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Poor appetite

Digestive

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Poor appetite (Trouble)

Body system: Digestive

Lack of desire to eat; weak digestive fire.

Try one plant that eases this trouble — and tell a neighbor what worked.

Plants that help with Poor appetite (5)

Arugula

Arugula

Eruca vesicaria

Fire·Aries+House 1·Cardinal
Pacifies KaphaTaste: Pungent, BitterEnergy: Heating
Helps with: Low vitality, Detox / cleansing, Poor appetite
Dandelion

Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Fire·Sagittarius+House 9·Mutable
Pacifies Pitta & KaphaTaste: Bitter; SweetEnergy: Cooling
Helps with: Sluggish digestion, Water retention / bloating, Poor appetite, Skin inflammation & rash
Gentian

Gentian

Yellow Gentian

Gentiana lutea

Earth·Virgo+House 6·Mutable
Pacifies Kapha & PittaTaste: BitterEnergy: Cooling
Helps with: Poor appetite, Indigestion / bloating, Sluggish digestion
Mustard Greens

Mustard Greens

Mustard

Brassica juncea

Fire·Aries+House 1·Cardinal
Pacifies Kapha & VataTaste: PungentEnergy: Heating
Helps with: Poor appetite, Congestion, Poor circulation, Chest congestion / bronchitis
Wormwood

Wormwood

Artemisia absinthium

Water·Scorpio+House 8·Fixed
Pacifies Kapha; aggravates Pitta & VataTaste: BitterEnergy: Heating
Helps with: Intestinal parasites, Poor appetite, Sluggish digestion
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In the village of Forest, Hardin County, Ohio.

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