Country Gooseberry for Ulcers , Cough and bronchitis

I usually see this on field with the growing crops like sweet potato. This is an annual, herbaceous, upright plant that grows to a height of 14-45 cm. The leaves are simple 2.5-6.3 cm in length, alternately arrange on the stem, ovate with serrate margins. The berry, which is 8 mm in diameter,is enveloped in an enlarged loose calyx. The seeds are discoid or subreniform and orange-yellow in colour.

--> This berry has a contribution in health field as a natural remedies as a laxative, expectorant or promoting discharge of urine, Splenomegaly or the abnormal enlargement of the spleen, ulcers, Cough and bronchitis. The preparation would be decoction of the thorouhly cleaned plant that is taken to take care of all the condition of the ailments that were mentioned.

So the next time you will see this plant with your crops and with the weeds try saving them.

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Purple Yam (Ube) for Leprosy, Gonorrhea and more

Yam is very popular here in our country.  This commonly use to make a Kalamay a native Filipino Delicy. Some do it with a rice cake and other is pure. I have tasted candies, shakes, and other sweet delicious delicacy of this Yam. Yam is a plant the is a climber. We have cultivate this kind of plant usually place beside our guava tree and climbs all over. I saw two kinds of yam some bears fruit on its stem but other is the root itself which is the Yam. This is also commonly use wide as a vegetable. My mom always harvest this when holiday is coming and make some rice cake of yam. But beside from its being a vegetable and delicacy ingredients. It serves as a medicinal plant also.

Purple Yam Use in overcoming Anthlmintic, In Gonorrhoea, Piles, and Leprosy. The yam itself is the one who is used as medicine.

The serving of this is by cutting the boiled yam into cubes and eaten. It can be prepare also like a soup where boiled for 20-30 minutes and the liquid is taken as a soup. This is good for the ailments quoted above.

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