FREE: Texas Prickly Pear Cactus Seeds x 15 +

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Medicine and other uses. Prickly pear pads also have very useful medicinal applications, and the dietary value of the immature pads, or nopalitos, may prove to be important in controlling or preventing Type 2 (adult onset) diabetes. Here are some of the historic and modern uses of nopales documented by oral history as well as some actual medical research. Although some of these uses might work for wilderness first aid in extreme situations, please don't try out these techniques at home without the guidance of a medical professional.
• Infusion of pads used to treat urinary tract infections
• Mucilage (pulp) in raw nopalitos reduces rate of sugar absorption, hence they are effectively reduce symptoms of insulin shock
• Mature pads as poultice and antiseptic for wounds
• Mature pads to treat burns
• Tea made from pads for treating tuberculosis scar tissue
• Mucilage from mature pads kills bacteria in cultures, so it has antibiotic properties
• Hot poultice of prickly pear pad skin applied to boils
• Split pads used as a hemostat to stop bleeding
• Infusion of pads used to treat swollen prostate