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food
olive
nutrition
definition
olive:
Ayurvedic: Vayu-Kapha
Chinese:
Russian olive
» qualities: sweet or acid-sweet, neutral, sour
» actions: benefits Spleen and Stomach; clears Heat; detoxifies; increases Fluids; affects Lung
» uses: indigestion; diarrhea in children; seminal emission; excessive menstruation; failing sight; menopause stomach pains and headache; cough with burning feeling in the lungs; chronic enteritis; stomach inflammation; boils, leg ulcers, chilblains; sore throat, dry cough, laryngitis; alcoholism
naturopathic:
» qualities: alkaline-forming food
» actions: oil: tonifies intestines, laxative effect, prevents gallstones; reduces LDL cholesterol, raises HDL cholesterol, lowers blood pressure, anticoagulant; antioxidant (retards aging)
» uses: oil: emaciation; arthritis; arteriosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension; constipation; externally: poultice for inflammations
biochemical: high in mono-unsaturated fats
Agriculture Handbook #8
Carper, p. 242
Lu, p. 70
Johari, p. 111
Ni, p. 93
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