There's no cure for Dengue, which is endemic here in SEAsia, but now reports say the Tawatawa plant could help prevent the dehydration complication of that disease.
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| From Finestkind Clinic and fish market |
foodrecapnet has more. and more from Internet Philippines (where I got the photo)
I know the plant: it's a weed that we remove from our garden all the time.
another possible cure: Camote tops. This is the top leaves of the sweet potato plant that is used here as a "green" vegetable.
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another way to prevent control the mosquitoes that spread Dengue and Malaria: Guppies.
They can eat the "wrigglers" (larvae)of the mosquito in water and are used in many countries for fresh water mosquito control.
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| From Finestkind Clinic and fish market |
photo is that of a plain female guppie.
Not to be mixed up with the Pregnant Guppie.
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| From Finestkind Clinic and fish market |
Koi do this also: we use koi in our fountain to control the mosquitoes.
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and your vocabulary lesson of the day:
Whales have calves,
Cats have kittens,
Bears have cubs,
Bats have bittens,
Swans have cygnets,
Seals have puppies,
But guppies just have little guppies.
(by OGDEN NASH)
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