Banana has a signature or "sign of nature" that targets the following:
Signature Target
- Penile function
- Blood volume
- Muscle and Bones
Self Care Benefits of Banana
- Clear heat – in Chinese Medicine bananas are seen as a cooling fruit to clear general heat in the body
- Constipation – soft bananas lubricate the intestines
- Diarrhoea – hard bananas control the balance of water in your cells
- Depression – contain tryptophan a protein converted to serotonin to help improve mood
- Hangover – calms the stomach, removes toxins and builds depleted blood sugar levels
- Heart-burn – natural antacid
- Lowers blood pressure – as they are extremely high in potassium
- Nerves – high in B Vitamins that help calm nervous system
- PMS – vitamin B6 regulates blood glucose levels which affect your mood
- Quit Smoking – remove toxins and help the body recover from nicotine withdrawal
- Stress – potassium normalizes heart beat and send oxygen to the brain, stress depletes potassium
- Tonify – in TCM bananas tonify Yin, Qi and Blood
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Ulcers – neutralizes over acidity and reduces irritation by coating the stomach lining
Banana Recipes
1. Banana Ice Cream
- 2 bananas (frozen or add ice if raw)
- ½ cup raw milk
- 1 tbsp organic raw honey
Place all ingredients into a blender and blend until creamy.
2. Banana-listic Juice
- 2 bananas
- 2 coconuts (young flesh)
- 500ml coconut water
In a Kuvings cold pressed juicer add the bananas first... then the coconut flesh... then run the coconut water through the juicer to rinse through the flavour.
3. Green smoothie
- 2 bananas
- 2 apples
- 2 oranges
- 1 handful baby spinach
Place all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.