Chayote Medicinal Properties: Hypertension Remedy

(Sechium edule) Chayote is a tropical vine, belonging to the plant family Cucurbitaceae and is the only genus which contains only one seed. The leaves of the plant are hairy, broad, and triangular. The flowers are yellowish, five petaled and located in the axils. The fruit is light green and pear-shaped but somewhat wrinkled. It grows from the perennial tuberous roots or from seeds. The fruit is used as a vegetable.

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Garden Quinine Herbal Properties: Febrifuge and Buboes Remedy

(Clerodendrum inerme) The Garden Quinine is considered to be an erect, drooping or straggling shrub that belongs to the plant family Verbenaceae. The shrub grows to a height of 1 to 2.5 meters and is found mostly in the coastal areas. The simple leaves are arranged opposite each other. They are elliptic or ovate and about 2 to 4 cm. wide and 4 to 8 cm. long. The petioles of the leaves have a characteristic brown or purplish red color. The inflorescence or cluster of white flowers are borne on a common base in the axils of leaves or terminally. The fruits are drupes, obovoid, black in color, and are one-seeded.

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Nutmeg Medicinal Properties: Fevers and Chills Remedy

(Myristica fragrans) Nutmeg belongs to the plant family Myristicaceae. The tree is about seven meters high with a grayish-brown or black smooth bark. The branches spread in whorls. The leaves are petioled, glabrous, alternate and aromatic. The flowers are small, in axillaries racemes. The fruit is a globous drupe with a succulent pericarp and a wrinkled mace around the seed. The seed or kernel is firm, fleshy, and abounding in oil. The kernel is the nutmeg, which is used commercially and has medicinal properties.

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