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LOCAL Tuesday 18 July 2023

Lessons from our elders:

Plants and fruits for medicinal use

However, breastfeeding
women who cannot pro-
duce much milk are ad-
vised not to consume too
pineapple, and people
with acid reflux are recom-
mended to not consume
any pineapple at all.

Arrowroot add a pinch of salt. Raw
Arrowroot is native to tropi- arrowroot powder can be
cal America and can be used to powder babies.
sold as a powder or whole.
It is said that you can take Eggplant/Aubergine
(Oranjestad)—Though apple is great to use to re- arrowroot powder and Eggplants, or aubergines,
western medicine is now fresh your body. Clean the make a “shalup” (porridge) are easy to find in super-
widely used for common skin thoroughly and make for stomach pain or when markets around the world
illnesses and to keep our tea or warapa* with it. It is you’re feeling weak. You and can be grown all year
bodies healthy and happy, said that this tea can also can make it with milk too, round on the island. Relat-
it is still very common in be drank after an opera- but it is advised to best use ed to potato and tomato,
every household in Aruba tion on the ovaries or uter- just water. You can also eggplants are good to
(and around the world) to us. This gets rid of irritation add prunes for a bit of calm nerves. It can also be tumors, abscesses and
have staple home rem- and inflammation. sweetness. Arrowroot sha- used to lower blood pres- hemorrhoids. Eggplant kat-
edies that is passed on lup is also good to treat an sure, by steeping its leaves aplan can also be used ex-
through generations. Here When the fruit is unripe and unhealthy gut or for diar- in boiled water and drink- ternally to treat arthritis. q
are some tips that our el- green, this can be used to rhea. ing it. You can also make
ders have passed on to us stimulate menstruation flow eggplant juice to help puri- *warapa: term referring to
over the years. in women. This also stimu- To make arrowroot shalup, fy your blood. However, do a water and sugar solution,
lates the passing kidney boil a bit of water and add make sure to drink slowly; a.k.a simple syrup.
Pineapple stones. When ripe, the fruit one tablespoon of arrow- let it mix with your spit and *kataplan: porridge-like
Pineapple has more uses can be used for poisoning root powder and stir con- then swallow. mixture used externally
than topping it on your in the gut and can help tinuously until you reach for wounds or parts of the
Christmas ham. According treat rheumatic diseases, porridge consistency. If you Eggplant kataplan* can body that are painful or
to elders, the skin of a pine- like arthritis. make a shalup with milk, also be used to treat skin swollen.

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