Fruits And their Healing Powers

Watermelon:
Has a phytochemicals that helps clean the kidneys. It’s a
cooling fruit- meaning that it helps clear heat in the body.
In addition, it has nutrients that helps boosts sex. Taking watermelon for a long time is aphrodisiac.
Pineapple
This fruit has a lot of bromelain, a pain killer. But that is not all. Pineapple helps digestion, especially proteins in the body. It has lots of fibre to clean the stomach as well. The stalk and leaves of pineapple have high concentration of bromelain. If you have ulcer you need to be cautious with pineapple.
Cucumber
The dry season is not season for cucumber hence its always expensive this period. But if you feel hot as usual, then go for cucumber, since it helps to cool the body.
Cucumber helps the kidneys as well, but its power resides in its ability to soften stool. Thus it helps in clearing constipation. This fruit is ideal for those with high blood sugar problems.
Carrots
I love carrots. Its a multipurpose vegetable. Carrot is not fruit, but then many see it as fruit. Carrots are good for those with high cholesterol, high blood pressure and is packed with Vitamin A. The carotene in carrots is ideal for eye problems. Carotene is also good for skin cleansing. Many cosmetics now have carotene. It clears and skin and smoothens it. However, be careful of its high sugar, if you are diabetic.
Avocado Pear:
The season of Avocado pear is almost close, just before the heavy rains. This fruit is packed with polysaturated but healthy fat. Its ideal for those seeking to reduce fat. Many don’t know that to burn body fat, you need to use fat. It has vitamin A for eyes,  as well and is good for stomach, ulcer healing and stooling- constipation. Its a skin blemish remover. Some women use it together with turmeric to clear black spots on the face and neck.
Orange
This fruit is feared by those with Ulcer. Orange has lots of flavonoids that boosts immunity. I love eating oranges with their fibre. I peal it and eat all aside the green cover. And this helps me to stool smoothly. It has lots of Vitamin C and is good for teeth, especially half ripe oranges.
Banana
Sometime last year, I told a friend who has high blood pressure to be eating banana daily, and the response was lovely. Banana has high content of pottasium. This phytochemical is good for calming nerves. Besides, banana has high carbohydrate for energy boost too. The downside of banana is its high sugar, not good for diabetics and the sugar is not good for teeth. Nonetheless, the inside peel of banana is good to heal wounds from insect bites.
Guava
This fruit has many species. There are ones that are hard, green, red, yellow and soft.
Fortunately, guava has seeds that are hard to digest and this provides the stomach with cellulose to help clear stool. On the other hand, If you eat unripe guava, it hardens your stool.
The leaves of guava are medicinal. It helps cure diarrhea and when it is boiled and drank as tea, it helps clear the system of cholesterol. And that is why its ideal for reducing weight.
Grapes
Grapes are rear in this part, but there is a specie that is common in Africa and Nigeria. This specie is good for weight control as well. The magnesium in grape makes it effective against headaches, especially migraine.
Lemon
Among the citrus fruits, Lemon has high usage than other ones like orange, lime and grapes.
Lemon has high vitamin C, which is effective for boosting immunity, curing fever and cleansing the lymph cells.
It also has cosmetic usage. For instance, lemon fluid can be used to clear black spots and pimples when mixed with turmeric dried powder. Lemon helps the gums as well to cure scurvy or bleeding gums.
Lime
This little oranges are usually green. But the ripe ones are also good and effective, even though with lesser power.
The use of lime against intestinal worms have been used for ages. But lime is good for stomach pains. It helps control internal bleeding as well.
However, using lime for a long time can destroy intestinal walls and worsen ulcer. So if you have ulcer, then go for lemon. Lime is antiseptic, use it to clean sores. Press the fluid into warm water and wash sores.

11.Apples…
This is most respected of all fruits. It has lots  ofpottasium, magnesium, and vitamin C.
Apple is ideal to boost immunity, reduce high blood pressure and the total body system. The mucilage in apple is good for the stomach. Remember “an apple a day keeps away the doctor”.

12..Apricot…
In local parlance, some call it “ajireejaa”, “ipapa” among the Ibo’s and ijaws.. It has high carotene due to its yellow colour with Vitamin A. Its effective for eyes. The mucilage is good for stomach. The vitamin C strengthens your body.

13. Pawpaw…carica papaya”
This pod of fruit with black hot seeds is an economic fruit- all its part are medicinal. The seeds are good to remove intestinal worms. The whitish fluid of pawpaw tree  heals wounds. The fruit which is either red or yellow is packed with lots of vitamins, but its effective against constipation.

14. Tomatoes…
Tomatoes is a vegetable. But it looks more like fruit. It’s red and full of lycopene, a nutrient that fights ailments as cancer, helps build immunity. Men who have prostrate cancer are advised to chew lots of tomatoes. The cover of tomatoes is very good to remove hard stools from the stomach. The seeds are high in roughage for easy stooling.
Tomatoes is also good for controlling high blood pressure. The phyto nutrients help dilate the blood vessels so as to bring down blood pressure

By: By Kevin Nengia