540 1,838 Beet juice Beet juice was formerly recommended as a remedy for anaemia and yellow jaundice, and was put into the nostrils to purge the head, used as ear drops to clear ringing ears, and as a mouthwash to alleviate toothache. The root is carminative, emmenagogue, haemostatic, stomachic and is used as a tonic for women as well as prescribed by herbalists as part of a cancer-treatment regime. 9,379