Remedies

  • Clove

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  • Wild yam

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  • Pumpkin

    pumpkin seeds are a good dietary source of iron, zinc, and selenium. Pumpkin seed Cucurbita pepo While pumpkins are best known for pie and Halloween, its seeds offer well-established nutritional benefits. full of high-grade essential fatty acids and trace elements, notably zinc, the seeds make an ex…

  • Chili

    The hot taste of chili (Capsicum spp.) points toward its medicinal use as a powerful warming stimulant. A popular ingredient in Mexican cuisine, it has even been used to flavor ice cream. Papaya, Paw paw Carica papaya A sweet-tasting fruit and native to tropical America, papaya while unripe contains…

  • Tea

    combination with other remedies, traditional Chinese medicine uses tea to treat diarrhea and dysentery . Eye problems For tired, irritated, and puffy eyes, place a moist tea bag or a cotton ball that has been soaked in cooled green tea on the affected (closed) eye for a few minutes. Usually symptoms…