Beneficial Plants

Beneficial Plants High Intermediate English Class Kirkwood Community College November 20, 2014

The Tea Tree Plant The tea tree is a beneficial plant I discovered recently. It is a small, green tree with white flowers that grows in New Zealand. People don’t eat the plant. Its oil is mostly used on the skin as medicine for cuts, burns and insect bites. It feels refreshing! My friend Jody suggested that I try it, and I think it works!

Colleen

The Boldo Is A Great Plant In my country Brazil people use Boldo of Chile, because they believe it brings many benefits to health. It has spiky leaves and is very green. It smells so good. The people use dry leaves to make tea, but it taste is very bitter. Because its taste is bitter, many people use Boldo tea to treat headaches, stomachaches, digestion and the liver. Overall, this plant is important because it help us to get a better health.

Renato Issamu Pasquino

Beneficial Plant: Artichoke The artichoke is a beneficial plant for people to prevent sickness and nature health. In my country Viet Nam , We plant a lot of artichoke. It works like medicine for people to prevent sickness. They made artichoke tea bags. It’s processed from stems, roots, and flowers of the artichoke plant. It can be used as a refreshing drink at any time of the day. It may regulate the function of liver, of the bile.

Artichoke is a wonderful plant to use to maintain health.

Mary Tran

Beneficial Plant Calendula is a perennial plant native to southwestern of Asia that is used in my country. The flowers are yellow and orange, like sunflower. The petals can be used fresh in salads or dried to color cheese or replace saffron, and you can make tea from the flowers for abdominal cramps and constipation. Calendula oil is used as an anti-inflammatory, antitumor agent. In cream it is effective in treating radiation dermatitis. The flowers are applied to cuts and wounds to stop bleeding.

Zoraida Hurtado

The Aloe Vera Plant The aloe vera plant is popular in many countries. The aloe vera plant is a desert in plant origin. It’s a perennial plant called “Succulent leaf” because it nutritious and has thicker leaves. It has spines that are their natural defense. Water and nutrients are housed in its leaves. This plant is used by many people to relieve burns, hair loss, dandruff, wrinkles ETC. Gladys Chacon

The Tea Holy Thorn The Espinheira Santa (Holy Thorn) is a beneficial plant used for many years. It has small green leaves that grow in tropical climates, like Brazil, for example. You can make tea, you can use it to treat a stomach aches. The smell is like grass and if you drink the tea, you will feel better.

Rhaiza Rodrigues Mota de Oliveira

The Verveine Tizane Plant Verveine is a popular herb in my country Algeria, the plant has green leaves, it tastes good and smells good too. People can make tea from the leaves to treat sore throats, cold, and stomach flu, fever, and digestion issues. You can make it with hot water for tea , also use verveine tea with honey for treat sore throats, and it’s good for health. All Algerians have this plant in their backyards because it’s used for medicine, decoration and smells good.

Leila Hamamouche

Lavender Essential Oil Lavender essential oil is one of the oils that people use for relaxing. Beneficial lavender essential oil is a popular oil and has a beautiful smell. People use it to make aromatherapy candles and soap. You can also drop it on a pillow using 3 to 4 drops to help you fall asleep easily. Some people drip it into the bathtub for relaxing. I burn it with an oil burner to keep my bedroom and my bathroom fresh and relaxed at the same time. You can get the lavender essential oil at the herbalist.

Nai

Bitter Melon People in every culture have used plants to stay healthy and to prevent sickness. Bitter melon is a beneficial plant. It has large fruits or a vegetable that is has bright skin in dark green color that grows in Southeast Asia. People use it for cooking foods that taste sweet-bitter and make medicines for helps treat blood disorders, is used for skin care, as an immune booster, and for fever and colds.

Some people don’t like it because it has taste sweet-bitter.

Saravuth

Aloe vera is a beneficial plant in many different countries. Everybody uses aloe vera for stomach problems. Or for the face. Aloevera is green leaves that have juice inside them Ada V.

Eucalyptus Eucalyptus is a popular herb in my native Ecuador. It’s plant originated in Australia. It is a tree. The dried leaves and oil is use for medicine. It’s a beneficial plant. It has long and short leaves with different colors. It smell good and sweet. Eucalyptus plant is used for many purpose; some people used in home for incense to keep aromatized the home. In my country we use it for medicine to make tea to help fight a cough. It is also used as a mouthwash, ointment and toothpaste, cough drops. I use it continuously during the winter.

Esperanza

The Onion The onion is a plant that is used very much in my country the Democratic Republic of Congo. The plant is a bulb ,that grows everywhere in the world . The onion can be eaten raw or cooked. Sometimes people use it for treating a cough.

The onion has a spicy smell and that is good for eyes. The onion is a beneficial plant ,that brings relief.

Jocelyn

The Avocado Tree Plant The avocado tree plant is a beneficial plant I discovered in the last two months. The avocado leaves help for stomach problems and illnesses. If you have stomach pain you can eat one Avocado leaf,In my country Congo this tree is very popular, because it helps many people.

Richard

Orange Plant In my country Congo ,orange plant is beneficial.The people use juice water to help to hydrate someone after vomiting or diarrhea. Because some people don’t like the medicine people use just the orange juice from the plant.

Ivonne Masengu Bukasa

Aloe Vera Plant Benefit The Aloe Vera plant is a popular plant in Puerto Rico. The plant has long leaves with thorns and is full of a jelly substances inside. My mother used it for skin burns, insect bites, cuts, dry skin, baby rashes, skin ulcers, stomach ulcers, She also used it for sore throats and colds; she mixed Aloe Vera, honey and lemon for tea, as delicious medicine. You can find Aloe Vera in different products like shampoos, skin lotions and delicious juices. Today this plant is used a lot.

Ana

Mint Mint is a beneficial plant that is easy to grow here in the United States. Mint plants are green with lots of leaves and can be over a foot tall. People use mint to cook with. You can also make tea, or other types of drinks, with mint. Mint essential oil is used in perfumes. I like how mint smells. When I am stressed, I dab on mint essential oil and it makes me feel more relaxed.

Cat

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