Ayurveda Medicinal properties of banana
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Ayurveda Medicinal properties of banana
Banana is the largest herbaceous flowering plant. This plant
grows 6 to 7.5 meters tall. This herb belongs to genus “musa”.
The plant has soft pseudo stem and spirally arranged long
leaves. Leaves may grow 2.5 meters long and ½ meter wide.
This plant is known as “Kadali” in Sanskrit. The fruit is known
as “kadali phala”. Fruits, stems and flowers are regularly used
in south Indian cuisine.
According to texts of ayurveda banana fruit balances
vata and
pitta dosha. The fruit is used in herbal preparations for bed
wetting in children. The stem of this herb is useful in kidney
stones. The flowers are useful in
diabetes and ulcers. The
leaves of this plant are used in nature cure treatments like mud
bath, banana leaf bath etc. The tender leaves have cooling and
soothing effect when applied on burns.
Medicinal properties of Banana
Banana is a store house of minerals, vitamins and carbohydrates.
It contains potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc etc.
Vitamins A, B, C, B-6 etc are also available in plenty.
Presence of iron in banana helps to boost the production of
haemoglobin. This helps persons who suffer from anemia.
High blood pressure occurs due to high sodium level and low
potassium level. Banana contains plenty of potassium. This helps
to balance sodium potassium level and reduce hypertension or
high blood pressure. There is a strong link between hypertension
or high blood pressure and
erectile dysfunction. As potassium
helps to reduce high blood pressure, it also helps in
erectile
dysfunction. This fruit reduces the risk of stroke.
Banana contains calcium in good amount. Through researches it
has been found that calcium helps to
increase sperm motility.
Banana is an ideal food for men to keep their sexual life
healthy and active.
Banana has rich fiber content. This helps to increase bowel
movement. Thus people who suffer from
constipation are highly
benefited by consumption of this fruit. High fiber and iron
content, makes this fruit an ideal snack item for pregnant
ladies.
Apart from these benefits banana acts as a
brain tonic and helps
to boost memory power. It calms nervous system, reduces
stress
and depression. This magic fruit helps to overcome morning
sickness and heart burn.
Ripe bananas are ideal food for infants.
Face mask of ripe
mashed bananas help to rejuvenate
skin and prevent formation of
wrinkles. This fruit help to supply required vitamins and
minerals to smokers who are trying to quit smoking. The craving
for nicotine reduces by consumption of this wonderful fruit.
This article is copyrighted. This article is copy righted. The author Dr.SavithaSuri is an Ayurvedic Physician and web master of http://www.ayurhelp.com .
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