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By: Frank Maletsky | By: Frank Maletsky | ||
#Pick the fresh tawa-tawa leaves (8 inches long stems and about a dozen). Simply cut the stem which will normally come with the leaves and flowers. Wash them with fresh water to remove dirt. Pound what you have collected in a mortar and pestle. Prepare boiling hot water. Pour the boiling water (10oz.) directly into the mortar (container). Let it cool down, then pour the contents using a strainer into a bowl or tall glass (10 oz.), squeeze out all the juice from the solids. Make enough to last the whole day. One glass every 4 hours. | #Pick the fresh tawa-tawa leaves (8 inches long stems and about a dozen). Simply cut the stem which will normally come with the leaves and flowers. Wash them with fresh water to remove dirt. Pound what you have collected in a mortar and pestle. Prepare boiling hot water. Pour the boiling water (10oz.) directly into the mortar (container). Let it cool down, then pour the contents using a strainer into a bowl or tall glass (10 oz.), squeeze out all the juice from the solids. Make enough to last the whole day. One glass every 4 hours. | ||
#*The first 10 oz. glass will produce immediate positive results within 2 hours. | #*The first 10 oz. glass will produce immediate positive results within 2 hours. Fever will be reduced. | ||
==What Tawa Tawa is used for== | |||
*Reduce Fever | |||
*Herbal remedy for [[Dengue Fever]]. | |||
*Relief for Asthma | |||
*Bronchitis | |||
*emphysema | |||
==Where can Tawa Tawa be found?== | ==Where can Tawa Tawa be found?== | ||
Tawa Tawa grows in all tropical areas as a wild weed. I was in Orlando, Florida and i saw tawa tawa growing wild. | Tawa Tawa grows in all tropical areas as a wild weed. I was in Orlando, Florida and i saw tawa tawa growing wild. | ||