20 alternative uses of potatoes

How to use potatoes for health and beauty care, for the home and garden.

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Le potatoes they are suitable for use in numerous cooking recipes and are among the most popular vegetables to bring to the table, also very popular with children for their good flavor. They can represent a valid help as well as real ones natural remedies for the care of health and beauty, but also of the home and garden.

Here are twenty uses of potatoes as an alternative to their culinary uses. Do you have any other suggestions on this?

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HEALTH AND BEAUTY

Sunburn

Potato slices and peels represent one of the best known natural remedies to be applied to the skin in case of sunburn. THE'calming effect of the heartburn and soothing redness of potatoes is attributed to their starch content.

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Anti-aging treatment

The cooking water of the potatoes can be stored and left to cool or cool, to then be used for the face cleansing. It is attributed with beneficial properties as an anti-aging treatment.

Bags and dark circles

A natural remedy for reduce bags and dark circles it consists of applying thin slices of potatoes to the affected areas. Their action will reduce both swelling and signs caused by fatigue.

Headache

Among the natural remedies to relieve headaches, there is the use of potato slices from rub on the temples with circular movements and with delicacy, in order to relieve discomfort. We know that headaches can be very annoying. Putting this natural remedy to work is very simple and quick. There's no harm in trying.

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Insomnia

It is said that eating of the boiled potatoes for dinner can promote a good restful sleep. This would be due to the ability of potatoes to rebalance the acidity of our stomach, so that digestive problems do not disturb us during sleep.

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warts

The use of potatoes represents a natural remedy typical of the popular tradition in order to accelerate the disappearance of warts. A slice of potato should be rubbed daily on the wart, until it is gone. Potassium and vitamin C content of potatoes could be the key to solving the problem.

Face mask

A face mask fromemollient effect it can be obtained by mixing a boiled potato and then mashed with a fork with a teaspoon of lemon juice. The mask must be applied to the face and left to act for about ten minutes, before being rinsed off with warm water.

Hot and cold compresses

Potatoes maintain both hot and cold temperatures for a long time. For this reason they can be used to make compresses at the desired temperature as a replacement for the hot water or ice bottle, after having heated or cooled them and wrapped in gauze or a handkerchief.

Acne

A simple natural remedy for pimples, blackheads and small imperfections is to rub one on the affected part raw potato slice, so that the juice contained in it can come into contact with the skin and can be left to act for a few minutes before rinsing, in order to promote healing and the disappearance of imperfections.

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Rheumatism

Il raw potato juice it is considered as an excellent natural remedy for rheumatism. Popular tradition also sees the use of potato-based compresses on the areas affected by pain, with particular reference to the neck, in order to relieve them.

HOME & GARDEN

Stains and glue on the hands

To facilitate the removal of stains and glue from your hands, it is advisable to rub a slice of raw potato on them, before proceeding with the normal washing. L'action of starch softens the skin and facilitates the removal of glue residues and dirt.

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Excess salt

If you have gone too far with adding salt in the pasta water or in the broth for the minestrone or the soup, and you realize it while the pot is still on the fire, add a small whole potato to the preparation, which will absorb the excess salt.

Shoe cleaning

For cleaning shoes made of waterproof materials and as regards the rubber soles, it is possible to facilitate the removal of dirt by rubbing the affected parts with a slice of raw potato, before moving on to using a cloth or a shoe brush.

Compost

Don't forget to keep the potato peels and to allocate them to yours composer from balcony or to the compost bin that you have placed near your vegetable garden or in the garden. In this way you will lighten the amount of waste produced daily to be disposed of.

Vegetable garden

You may want to consider storing some of your potatoes to try planting them in your garden or in a pot. Before planting potatoes, they need to start sprouting. For this to happen, they must be stored in a bright place for a few days. If some sprouts have started to sprout from potatoes stored in the cellar or in the pantry, take advantage of them to use them for the birth of new seedlings. It is advisable to cut the sprouted potatoes into several parts before burying them.

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Cleaning of rusty tools

To clean rusty tools, it is recommended to wipe them first using slices of raw potatoes ed in followed by della wood ash. Using potatoes should help facilitate rust removal.

Cleaning the silverware

A simple remedy for cleaning and polishing silverware is to keep thecooking water, unsalted, potatoes. The potatoes should be removed from their cooking water and the silverware should be left in the warm liquid for an hour before rinsing.

Decorative stencils

Here is a super simple idea for making decorative molds that children can use for chores. It is simply a matter of dividing a potato in half and carving geometric shapes in its pulp. The potato will be dipped in tempera colors and used as if it were a stencil.

Flower pot

If you have decided to decorate the table with gods long-stemmed cut flowers, but you do not have the materials used by florists in which to fix the stems so that the flowers remain in the desired position, replace everything with a potato cut in half to use as a base.

Geraniums

A raw potato it can be used in the transplant of your new geraniums, in order to give these flowers the nourishment they need. Make a hole in the potato, insert the stem and plant everything in a pot filled with soil.

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