Before polishing your shoes, wipe them with a banana peel to remove stains from the surface. After wiping, apply shoe polish, and your shoes will be shinier.
Banana peels can also help ripen fruit. Some fruits, like mangoes and kiwis, may not be ripe when you buy them and need some time to become edible. You can place a banana peel with these fruits to speed up the ripening process, so they can be eaten sooner.
Regarding the amazing uses of banana peels, Huang Xiao'an, an associate chief physician of traditional Chinese medicine at the Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, says that because banana peels contain bananin, they can treat skin itching caused by fungal and bacterial infections. Repeatedly rubbing fresh banana peels on the itchy area, mashing them into a paste, or boiling them in water to wash the area for several consecutive days yields very good results. Mashed banana peels mixed with ginger juice also have anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving effects. Additionally, banana peels can quench thirst and moisten the lungs and intestines.