Foods for urinary tract infections
What APEX holds on the table for urinary tract infections: 11 foods, each with where it comes from and why it is ours. Not a treatment plan — the food, and the reason it is on the list.
Compiled by APEX Legacy from published research and documented food
history, under the editorial direction of
Jonathan Jackson, Founder .
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Drinks
Watermelon Seed Tea Black watermelon seeds, crushed and boiled into a mild tea long used to flush the kidneys… Zobo Drink Your grandmother's red drink — hibiscus, what some call sorrel — was steadying blood… Sorrel (Hibiscus sabdariffa — Caribbean Red) Clinical trials show 3 cups of hibiscus tea daily reduce systolic blood pressure by 7… Corn Silk Tea The fine golden threads pulled from an ear of corn, dried and steeped into a soft, grassy… Goldenrod Tea The bright golden field flower of late summer, dried and steeped into a mild, lightly…
Beans & Peas
Sword Bean Canavalia gladiata — the sword bean grows up to 18 inches long.
Herbs & Spices
Buchu Buchu is the great Southern African urinary and kidney herb — a fragrant… Echinacea (Purple Coneflower) Echinacea is not just the herb you grab at Walgreens when you get a cold. Coriander Seed Coriandrum sativum seeds — distinct from cilantro leaves, which come from the same plant.
Vegetables
Plantain Leaf Broadleaf plantain (Plantago major) is not the banana-type plantain — it is the humble… Echinacea (Purple Coneflower) Echinacea — the purple coneflower — is native to the Great Plains and Eastern woodlands…
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