Bananas are a fruit loved by many, did you know? Banana peels also have many uses in daily life. Come follow the article below to learn these skills!
1. Banana peels can be used to polish leather shoes, leather clothes, and leather sofas, helping to maintain the luster and extend the "life" of leather products.
2. Banana peels have a ripening effect. You can place them with fruits that need to be ripened, and you'll be able to eat ripe fruits soon, such as mangoes and kiwis.
3. Banana peels are the "best companion" for orchids. If you want your orchids to grow strong and bloom well, banana peels might be able to help. Bury banana peels in the soil of the orchid pot. Banana peels are rich in various nutritional minerals such as magnesium, sulfur, phosphorus, zinc, and amino acids, which are exactly what orchids need.
4. Banana peels can make the skin moisturized and smooth. Friends with dry skin can use the inside of a banana peel (the side with the flesh) on their face, let it air-dry for about 10 minutes, then rinse with clean water to make the skin moisturized and smooth.
5. Banana peels can treat warts. Apply a banana peel to the surface of a wart (commonly known as a verruca) to soften it and allow it to fall off little by little until it is cured. This method can be used to treat warts on the head and face. Apply the banana peel multiple times, pinch off the wart a little at a time with your fingers, and it will not recur after being cured.
6. Banana peels can treat pruritus (itchy skin). Banana peels contain musa sapientum, which can inhibit the growth of bacteria and fungi. Experiments have shown that banana peels are very effective in treating skin itching and athlete's foot caused by fungi or bacteria. Patients can select fresh banana peels to repeatedly rub on the itchy areas (tinea pedis, tinea manuum, tinea corporis, etc.), or mash them into a paste, or boil them in water for washing. Continuous use for several days will prove effective.
7. Banana peels can treat oral ulcers. Banana peels are a good traditional Chinese medicine. The dried product, when boiled with another traditional Chinese medicine called Fire炭母 (also known as Fire炭毛), and seasoned with an appropriate amount of brown sugar, can be consumed to treat oral inflammation and ulcers (commonly known: Dengzhan Dang). It also has a laxative effect.
8. Banana peels can treat wind-fire toothache. Wash the banana peel, add rock sugar to a pot, and stew with an appropriate amount of water. Drink the soup twice a day.
9. Banana peels can treat hemorrhoids and bloody stools. Roast two bananas with their peels on a fire, then eat them while they are hot to improve hemorrhoids and bloody stools.
10. Banana peels can cleverly treat high blood pressure. Take 30-60 grams of banana peel, decoct it in water, and drink the liquid to treat high blood pressure.
11. Banana peels can cleverly prevent stroke. Take 30 grams of fresh banana peel, decoct it to make a tea, which can dilate blood vessels and prevent stroke and angina.
12. Banana peels can relieve drunkenness. Boil 60 grams of banana peel in water and drink it to refresh the mind and clear the head.