Cassava, Manihot esculenta, also called manioc, yuca, balinghoy or kamoteng kahoy (in the Philippines), shimolu aalu in Assamese, tabolchu (in Northeast India (Garo Hills)), mogo (in Africa), mandioca, tapioca-root, kappa (predominantly in India) and manioc root, a woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae (spurge) family native to South America, is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates.


It differs from the similarly spelled yucca, an unrelated fruit-bearing shrub in the Asparagaceae family. Cassava, when dried to a powdery (or pearly) extract, is called tapioca; its fermented, flaky version is named garri.


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Leaf Nutrient Content of Cassava Leaves – Serving Size (100 g):


° 37 Calories from Fat 1.80

° Total Fat 0.20g

° Saturated Fat 0.00 g

° Cholesterol 0 mg

° Sodium 11 mg

° G Total Carbohydrates 7:30

° Dietary Fiber 0.6 g

° Protein 3.70 g

° Vitamin C

° Vitamin B1 (Thiamin)

° Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)

° Vitamin B3 (Niacin)

° Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid)

° Vitamin B6

° Calcium

° Iron

° potassium

° phosphorus

° magnesium

° zinc

° copper

° manganese


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Health Benefits of Cassava Leaves For Beauty and Pregnant Women




Many have asked whether cassava leaves good for pregnant women? My answer is yes, cassava leaves good for pregnant women. Because cassava leaves contain iron is high enough so as to be able to help pregnant women avoid anemia.


1. Treating Fever and Headache

Provide three pieces of cassava leaves, then finely ground. Well, the result of earlier collision cassava leaves affixed to the head like compressed.


2. Treating Diarrhea

To treat diarrhea, grab 7 cassava leaves, then boiled in 4 cups of water until the remaining 2 cups. Strain the water and drink the mixture two times a day. If a child with diarrhea is still nursing, so that drank the potion is his mother.


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3. Blurred eye view

You got a problem with that as blurred vision? Treat with cassava leaf herb. You do this by boiling the cassava leaves with salt and garlic. After that cassava leaves eaten with rice as a salad.


4. Increase Appetite

If you are having difficulty eating, prepare to taste later cassava leaves boiled with salt and garlic. Then cassava leaves with rice and tomato sauce.


In addition to cassava leaves, other parts of cassava such as tubers and stems were also efficacious as a traditional medicine. Examples traditional recipes following:


5. Treating Arthritis

Amino acid content in cassava was beneficial to bone health. The material is 100 grams of cassava stem, a stem lemongrass, 15 grams of ginger and boiled in 1000 cc of water until the remaining 400 cc only. Filtered water to drink as much as 200 cc, 2 times a day morning and afternoon.


6. Treating Worms

Take enough cassava bark, boiled in 3 cups of water to boil until the remaining 1 cup, filtered to take water, then drink at bedtime. By taking medicines of this cassava, it can kill the worms in the stomach and makes the body healthy again.


7. Taxable wound Heat

If your skin is injured because hot oil or exhaust, do not panic. Take the cassava, then shredded and squeeze the juice. Take a few moments to look the part of starch (such as white flour) to the bottom. Use part of the starch that settles as an ointment on the wound.


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hope someone doesn't get poisoned by HCN while trying this ur concoction

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