1 The latter differs in that it may cause you to feel pain or discomfort in the area where it is lodged. 2  White debris. 3  Some tonsil stones are visible in the back of the throat as a lump of solid white material. 4  This is not always the case. 5  Often they are hidden in the folds of the tonsils.
Moreover, the fruit of the Nopal cactus (Prickly Pear) is eaten for arteriosclerosis, diarrhea and a sore throat. (3*) The Nopal cactus (Prickly Pear) pads are also utilized as heating pads to reduce swelling, muscle pains, muscle aches and are also utilized for dressing wounds or cuts.
Opuntia is a genus in the cactus family, Cactaceae. The most common culinary species is the Indian fig opuntia (O. ficus-indica). Most culinary uses of the term prickly pear refer to this species.Prickly pears are also known as tuna (fruit), sabra, nopal (paddle, plural nopales) from the Nahuatl word nÅpalli for the pads, or nostle, from the Nahuatl word nÅchtli for the fruit; or paddle cactus.he first introduction of prickly pears into Australia are ascribed to Governor Philip and the earliest colonists in 1788. Brought from Brazil to Sydney, prickly pear grew in Sydney, New South Wales, where they were rediscovered in a farmer's garden in 1839.