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Health Benefits of Garden Mint

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Photo credit: en.wikipedia.org This kind of plant is an aromatic herb, loves to grow in moist soil and it can reach up to 30 cm in height. Consuming mint leaves is good for spasms. It can strengthen and tone in the stomach and relieves flatulence or gas generated in the intestine. Eating mint leaves is also good as stimulant. It can also treat vomiting, gallstones, disease in the uterus and throat infections. Mint tea can get rid intestinal womb and can increase milk for nursing mothers. To boil mint leaves can cure itching skin. Extract from the mint is good for toothaches.

Sunflower as Treatment for Headaches

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Photo credit: www.sunfloweroileu.com The sunflower is a very common plant and, I guess, it doesn’t need a description anymore. There are so many types of sunflower where it is not only cultivated for beautification, but for medicinal purposes as well. The crushed leaves and seeds made into a poultice is used for application over bruises, ulcers and wounds. Its flowers and the dried or fresh leaves prepared as tea is for pulmonary diseases, bronchitis, asthma, coughs, dysentery and whooping cough. A drink made from the sunflower seeds can relieve headaches and also a treatment for nervous conditions.