08/12/2023
BITTER LEAF
Uses (Therapeutic and spiritual uses).
Bitter leaf as scientifically known, Vernonia amygdalina, belonging to the compositae family and genus vernonia, is a popular, evergreen herb with many functions. In local Nigerian languages, it is known as ewuro in yoruba, shuwaka in Hausa and onugbu among the Igbo speaking tribe.
According to the available scientific findings, bitter leaf is said to contain numerous medicinally useful chemical compounds like flavonoids, saponins, alkaloids, terpenes, phenolic acids, among others. It is rich in protein, vitamin A, B1, B2, C, E, and some minerals such as manganese, iron, potassium, calcium and fiber.
✓Therapeutic uses of bitter leaf are;
•Antimalaria
•Liver cleansing
•Measles treatment
•Antidiabetic
•Lowering of high blood pressure
•Joint aches
•Pile treatment
•Worm expeller
•Abdominal issues
•Infertility enhancing and so on.
To get the best of bitter leaf for these health conditions, the leaf could be cooked and consumed as soup( vegetable soup), squeezed and taken raw or be prepared as a tisane (herbal tea).
✓Spiritual uses of bitter leaf are;
•Spiritual attack/ poison treatment
•Spiritual cleansing
•Favor and good luck attraction
•Sales boosting
•Help get rid of bad energies.
Note: In this part, the herb is usually squeezed with a little quantity of salt and water for bathing or drinking, sometimes, the leaf could be made into an herbal soap, a blackish herbal powder(ebu) to get the desired results as stated above. Also note that, sometimes, to get the full spiritual benefits from bitter leaf, some other plant species may be added.
These intriguing properties and uses of bitter leaf makes it popular and important to the extent of becoming one of the most sort after herbs in traditional medicine.
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