1. Urinary tract infections
2. Blood pressure
3. Water retention (edema)
4. Kidney stones
This is Asparagus.
Benefits
Description
Asparagus has been used for treating urinary tract infections, kidney stones, water retention, and for lowering blood pressure.
Asparagus is also known for changing the smell of your urine which is normal and due to a compound called methyl mercaptan.
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Research
Urinary Tract Infections
The pharmacological importance of Asparagus officinalis
Al-Snafi, A., Journal of Pharmaceutical Biology, 2015
Blood Pressure
Nishimura, M., Ohkawara, T., Kagami-Katsuyama, H., Sato, H., et al., Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 2013
Water Retention (Edema)
Review on Therapeutic and Pharmaceutically Important Medicinal Plant Asparagus officinalis L
Iqbal, M., Bibi, Y., Raja, N., Ejaz, M., Journal of Plant Biochemistry & Physiology, 2017
Kidney Stones
Chemical constituents of Asparagus
Negi, J.S., Singh, P., Joshi, G.P., Rawat, M.S., et al., Pharmacognosy Review, 2010
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