Our garden is mostly populated by edibles such as vegetables and small fruit trees like sugar apple and cashew although we also have a big mango tree that was unfortunately felled by a typhoon 2 years ago. Flower is not in the list although there is the sampaguita in one corner in the front yard which is the national flower of our country. Some other species are curative plants that my husband cultivates not only for our benefit but also for other people who need it. First is the mint which is good for headache and dizziness. Crush a leaf and smell it. Another is the tawa-tawa which is boiled and served as tea to treat dengue. This tawa-tawa is proven twice already, by my nephew and by an actress named Yasmien Kurdi. There is also the pancit-pancitan which is also wild like tawa-tawa but this one is good for arthritis when eaten as a fresh salad. For the small tree, the banaba and sambong is a combination of my therapy against kidney stones. Boiled into tea together with lemon grass that is growing in the side of our house, it is an effective treatment for kidney stones. The aloe vera that we planted for hair growth which turned out not to be true. But the aloe vera remains for it is a good salve to soothe for burns. There are some more curative plants in our garden but let me make an inventory first.
Thank you for the information on mint. I planted some in my garden to keep the squirrels at bay. I had no idea that mint could could help with headaches.