| Bananas are widespread in poor, tropical countries, and due to the abundance of folk remedies in those countries and/or lack of western medicines, bananas have found a number of medicinal uses. Many of the uses are poorly documented, but include treatments for: ailments of the skin, back, and blood, headaches, fever and flu, both diarrhea and constipation, and several others including gray hair and syphilis. Bananas contain moderate amounts of potassium, although the utility of bananas for restoring electrolytes or regulating blood pressure may be overstated. Some extracts of banana have shown hypoglycemic activity in lab studies. Banana fruit contain the active principals serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine. |
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