Guest guest Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 My mom used to gripe at me for eating raw potatoes when I was a kid.. She said they would give me worms.. any truth to this?? =================================== I’m thinking that maybe your mom was thinking that an unwashed raw potato could have worms on it and you would get some that way? That probably goes for any veggie dug from the ground – covered in dirt and microscopic “things”. Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 Potatoes are a highly nutritious vegetable, being rich in vitamin C, the B-complex vitamins, and have good doses of the minerals iron, calcium, manganese, magnesium and phosphorus. Besides being an economical and nutritious food source, potatoes also have medicinal properties. A potato tuber is antispasmodic, mild anodyne, digestive remedy, diuretic, and emollient.A potato is good for stomach ulcer, duodenum ulcer and stomach acidity. To use the potato for these ulcerous conditions, wash and grate several red skinned raw potatoes. (Other colors are also good, but the red is considered the best for this purpose.) Put in a cheesecloth and squeeze to remove the juice. Or slice the potatoes, sprinkle with a small amount of salt, let sit overnight and collect the juice the next morning. Drink 1/2 cup of this raw potato juice three times a day before meals for a great benefit. The juice is also considered a good liver remedy and can be helpful for gallstones and other gallbladder problems. Some believe that a small amount of potato juice applied to the temples during a headache can bring relief.Mashed (raw) potatoes have been used as a poultice to many aches and pains over the years. And slices of raw potatoes can soothe skin inflammations, burns and scalds and chilblains. For burns, mix a grated raw potato with a little olive oil, and apply to affected area. This mixture works well for dry, chapped skin as well. Suzi bollin772000 <Bollin772000@...> wrote: does eating raw potatoes help anything? Suzi What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. health/ http://suziesgoats.wholefoodfarmacy.com/ - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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