Growing for Remedy

by IxoraStrawberry in Living > Gardening

3718 Views, 58 Favorites, 0 Comments

Growing for Remedy

20160907_134025.jpg

This instructable will show you the beneficial plants which I grow in my garden that not only can be eaten but also can be used as a herbal remedy.

Eggplant

20160907_133719.jpg
20160907_134103.jpg

Nutritionally, raw eggplant is low in fat, protein, dietary fiber and carbohydrates

Pea Eggplant

20160907_134532.jpg
20160907_134544.jpg

The pea eggplant can be eaten raw and added in a salad, it can also used to improve digestion.

Okra

20160907_134207.jpg

The leaves are also eaten raw in salads.

Okra seeds may be roasted and ground to form a caffeine-free substitute for coffee.

How to make a coffee from okra seeds?

https://www.instructables.com/id/Coffee-From-Okra-S...

Chili Pepper

20160907_134246.jpg

What else? To spicy up your day!

Capsaicin is considered a safe and effective topical analgesic agent in the management of arthritis pain, herpes zoster-related pain, diabetic neuropathy, mastectomy pain, and headaches.

The King's Salad

20160907_134322.jpg

The King's Salad is also known as Cosmos caudatus which is edible

Its lemon-like flavor added pleasurable taste to your salad.

Betel

20160907_134400.jpg

Chewing a betel leaf with areca nut is a remedy for bad breath

Papaya

20160907_134453.jpg

The tender shoots can be added to your salad.

Papaya leaves when dry are made into tea.

The fruit is delicious.

Water Cherry

20160907_134511.jpg

The leaves are edible and are sometimes used to wrap food.

The wood is hard and can be used to make tools. The bark of the tree is sometimes used in herbal medicines.

The fruit has a very mild and slightly sweet taste similar to apples, and a crisp watery texture like the inside of a watermelon.

Lemongrass

20160907_170724.jpg

It has a subtle citrus flavor and can be dried and powdered, or used fresh. It is commonly used in teas, soups, and curries.

It is usually planted in home gardens to ward off insects such as whitefly adults.

Curry Tree

20160907_134724.jpg

Leaves from the curry tree can be used in many other dishes to add flavor.

The aroma of the leaves when put inside a cabinet will deter some pests.

Water Spinach

20160907_134929.jpg
20160907_134942.jpg

Water spinach is eaten raw, often along with green papaya salad.

The tender shoots along with the leaves are usually stir-fried with chili pepper, garlic, ginger, dried shrimp paste and other spices

Garden Balsam

20160907_134959.jpg

The vivid flowers attract bees for pollination.

They are pollinated by bees and other insects, and also by nectar-feeding birds. The ripe seed capsules undergo explosive dehiscence

Different parts of the plant are used as traditional remedies for disease and skin afflictions. Juice from the leaves is used to treat warts and snakebite, and the flower is applied to burns. This species has been used as indigenous traditional medicine in Asia for rheumatism, fractures, and other ailments.

Juicing the stalk, pulverised dried stalks, and pastes from the flowers were also used to treat a variety of ailments.

Sapodilla

20160907_135628.jpg

When the fruit is fully ripe, it has an exceptionally sweet, malty flavor.

You can juice it to make a delicious-sweet drink with low calories.

Goin' Bananas

20160901_184154.jpg

Banana is eaten for its sugary and potassium content, mostly liked by energy-intensive person.

Banana hearts are used as a vegetable in South Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine, either raw or steamed with dips or cooked in soups, curries and fried foods. The flavor resembles that of artichoke.

Banana leaves are often used as ecologically friendly disposable food containers.

They often serve as a wrapping for grilling food.

Bilimbi

20160609_143656.jpg

The sourness of the fruit is usually added in dishes

The fruit can be used in many other dishes because of its sourness.

The flowers when added with honey and stir in a lukewarm water can relief sour throat.

Afterword

20160919_093833.jpg

The best purpose of growing herbs and plants that, IMO, are not only can be eaten or sold as cash crop but it's must also beneficial as a remedy for health or controlling pests whether in a short term or in a long term.

Note

All the plants that I grow were from cuttings or non-GMO seeds.

HAPPY GROWING!

Please don't forget to vote for me.

If you like this 'ible, then please click 'Favorite' and 'Share' with your friends,

Or,

If you've made this 'ible, then post an image of your ‘ible and click 'I made It' to let me know,

Else,

If you have anything to improve this documentation, to suggest an idea of refinement, or to query then please leave a comment below, and I’ll reply as soon as possible.

And lastly,

Please do subscribe my channel for future projects’ notifications.

Thanks for giving an apt appraisal for my 'ible.