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Delicious and beneficial Passion fruit

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The passion plant , used as a fruit and food with many properties, has been in use since ancient times. The leaf of this plant is used for the preparation of medicinal meals, Known as “mallum”. It is a very important plant because it's the ability to cure so many ailments and help to maintain a healthy life. This sweet, seedy fruit has a very beautiful flower . The flower has 5 oblong, green sepals and 5 white petals 4-6mm in length. The base of the flower is a rich purple with 5 stamens, an ovary, and a branched style. The fruits are 4-7.5 cm size in diameter and Purple fruits are smaller and weighing around 35g. Yellow fruits are bit larger than purple and weighing around 80g. The fruit produced is entirely fleshy. The outside colour of the berry ranges from dark-purple with fine white specks to light yellow. The flavour of the juice is slightly acidic and musky. The fruit is used in various ways in countries. It is added to fruit salads ,

One of the best Sri Lankan Sweets since ancient times - Oil cake Kevum

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Kevum is a very beneficial and essential Sri Lankan sweet of Sinhalese . It's traditionally consumed during celebrations of Sinhala New Year . It's also known as “ oil cake ”. We have heard in the folklore that King Dutugemunu had used kevum made of kithul treacle or honey to the wounded soldiers of the war. At present people, it is well known that kevum is produced penicillin by keeping exposed it on air. Kevum is mentioned in ancient Sri Lankan texts such as Saddharma Ratnawaliya , Pujawaliya and the Ummagga Jatakaya . The Saddarma Ratnawaliya , an ancient Sinhala text, mentions 18 kind of kevum such as handi kevum ( හැඳි කැවුම් ), mun kevum ( මුං කැවුම් ), konda kevum ( කොන්ඩ කැවුම් ), Ulundu kevum ( උළුඳු කැවුම් ) , Uputu kevum ( උටුපු කැවුම් ), Naran kevum ( නාරං කැවුම් ) , undu kevum ( උඳු කැවුම් ) , Diya kevum ( දිය කැවුම් ) , kudu kevum ( කුඩු කැවුම් ) , garuppu Kavum ( ගෑරුප්පු කැවුම් ) , Pana kevum ( පනා කැවුම් ) and etc. To

How to make medicinal drink with bael fruit

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We have already published an article about the bael fruit tree and its properties. Read the article Bael fruit is one of the most important medicinal plants on earth. Almost every part is used for medicine. Today we are going to show you how to make the herbal drink with bael fruit . At present, many diseases are common because man is accustomed to harmful drinks that contain artificial sweeteners. The body's immunity and strength are very low at present. Therefore, I hope this article will help you to avoid such diseases and to maintain a healthy life through the use of these herbs Way of making After eating the core, take out the bael shell and dry it in the sun. Wash them well, do pieces and then boil them. Then filter well and drink . Here are just a few of the many benefits of drinking bael 01. Cleansing the bladder 02. Good for kidneys 03. To the pain of the body 04. Good for Headache 05. The appetite de

Simple Treatment for swelling cause by allergy

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A subtle allergy in the body can cause swelling. In such cases, we would like to offer a simple recipe for the treatment Using these natural herbal extracts can save your valuable body and money, rather than using drugs with side-effects. The picture below shows an allergy caused by contact with an insect's outer hair (villus) when that person woke up in the morning. Ingredients Required A few leaves of Holy Basil A little bit of lime juice You can also add red onion Take a handful of holy basil leaves , grind it in the grindstone, or bruise, mix it with lime, and apply it on the surface of the swelling area and wait for several hours Until the swelling is reduced It is also an excellent natural treatment for acne ( pimple )

Sessile Joyweed - Frequently used medicinal herb in indigenous meals

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Alternanthera sessilis is an aquatic plant known as Mukunuwenna. It is used as a vegetable, especially in Sri Lanka. It is also used in indigenous ayurvedic treatments for many ailments. Leaves and young stems are frequently used to make recipes. The whole plant is used in many remedies and treatments. The plants are shredded finely and stir-fried with grated coconut and spices to make what is known as "Mukunuwenna mellum". It's frequently used mellum in local daily meals. Leaves obovate to broadly elliptic. It is also an excellent bee forage plant. Mukuna wenna is an annual or usually perennial herbs and grows about 30 cm tall in wetter places. This is a perennial herb with prostrate stems, rarely ascending, often rooting at the nodes. Stem and branches are green or purplish with a narrow line of whitish hairs down each side of the stem. Flowers are shiny white, glabrous and 0.7-1.5 mm long. Leaves are obovate to broadly elliptic, 1–15 cm

Best Medicinal Vegetable for haemorrhoids

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Kohila is often used in folklore to say that kohila is good for people who quickly get angry. It's a funny and healthy word in folklore. but, This word implies that it is beneficial for the disease called " moolaggaya ". Leaves, Stem, Tubers are used. Young leaves and petioles are cooked and use as a vegetable and its medicinal. It is a very popular medicinal herb for digestive disorders among local people. The stem is about 4 cm thick, spiny, creeping and upturning. Petioles are up to 1 m, with the persistent sheath to 20 cm. Leaf-blade is sagittate. Fruits are leathery and warty on top. The flower is protogynous. Fruits are leathery and are warty on top. Kohila contains Energy, Protein , Fat, Carbohydrates , Fibre, Ash, Vitamin A , Vitamin B1 , Vitamin B3 , Vitamin C , Calcium , Phosphorus. BENEFITS 01. Stimulate liver functions It is suitable for liver conditions. Due to the high prevalence of fibre, i