
19/09/2024
NJAHI - KIKUYU
OGANDA_LUO
Common Name: LABLAB – HYACINTH BEAN
Scientific Name: Lablab purpureus
Alternative Names: Lablab-bean, Egyptian kidney bean, Bataw and Australian pea
💎Njahi is an excellent source of protein and phosphorus.
💎Njahi's Leaves can be eaten raw/cooked like spinach.
💎Njahi is rich in B vitamins, iron, copper, Zinc, magnesium, phosphorus, protein and calcium.
💎It is antimicrobial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, tonic, aphrodisiac, hypocholesterolemic and galactagogue
💎Has antispasmodic properties and is an appetite suppressants.
💎Can tonify the spleen and stomach, stop diarrhoea, leucorrhoea with reddish discharge and infantile malnutrition
💎Njahi is anti-cancerous.
💎Is an excellent source of protein and phosphorus.
💎Njahi is anticholesterolemic, antidote to most forms of poisons, antivinous, carminative and hypoglycaemic.
💎It prolongs coagulation time.
💎It was used in the treatment of cholera, vomiting, diarrhoea, leucorrhoea, gonorrhoea, alcoholic intoxication and globefish poisoning.
💎The leaves are antidote, cardiac, emmenagogue and stomachic.
💎They are used to accelerate childbirth, to treat stomach troubles and tonsillitis.
💎They are combined with the leaves of other plants and taken in a decoction to treat heart problems
💎They are crushed and sniffed to cure headache.
💎The green leaves, crushed in vinegar, have been used to treat snakebites.
💎The flowers are antivinous, alexiteric and carminative.
💎The stem is used in the treatment of cholera.
💎The juice from the pods is used to treat inflamed ears and throats.
💎They are used in the treatment of sunstroke, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, enteritis, abdominal pain, alcoholism and arsenism.