香兰叶的好处。（Pandan leaf)

香兰叶的好处。（Pandan leaf）香兰叶能降尿酸，治痛风的功能。（Gout）

香兰叶也称为班兰叶。又名七葉蘭,香林投、碧血樹.
功效：性温，无毒，降肝火，主治肝炎，润肺，清热解毒，消暑，解酒，治酒醉，治痛风（尿酸）。

在東南亞一带，如：泰国，新加坡和马来西亚是很常见的食材，有一股淡淡的清香味道。很普遍，到处都可以买得到。
通常华人用它来煮糖水如：清汤，薏米糖水、番薯(红薯, 地瓜)糖水、紅豆、綠豆糖水。也用它来做香兰冰皮月饼，九层糕，香兰面包，海绵蛋糕和煮鸡饭等等。马来人用它来做甜糕点，如：绿色糯米糕和其他甜糕点。印度人用它来做chendol（煎露）。峇峇，娘惹-土生华人也用它来做甜糕点，泰国人用它来包鸡做佳肴。
被普遍使用是因为它的香气和它是绿色最自然的食用色素源料。

但是很多人一直都不知道它除了香味和颜色。到底还有没有其他的好处。
据说，香兰叶能降尿酸，治痛风的功能。（Gout）

患有痛风的人，会有关节疼痛的毛病。医生通常会给止痛药，很难根治。可以尝试香兰叶这个秘方。把香兰叶和水煮沸，再转小火煮20-30分钟。每天当水喝。但是，食疗都需要耐心的，需要3-5个月以上才有疗效。更长的时间才能根治。
香兰叶也能除臭和驱赶蟑螂。很多人会把它放在车里或家里，当空气清新剂。
和鱼腥草一起煮水喝，可止咳化痰，除口臭和解酒。

马来社群的另一个土方是將它的葉子磨成粉末，可治麻疹。 我家种的香兰叶

How to heal our cracked heels

I used to have cracked heels often referred to as heel fissures. It lasted several years and it has always been a nuisance . . .

1 * At first, I bought many lotions specially for cracked heels and apply it on my heels on and off for a periods of time but it seem cannot fully recover. . . .

2 *, I tried going for pedicure , beautician helped me scrub my feet removing the dead cells from my feet. . .After the treatment, my feets are soft and smooth. . But soon, after about 3 to 4 days, the skin became dry again and cracks started appearing.

3 * Soon after, I start to do scrubbing my feet at home and learn how to take care of my heels like the Koreans. South Korea is a dry country, many women wear socks at home to keep their feet moisturized. We often see it on Korean dramas. I will apply the lotion and wear socks before going to bed. This method keeps my feet moist when I do it everyday. However, it is very troublesome and I do not adhere to do it daily. Whenever I’m busy or forget, my heels will dry, harden and crack.

4 * Recently, I found a very simple way to solve this problem...
First of all, from my experience, my cracked heels seem is a very serious problem to me. At the same time, doctor reminded me to watch my cholesterol level, because my cholesterol level has crossed the border because of my diet. I like to eat western foods such as: creamy mushroom soup, pasta, cheese cake, cookies that contains a lot of cheese, cream and butter.
Even though it did not require any medical treatment but I think it is best to avoid taking medicine (such as tablets) as they will remain in our kidneys, thus causing side effects.
So I decided to eat nutritional supplements to adjust my cholesterol level. (There is no blood test done, so I am unsure about the effect at this moment)

However, after 10 days of eating Omega 3 soft capsule, I realized that my heel cracks are gone. After 40 days later, I realized the following:-

1) We need to drink enough water.
2) Putting on lotion once a week or twice a month will help reduce the dryness of our skin. My heels became a little dry because I did nothing in these 40 days. Well, at least the condition of my feet is not cracked ! I’m so happy about it ! ! !
3) The nutritional supplements that we took need to be pure . I took 1000mg of fish oil in a soft capsule everyday, equivalent to 500 mg of Omega 3 , 300 mg EPA and 200 mg of DHA.

If the cracked heels problem is not as serious as me, method 1* or 3*.might be sufficient already.