abnormal build up of minerals in the body, kidney diseases, intestinal worms, pulmonary inflammation of the mucous membranes or catarrh, arthritis, jaundice, liver and stomach problems.
• Bladder stones.
• Indigestion.
• Anaemia.

The following are the instructions on how to use the plant as a  medicine:

• The tea leaves has the property of binding tissues and promoting the free flow of urine.
• The tea is also used for chronic diarrhea. The root also has the same medicinal property.
• The fruit is valuable in cases of calculus or the abnormal build up of minerals in the body, kidney diseases, intestinal worms, pulmonary catarrh, gout, arthritis, jaundice, liver and stomach problems.
• In the treatment of bladder stones, the juice of the fresh strawberry is taken before breakfast. It relives pains and prevents development of new stones.
• The fruit is also recommended for indigestion or dyspepsia.
• It has good anti-anaemic properties.
• The whole plant is really useful in curing these different illnesses. 

Reference: The Amazing Healing Plants by Dr. JC Kurian

The Power of Guava Tree

The popular Guava Tree belongs to the plant family Myrtaceae. It is considered to be a tropical and semitropical plant. It grows to a height of 7.5 metres with a trunk girth of about 30-90 cm. When fully mature, the smooth, pinkish brown branches with grey patches take on a few peculiar crooked bends with heavy knots in them. The leaves are 10-15 cm. long, oblong and entire with lateral nerves. The white flowers found in the axils are 2.5-3.5 cm. in diameter. The tree, found in the backyards of many houses, produces the well-known and edible friuts that are pear-shaped or round. They turn yellow when ripe and are rich in vitamin C and fiber.

These are the medicinal use of the plant.

• Gastroenteritis or inflammation of the stomach and intestine, uterine hemorrhage or heavy bleeding, chronic diarrhea and or edema.
• Dysentery, inflammation of the kidney, and diarrhea.
• Ulcers, vaginal and uterine problems and cuts
• Spasms, fever, worms, kidney problems, epilepsy, diabetes and cerebral affection.

How to use Guava as medicinal plant.

• The leaves of the guava tree in decoction is recommended for gastroenteritis, uterine, hemorrhage , chronic diarrhea and edema.
• The young leaves and shoots are used in decoction for dysentery, inflammation of the kidney, and diarrhea.
• The same decoction is good as a wash for ulcers, vaginal and uterine problems, and cuts.
• It has also been used for spasms fever, worms, kidney problems, epilepsy, diabetes and cerebral affections.

Parts used

• The Leaves

Dose

• To prepare the decoction use 30 to 60 grams for 1 liter of water. Use 4 to 5 cups a day

Reference:" The Healing Plants" by: Dr. JC Kurian

Thorn Apple (Kachubong): Aside from being addictive and poisonous its also a medicinal plant

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The Thorn Apple (kachubong) is a short shrub which reaches a height of 1.5 metres. The leaves are ovate, with a few teeth. The bell-shaped solitary flowers are large, white or nearly purple. The fruit is rounded, green, and covered with short spines. The seeds are numerous, nearly smooth and pale brown. It grows mostly in waste lands. The thorn apple has a number of therapeutic properties, like being an analgesic, antispasmodic and narcotic. 

The Soursop (Guyabano) medication

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The Soursop (Scientific name: Annona muricata Linn.) is commonly known as guyabano in the Philippines. A lot of recent news that has spread all over the country, is about the effectiveness of guyabano as a food supplement and alternative medicine. The soursop is sometimes called the prickly custard apple. It is a small tree that grows to a height of about seven meters. The leaves are smooth, shiny, oblong and pointed at both ends. The greenish-yellow flowers are solitary and a bit large. The fruit is generally oblong in shape and covered with spine-like structures. The pulp is fleshy, soft, white, and rather fibrous. The flavor is not agreeable to everybody as it has a sour taste.

Curing ability of the Indian Spinach (Alugbati)

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The Indian Spinach (Scientific Name: Basella alba Linn.) is a succulent or fleshy, soft stemmed, branch vine commonly grows to over a meter long. The stems of the plants are the same with its heart-shaped leaves that are also fleshy. Common types of these plants are seen in the backyard gardens, some are green and others are purplish in color. Its fruits are oval in shape and contain seeds.

The Miracle of the Snake Weed (Tawa-Tawa)

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Snake weed (Scientific Name: Euphorbia hirta Linn) is a slender-stemmed, annual, hairy, much branched herb. The leaves are opposite, lanceolate, distichous, toothed along the margin. The flowers are very small, in dense round clusters, in the axils of the leaves. Seeds are tiny, reddish, oblong, in capsules, with a wrinkled surface. They are odorless and bitter. It abounds on grasslands and waste places.

Cucumber (pepino) as a natural medicine

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The Cucumber, belonging to the plant family Cucurtaceae, is a tropical, freshly, brishtly climbing vine in the tropical area. The leaves of the Cucumber are mostly golden-yellow, and bell-shaped. The fruit, containing small seeds is fleshly and long. It is mainly used in green salads and pickels.

The Amazing Okra (Lady's Finger)

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Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus Linn.) is an annual, erect, stout-stemmed, bristly herb, growing up to 2 meters. The leaves are angular, long-stalked, and coarsely toothed. The single flower located in the axiles of the leaves is pale yellow in color. The fruit is an elongated pod (capsule). It is slimy when cut for cooking. It is grown in tropical and subtropical countries.

Rose Apple (Tambis) as a natural medicine

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The Rose Apple (Syzygium jambos Linn) tree is an average size tree which belongs to the plant family Myrtacea. The lanceolate leaves are 12.5-20 cm. long with a short petriole or stalk. The tree is easily recognized by its very handsome flowers which are about 7.5-10 cm. in diameter. The flowers are located on short terminal racemose inflorescences and they are arranged in pairs. The edible, succulent and rather spongy fruits are bell-shaped, light green, white, pink, or red in color and contain one or two grey seeds. The fruits are basically tasteless with a mild sweetness. 

Cauliflower prevents cancer and heart disease

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Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. cauliflora Gars) like Broccoli, Cabbage and Kohlrabi, Cauliflower belongs to the genus, Brassica and to the plant family Brassicaceae or Cruciferae. Although Broccoli is its nearest botanical rival, one cannot deny the fact that in general appearance, the white-headed Cauliflower is more popular and very widely used as a vegetable. The flowers of this vegetable are found in great numbers on large compact heads called inflorescences. They are cultivated and harvested for sale in the markets.