20. This plant is the wild
ginger (Note the heart-shaped leaf and spindly, 3 petal flower in the
center!).
Wild ginger may be used for the following
purposes:
a. Eat the raw or dried stems as a ginger
substitute.
b. Tea from the roots helps get rid of
tummy aches.
c. Eating the leaves makes one hungry
(good for cancer patients).
d. Eating the leaves was used as a cure
for tuberculosis (TB).
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