Sentences with phrase «uses of alfalfa»

Medicinal uses of alfalfa include treatment of stomach upset, arthritis, bladder and kidney problems, boils, and irregular menstruation.

The use of alfalfa dates back thousands of years when it was first cultivated in central Asia.

Also, sluggish kidneys show improvement with the regular use of alfalfa.

The use of alfalfa has also been called into question recently.

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Corn or alfalfa crops produced through biotechnology are a way to limit the amount of herbicides our farmers need to use.

Herbicides are used on only 7 % of the alfalfa acreage in the country as «companion crops» in alfalfa fields are commonly utilized by dairy and beef producers for weed control and nutritional balance in livestock diets.

Saudi Arabia, the largest importer of alfalfa seed, banned the import and / or use of GE seeds in 2004.

She prescribed a «paste» of alfalfa honey, licorice root powder and turmeric and I just noticed some fresh turmeric root at my local grocers — do you have any recipes or uses for the fresh root?

Sprouts used to be synonymous with «health food» during the natural foods movement of the 70's — especially alfalfa sprouts.

A type of pea, alfalfa has a mild effect on increasing milk supply and is often used in combination with fenugreek.

Some of the most commonly used herbal galactagogues are fenugreek, blessed thistle, and alfalfa.

Here's a bit of trivia: a number of the herbs and prescription medicines used for increasing milk supply also have uses related to digestive problems, for example, fenugreek, blessed thistle, fennel, alfalfa, metoclopramide and domperidone.

Corn is cheaper than alfalfa, all parts of the cow is being used, and meat prices are still high.

To help further increase the amount of breast milk that you're making, you can use stinging nettle in combination with other breastfeeding herbs such as fenugreek, alfalfa, fennel, and goat's rue.

The Central Valley's protected wetlands (federal wildlife refuges, state wildlife areas, and private lands) and certain types of agriculture (e.g. rice, alfalfa), provide nearly all of the habitat used by millions of ducks, geese, shorebirds, and other waterbirds every fall, winter, and spring.

Like much of the West, the vast majority of the water here is used for irrigation, sustaining the hay and alfalfa needed to see Wyoming's cattle herds through harsh winters.

The researchers also discovered another kind of bee, Megachile rotundata, an alfalfa leafcutter, was using pieces of polyethylene - based plastic bags to construct its brood cells.

From homemade lotions, to infused oils and salves, to herbal teas and veggie smoothies, we use a lot of different herbs each day for the nutritional benefits and one of my favorites is alfalfa.

While not all of these benefits are supported by medical studies (yet), they are worth mentioning because of alfalfa's long history of successful, safe use.

Using wheat, alfalfa, or clover seeds, grow grass in a small dish that will fit in the bottom of your basket.

Herbalists have long used Alfalfa Leaf to treat ulcers, as the bioflavonoids found in Alfalfa reduce inflammation of the stomach lining and build capillary strength, while Alfalfa's vitamin A helps to maintain the stomach's overall health.

Add to this the fact that crops like corn, alfalfa, wheat and soy are now being used as animal feed so much of the land is being used to grow food for animals.

The leaves and sprouts of alfalfa are edible and can be used in variety of ways.

Silage can be made from many field crops, and special terms may be used depending on type (oatlage for oats, haylage for alfalfa — but see below for different UK use of the term haylage).

Instead use variety of different sprouts but the most important seem to be fresh sunflower sprouts, alfalfa sprouts, and watercress sprouts.

Alfalfa has a long history of use as a folk remedy in Europe, China, and India for indigestion, arthritis, bladder problems, high cholesterol, allergic rhinitis and hayfever, and irregular menstruation.

In addition, herbalists of the 1800s used the alfalfa plant to treat anemia, indigestion, and dyspepsia.

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You have cotton seed oil, canola oil, sugar from sugar beets, not the clean sugar and not b - table beets, but sugar beet sugar, alfalfa which is used as hay for animals, and then zucchini, yellow squash, not all of it, some of it and papaya from China or Hawaii.

At these times it is okay to use hays mixed with alfalfa or to use strictly alfalfa hay for a short period of time.

Other sources of grain - free carbohydrate used in this recipe include garbanzo beans (also known as chickpeas), potatoes, dried tomato pomace, and alfalfa meal.

Alfalfa hay is not best suited for your bunny, so avoid using this type of hay for your bunny.

Sun - Cured Alfalfa — This ingredient is not commonly used in pet foods — it is a type of hay that is more commonly seen in horse feeds.

It is also troubling to see so many plant - based proteins like dehydrated alfalfa, corn gluten meal, and dried peas which are likely only used to increase the protein content of this formula.

However, Messonnier says that rather than use a manufactured product meant for people, you'll be far better off if you use food sources, such as fish oil (for Omega - 3 fatty acids) or alfalfa (which has vitamin K and properties that may thwart cancer) for many of the vitamins.

It is important that you only use the grass - based pellets and not alfalfa - based pellets because you increase the likelihood of a problem with the high calorie alfalfa - based pellets.

Avoid the use of legume hays such as alfalfa because they are much higher in carbohydrates and may not work as well to resolve the ISS problem.

Many pellets are designed for weight gain, not longevity, so you might switch to a low calorie pellet that uses timothy instead of alfalfa.

Timothy hay should be the main diet of all rabbits and guinea pigs, with pellets and alfalfa hay used as supplements.

This move follows on the heels of the full deregulation late last month of genetically modified (GM) alfalfa, the fourth most common row crop in the United States, which is most often used as feed for cattle.

«Pulse» refers to the dried edible seeds of legume plants, excluding green beans and green peas, which are considered vegetables, and clovers and alfalfa, which are used mainly as cover crops.