Corn silk
- A powerful cleanser of bladder and kidney tissue.
- Helps clean toxins and mucus from the urinary tract.
- Helps lower blood sugar.
- Gently stimulates bile flow, aiding in improved digestion and alkalization.
- Used for bedwetting and edema.
- Used for prostatitis.
- Helps remove inorganic minerals from the body.
- Used for both gallstones and kidney stones.
- Excellent for cystitis.
- Useful in hypertension and C.O.P.D.
Avocado seed
Medicinal properties and uses
- Avocado seed might offer natural antibiotic and antifungal benefits
- High in antioxidants
- Lowers cholesterol. Avocado seed lowered cholesterol levels and may protect against arterial plaque formation.
- Fights cancers. Can be used in leukemia, breast and prostrate cancers.
- Used in the treatment of kidney dysfunctions
- Used in balancing hormones in both men and women.
- Lowers blood pressure.
- Has Anti-Diabetic Effect. The anti-diabetic effect of avocado seeds is due to its calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, zinc, and chromium content. These elements regulate key enzymes involved in the formation of glucose and help the body use existing glucose better, thus fighting diabetes.
- Has Anti-Fungal And Anti-Bacterial Effects such as toothaches, gonorrhea, syphilis, pneumonia, typhoid.
- Helps With Diarrhea And Bladder Problem.
- It is also anti-inflammatory for the liver.
- Used to treat urinary tract infections.
- Treats painful cramps, also in PMS cases, hot flashes.
- It’s a powerful hormonal balancer.
- Used for aneamia patients to boost blood count.
Benefits of the avocado leaves
- Fights stomach ulcers. Avocado leaves have potent benefits in fighting stomach ulcer and relieve gastritis as well as bloating problem.
- Cures kidney stones. Avocado leaf can be a good alternative since it contain many phytochemical s such as alkaloid, saponin and flavonoids that have ability to destroy the stone inside your kidney and make a better function of the organ.
- Maintain Healthy And Smooth Skin.
- Avocado leaf contains many properties such as antioxidant that can bring smoothness to your skin and keep it from aging.
- Relieve Back Pain. Avocado leaves extract can also stimulate cartilage repair and cure the pain as the effect of anti-inflammatory drugs.
- Reduce Swelling. The phytochemical content especially the quercetin, a natural bioflavonoid in avocado leaves posses the benefits of reducing swelling that usually occur in the body during recovery process of wound such as after surgery.he phytochemical content especially the quercetin, a natural bioflavonoid in avocado leaves posses the benefits of reducing swelling that usually occur in the body during recovery process of wound such as after surgery.
- Lower Blood Sugar Level.
- Reduce Hypertension
- Cure Diarrhea.
- Treat Epilepsy and convulsions. The avocado leaves contain anti-convulsant agent that is also known as antiepileptic or as antiseizure drugs.
- Help To Lose Weight.
- Maintain Black Hair. Boil the leaves and wash your hair with this water.
- Treat Asthma. Avocado leaves contain a substance called pinene that can directly effect the air passage in the lung and heal the asthma attack. To solve this condition, you can boil several leaves of avocado in two cup of water and add a tablespoon of salt in the solution. Boil the water until it remain a cup, strain and drink it warm before go to bed.
- Eliminate Thrush. Can be used as a mouth wash. Steep the leaves, rinse your mouth with the water. Avocado leaves also contain some anti-fungal agent that can help you to eliminate oral thrush.
- Reduce The Risk of Cancer. Avocado leaves contain strong antioxidant effect which posses by the presence of it’s flavonoid and phenols content.the antioxidant of the avocado leaves can reduce the free radical effect and protect the cells from damage.
- Cure Headache. The leaves of avocado contain some effective analgesic substance such as quercetin and penine that can relieve the tension of headache by blocking the path of neurotransmitter or pain impulse to reach the brain.
Cock lebur
- The leaves and root are anodyne (painkiller), antirheumatic, appetizer, diaphoretic, diuretic, emollient(calming), laxative and sedative.
- The plant is considered to be useful in treating long-standing cases of malaria .
- An infusion of the plant can be used in the treatment of rheumatism and arthritic conditions, diseased kidneys and tuberculosis.
- Can be used as a liniment on the armpits to reduce perspiration.
- It is an anodyne, antibacterial, antifungal, antimalarial, antirheumatic, antispasmodic, antitussive (relieve coughs), cytotoxic, hypoglycaemic and stomachic.
- Used internally in the treatment of allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, catarrh, rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, constipation, diarrhoea, lumbago, leprosy and pruritis.
- Used externally to treat pruritis- itchy skin. Rub the squeezed juice of the leaves on the itching areas.
- The root is a bitter tonic and febrifuge.
- Used in the treatment of scrofulous tumors.
- A decoction of the root can be used in the treatment of high fevers and to help a woman expel the afterbirth.
- A decoction of the seeds has been used in the treatment of bladder complaints.
- A poultice of the powdered seed can be applied as a salve on open sores.