Banana Republic

My friend Aubrey found this and sent it to me since I'm always interested in natural remedies. Pretty interesting.

Nine Unconventional Uses of a Banana!

Bananas are known for their medicinal values and as a staple food in many tropical countries. Not only the fruit, even the flower and the trunk are used for consumption in many South-Asian countries.

Here are some unconventional uses of a Banana:

1. Banana As A Cosmetic:

This fruit not only has nutritional properties when eaten, it also does wonders to your facial skin when applied externally, especially if you have a dry skin. Combine mashed banana with honey or almond oil and apply this evenly on your face and neck. Keep for twenty minutes and wash with cold water. Voila! You have a soft and a supple skin your friends will envy.

A banana also makes for a great recipe for shiny hair. Add some honey, some yogurt, and some lemon juice to a mashed banana and apply it all over your hair. Keep for about half an hour before shampooing your hair. And lo! You have shiny soft hair without any artificial conditioners or shiners.

2. Getting Rid Of A Wart or reduce mosquito bite swelling:

3. A Shoe / Leather Shiner For Emergency:The potassium in the banana helps in this remedy. Just rub the insides of a banana peel on the wart for a few days. The wart will be gone. Also, rubbing the insides of a peel on a mosquito bite will not only help the itch to go away but will also reduce the swelling.

Rub the insides of a banana on your shoe or anything made of leather, and then buff it up with a tissue. The shoe/leather will shine as good as new.

4. As a Fertilizer:

Since bananas are rich in phosphorus and potassium, they make a great addition to your compost pile. You can also bury the skin directly a little under the soil of your rose bushes to detract aphids.

5. Promotes Healing:

Banana skin also promotes healing especially if you have been grazed or scraped. Just apply the insides of the banana skin to the wound. It not only helps reduce pain but also speeds up the process of healing. It also helps in reducing rashes you might have got from sumac, poison oak or poison ivy.

6. Get White Teeth:

Just sprinkle some table salt on the inside of a banana peel and rub it on your teeth for about a couple of minutes. Try it for two weeks continuously to see results. You will be surprised at how your teeth stains vanish!

7. Tenderizer:

If you feel that your meat will turn out to be a little tough, just adding a ripe peeled banana to the pan before roasting the meat will soften it.

8. Erase Ink Stains:

If you have any ink stains on your skin, just rub the inside of a banana skin onto your skin until the stains go away.

9. Erase Scratches Off Your CD:

Rub the inside of a banana peel on the CD in circular motions and then wipe off with a soft cloth. Your CD is as good as new!

From this website http://quazen.com/recreation/food/nine-unconventional-uses-of-a-banana/