Foods that may be used as Medicine
There are some illnesses that are
directly related to lifestyle and what we eat.
Here is a quick reference guide as to some of the food that may be used
for medicinal purpose.This means if you add
them to the diet you are less likely to suffer from the illness listed
below
Food
|
Medicinal uses
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Asthma
|
Eat raw onions. Onion helps to ease constriction of bronchial
tubes. Putting onion Pack on the chest makes
breathing easier
as it helps respiratory ailments.
|
Bladder infection
|
Drink cranberry juice. The
high acid in cranberry juice will control the harmful bacteria
|
Bone problem
|
Eat pineapple. Bone
fractures and osteoporosis can be
prevented by the manganese in
pineapple
|
Breast cancer
|
Use wheat brand and cabbage.
These help maintain estrogen at a at
healthy levels.
|
cold
|
Eat garlic, it clears stuffy head
and lowers cholesterol
Drink natural carrot juice help will cold in
lungs.
|
cough
|
Use hot red peppers. It contains a substance similar to that in
cough syrup. Use cayenne with caution especially tablets, it could irritate
the stomach.
|
Clogged arteries
|
Eat avocado,
the mono unsaturated fat lowers cholesterol. Eat garlic it breaks down cholesterol.
Eat cooked oats it sweeps out cholesterol
|
Diarrhea
|
Eat apples. Grate
apples with skin, let it turn
brown eat it to cure this condition. Bananas
are also good for this problem too.
|
Hay fever
|
Use honey .Eat the honey
from your area.(local region daily)
|
Head ache
|
Use Ginger .It reduces inflammation
and pain
|
High blood pressure
|
Eat celery and olive oil.
They both contains chemicals that lowers blood pressure. Cucumber juice will
act as a diuretic
and cayenne pepper added will reduce the Blood pressure immediately.
|
Insomnia
|
If you cannot sleep. Use
honey It can act as a sedative and a
tranquilizer
|
Lung cancer
|
Eat dark green and orange vegetables.A
good antedote is beta carotene .a form of vitamin A found in dark green and
orange vegetables
|
Memory problems
|
Take zinc. Eat foods that
contain Zinc like pumpkinseeds. Drink rosemary tea
|
Ulcer
|
Eat cabbage, drink cabbage
juice. It contains chemicals that
helps both gastric and duodenum ulcers.
|
Upset stomach
|
Eat ripe bananas. Bananas will settle an upset
stomach. Ginger will cure morning sickness.
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Contributing author::Juliet Christie Murray
Credit to:Health Department . S.D.A. Church West Jamaica.Conference