Life Plant Benefits

The name life plant evokes an instant interest and when you get to know its amazing health benefits there is a smooth transition from interest to passion in adding the herb to your garden collections. Yes, who would not love to have an herb that offers loads of health benefits, which also includes curing kidney stones. Life plant is also popularly known as ‘Leaf of life’, ‘Air plant’, ‘Wonder of the World’ and ‘Miracle leaf’. The herb is popularly described in Tamil as kattip pottaal kutti podum, which means if the leaf is tied with a thread, the part that gets cut will have new leaf growth in few days.

Properties of Life Plant

Life plant is a rich source of minerals including calcium, potassium, iron, zinc, magnesium and sodium and vitamins including thiamine and niacin. The herb also contains flavonoids, alkaloids, phenolic compounds and tannins. The properties of life plant include:

• Anti-inflammatory (reduces swelling and pain)
• Antifungal (destroys and prevents fungi)
• Antibacterial (destroys and prevents bacteria)
• Antimicrobial (destroys and prevents bacteria, virus and fungi)
• Analgesic (reduces pain)
• Anti-diabetic (controls blood sugar)
• Antimutagenic (prevents impacts caused in DNA due to radiation)
• Anti-ulcer (prevents ulcer)
• Antihypertensive (reduces high blood pressure)
• Anticonvulsant (prevents or reduces occurrence of fits)
• Anticancer (prevents cancer)
• Antileishmanial (protective against leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease)
• Hepatoprotective (protects liver)
• Nephroprotective (protects kidneys)
• Wound-healing

Medicinal Properties of Life Plant

• Relieves cold and cough
• Cures sinusitis
• Helps to relieve asthma
• Cures indigestion
• Relieves flatulence
• Cures diarrhea
• Cures vomit
• Heals eye problems
• Cures ear ache
• Heals swelling of face
• Practicing the pose helps to relieve headache.
• Cures muscle pain
• Heals skin conditions
• Relieves kidney stones
• Cures constipation and also supports free flow of urine
• Cures diabetes
• Helps to reduce high blood pressure
• Helps to cure arthritis
• Heals uterus problems
• Prevents hair fall and supports hair growth
• Helps to prevent graying of hair
• Heals wounds
• Helps to cure diseases associated with vata imbalance
• Cures foot corn
• Heals abscess

How to Use Life Plant to Cure Kidney Stones?

Choose the most tender leaf, which is also the smallest leaf, from life plant and have it in the morning. Follow it up with a glass of water. On the second day, choose a leaf which is slightly bigger than the leaf you plucked the previous day, consume it and have a cup of water. This leaf will be below the leaf you plucked on day 1. Follow the same procedure until you have completed eating seven leaves in seven days.

How to Use Life Plant for Uterus Problems?

Follow the same technique that is recommended to cure kidney stones. The only change would be that you need to consume the leaves twice a day - once in the morning and once in the evening for seven days.

Apart from this,

Life plant juice can be sprinkled on other plants in your garden to prevent pests from attacking the plants

The smell arising out of the life plant keeps dangerous creatures at bay.

Note

On touching the leaf can cause itching and mild inflammation.

Benefits of Life Plant Tea

Who can resist a cup of life plant tea after getting to know the immense health benefits it has to offer? Wondering how to make life plant tea? Here you go:

Instructions 

• Take three to five leaves from life plant along with stems. Clean the leaves and stem in running water. Slightly crush the leaves and add to a glass of water and bring to boil. Once the water starts boiling, simmer the stove and let boil for a few more minutes.
• Turn off the stove and keep the tea closed for a couple of minutes.
• Filter the tea, add honey or natural sugar to enhance the taste.

Benefits

• Relieves cold and cough
• Cures respiratory conditions
• Helps to cure indigestion
• Relieves headache
• Purifies the blood
• Cures diarrhea
• Cures kidney stones
• Promotes liver health
• Reduces high blood pressure
• Energizes the muscles
• Helps to cure piles
• Relieves constipation, helps with free flow of urine
• Promotes hair growth