Mani_Chennai
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The tribals in my country plant Lemon grass to keep away mosquitoes..hence we now have commercial lemon grass extracts mosquito repellent.
Young papaya leaves are crushed and the juice is used as a meat tenderiser..and in medical science the same extract which contains papain is used to decrease swelling.
If a curry is too chilli hot add tamarind juice or lime juice to decrease the chilli hot effect.
Kaffir lime is cut into halves and put at window sills as an air refreshner
Crushed guava leaves are crushed and used to ward off rodents.
Coffee waste and used tea leaves are used as organic fertilizers..again not an unknown fact.
Its so common out here.
Rose hip is used as treatment in western herbal cough syrups along with ivy leaves extract.
There is a type of ginger here called Halia Bara(Red ginger) which has a very hot heaty feel to it when made into a juice..used for joint pains and problems with wind in the body, for sinusitis etc..not to be taken often cos its very strong on the gut.
So you see..none of us know something that others dont always know.
What we know another might not know and what others know we might not know.
Most important fact is none of us are discovering anything..we are just recycling information.