Banana ‪‎Peels‬ & Home Remedies-

Banana ‪‎Peels‬ & Home Remedies-

Think twice before you pitch that banana peel. Here are many ways to reuse them for home remedies.

1) Help Your garden grow. Bananas are naturally very high in potassium and so they encourage plant growth. If you compost, bananas are great to add. But even if you don't you compost, can use the banana peel or even puree the entire banana and bury with soil.

2) Shoe Polish Rub the peel on your shoes to make them nice and shiny.

3) Stop the Itch Rub the inside of a banana peel on a bug bite helps itch relief.

4) Pain Reliever: The oil in a banana peel will help relieve pain from burns & scratches.

5) Wart Removal: Apply a piece of banana peel on a wart with a band aide or adhesive tape. Continue til wart is gone.

6) Make Houseplants Gleam: Banana peels can be used to make the leaves of plants shine, same as shining shoes.

7) Removing Splinters: Similar to wart removal, apply a piece of the peel over the splinter and cover with tape or band-aid. The enzymes help dislodge the splinter and to heal the wound.

8) Whiten Teeth: Rub the inside of a banana peel on teeth daily for 2 weeks and watch them lighten up.