Growing healing herbs in your garden

To utilize your garden area, you may plant herbs that have medicinal values.   Growing healing herbs in your garden gives you a lot of benefits.  Choosing the most useful ones gives you much more advantage.  These are the list of the top 10 most helpful healing herbs that you can plant on your own gardens at home:

1. ALOE VERA – it is known for its 101 uses amongst all the other herbal plants.  Some of its topical uses include minor burns, minor cuts and wounds, and it can also be great it taken internally as a juice and can treat digestive problems, ulcerative colitis, poor appetite and chronic constipation.
2. GREAT BURDOCK – it is also known as edible burdock or Lappa burdock.  It acts as a blood purifying agent, diaphoretic, and a diuretic.  It can also be of help when having boils, bruises, acne, burns, bites, rashes, and ringworm.
3. POT MARIGOLD – it can adjust to whatever type of soil your garden has.  It is used to heal sprains, sore eyes, bites, stings, wounds and varicose veins.  It can also be taken by mouth to treat chronic infections and fever.
4. CHAMOMILE – aside from its fruity fragrance it can treat more than a hundred of different illness.  Some of these are digestive problems, common colds, eczema, diarrhea, gastrointestinal problems, mucositis, earache, toothache, common wounds and shoulder pain.
5. ECHINACEA – it is popularly known to be one of the most important healing herbs in the world.  It can take care of sores, allergies, burns, wounds, stings, snakebites, burns and most of all it can boost your immune system.
6. GREAT YELLOW GENTIAN – it is a type of bitter herb which has been traditionally used to treat digestive problems and relief from chronic diseases, also it invigorates the gallbladder and liver and above all builds up the body.
7. TEA TREE – This can be a treatment to acne, athlete’s foot, vaginal infections, insect bites, warts, minor burns, cold sores, chronic fatigue syndrome and fungal infections.
8. PEPPERMINT – it is the world’s oldest known healing herb.  It is full of nutrients and vitamins A and C, manganese and it minimizes symptoms such as that of irritable bowel syndrome, upset stomachs, fevers, spastic colon, fever, and flatulence.
9. GINSENG – it is best to promote your overall health and prevents illnesses.  It also relaxes your nervous system and reduces buildup of cholesterol, treats loss of appetite and sleep disorders.
10. SAGE – a Latin name meaning “to heal”, aside from its treating mechanism for insect bites, gum, skin and mouth infections, helps with indigestion, flatulence, menopausal problems, and depressions, this can also be used in cooking.

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