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The monkey and the banana leaves

This monkey at the temple pulled down all the leaves of this banana tree and started chewing the stem.

 

The Banana stem is really not a stem at all; it is the flower stalk of the banana plant. The thick stalks grow up from the ground and form the backbone of the herbaceous plant.

 

Banana Stem has lot of health benefits especially banana stem juice has many health benefits and can be made at home very easily.

 

Banana stem is cooked and eaten like a a vegetable in South India. The health benefits of banana stem are many :

 

-Detoxification and digestion.

- Juice of the banana stem helps in flushing out toxins

- Treating kidney stones and UTI. ...

- Weight loss. ...

- Managing cholesterol and blood pressure. ...

- Healing acidity and gastric problems.

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Uploaded on April 14, 2019
Taken on October 20, 2018