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Plant of plenty
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 07/02/2016
» After reading the article about how juice from green papaya leaves could treat dengue fever, and how tea from its dried brown leaves could guard against 10 types of cancer (Green Fingers, Jan 24), a friend told me he had no idea papaya could be so useful.
Nature’s cure
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 24/01/2016
» After more than two months of intensive care at Ramathibodi Hospital, popular actor Tridsadee “Por” Sahawong finally lost his fight against dengue haemorrhagic fever. He died on Monday, just five days short of his 38th birthday.
The tree of life
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 08/11/2015
» I received an invitation to a symposium recently. Well, I thought that was what it was, for the invitation and the programme were in Vietnamese and there were only three words that I understood: Hanoi and Morinda citrifolia.
Sweet benefits of soursop
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 13/07/2014
» Seeing the potential of soursop as a cash crop, a couple I have known for years have planted 100 saplings on their farm in Ratchaburi. In three years, we may be able to find the fruit on the market, and visitors such as Ibrahim al Rumhi — who emailed me last week to say he was leaving the following day and could I please help him find soursop to take home — might not have to leave empty-handed.
Help the medicine go down
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 12/01/2014
» In Green Fingers last Sunday, we learned about how hybridisers developed new hibiscus cultivars. The procedure is easy to follow for gardeners who would like to meet the challenge of producing their own hybrids, but for those of us who do not have the time or perseverance to do so, new varieties are sold cheaply at Chatuchak's plant market and nurseries in and around Bangkok.
Teas for tuning up the body
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 11/08/2013
» Some time ago, John Gibson wrote from Khon Kaen to say that he had been using the dried leaves of two trees he planted a few years ago to make tea, and they seemed to have helped lower his cholesterol by nearly half. "I have a complete check-up once a year, and last year my cholesterol had miraculously lowered," he wrote. "The only thing I could think of was the sadao and marum tea I had been drinking."
Tree of life: Leaves help good health take root
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 07/07/2013
» Andre wrote from Ban Chang in Rayong to say that he wanted to get some dried leaves of Terminalia catappa, or Indian almond tree, for his wife's fish tank and asked where he could get them. I suggested that he find a tree and pick up the leaves that had fallen from it. If Andre cannot find a tree in his immediate neighbourhood, Wang Kaew Beach Resort near Laem Mae Pim in Rayong has several Terminalia catappa, known in Thai as hu kwang, by the seaside. Leaves fall every day, so I'm sure he will be able to obtain what he needs there. All he has to do is to dry them a bit more and they won't be any different from dried hu kwang leaves sold at some shops selling Siamese fighting fish at Chatuchak Weekend Market.
Get going with guava's natural goodness
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 13/01/2013
» Guava is one of the best gifts presented by nature, according to a Korean company producing health and beauty products. I couldn't agree more. The US Department of Agriculture's handbook No8, which details the composition of foods, says the fruit is rich in vitamins A and B, calcium and iron, and contains five times more vitamin C than oranges, five times more fibre than apples, and more potassium than bananas. But there is one other reason why I think every backyard should have a guava tree: It is medicinal.
Pucker up for soursop
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 01/01/2012
» Happy New Year to all readers. The year 2012 starts today, and may it bring you prosperity not only in monetary terms, but also the things that matter most in life, namely good health, love and happiness.