Tomato

Tomato is a much-love vegetable all over the word. It belongs to the plant family Solanaceae and is a hairy, upright or creeping, tropical herb or vine. It grows wild in some places, but generally it is cultivated  in vegetable gardens, as a field crop or in green houses. The leaves are very irregular in shape. The small yellow flowers, sometimes in clusters, produce a berry, which turns red when ripe. This berry is the edible tomato, which finds its place in almost every home, vegetable market or in departmental stores after it has been turned into pulp and preserve as ketchup in bottles or jars.

MEDICINAL USE:
*Prevents scurvy, has a shooting effect, is antitoxic, disinfectant, laxative and tonic.
*Constipation, scrofula or tuberculosis of the lymph glands in the neck, neuritis or inflammation of a
  nerve, liver problems, mental strain, arthritis, polyneuritis or inflammation of several nerves,
  rheumatism and indigestion.
*Burns, sunburns, insects bites, piles, tumours, swollen eyes. warts, corns and wounds.
*Soothing poultice for inflammations in general.
*Tonsillitis and throat inflammations.
*Nephritis or inflammatory disease of the kidney.

HOW TO USE:
*The consumption of the tomato prevents scurvy, has a soothing effect on the body, is antitoxic,
  disinfectant, laxative, and tonic.
*Tomatoes, when fully ripe, are recommended for constipation, scrofula or tuberculosis of the lymph
  glands in the neck, neuritis, liver problems, mental strain, arthritis, polyneuritis or inflammation of
  several nerves, rheumatism and indigestion. It should be eaten in abundance but not mixed with
  starch.
*Externally used, the ripe tomatoes are applied directly over burns, sunburns, insect bites, piles,
  tumours, swollen eyes, warts, corns and wounds.
*The pounded leaves are used as a soothing and softening poultice for inflammations.
*The juice of the green tomato makes a good gargle for tonsillitis and general inflammation of the
  throat.
*The juice of the ripe fruit mixed with celery juice is recommended for nephritis or disease of kidney
  inflammation. For this take 2 or 3 cups a day.

PARTS USED:
*The fruits and leaves.

DOSE:
As recommended above.

Normal Dosage For:

Adults: 4 or 5 cups a day.
Aged 6 to 9 years: 2 cups a day
Aged 2 to 5 years: 1 cup a day
1 to 2 years: 1/2 cup a day
Below 1 year: 1/4 or less cup a day

A Useful Table for Quick Measurements:
1 tbsp = 5 grams (green herb)
1 dessertspoon = 2 grams (dry herb)
1 teaspoon = 25 drops
1 cup = 16 tbsp

1 litre = 7 or 8 cups