Living on the Wild Side: Crisis Gardening and Survival Scavenging in the South by Kimberly M. Hartfield

Author:Kimberly M. Hartfield
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Go Fish Ministries, Inc.
Published: 2012-04-10T06:00:00+00:00

Garden cress has significant amounts of iron, calcium, folic acid, and vitamins A, E, and C. Garden cress seeds are very nutritious as well. The seed contains fatty acids and are high in calories and protein. There are many benefits to eating garden cress. Garden cress is used as a mild stimulant, a source of phytochemicals and antioxidants, a diuretic, an expectorant and a digestive aide. Garden cress also helps purify blood and stimulate appetite. When taken regularly, cress helps to alleviate anemia as well. It is used during constipation as a laxative and a purgative. Paste made of the seeds can be taken internally with honey to treat amoebic dysentery. The germinating seeds soothes the irritation of the intestines in dysentery and diarrhea. Garden cress seeds are good expectorants and are chewed to treat sore throat, cough, asthma and headache. The plants parts are used in the treatment of asthma and cough. Garden cress seeds are also great memory boosters because they contain arachidic and linoleic acids.

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