I believe nature has provided all that we need in life to live both healthy and also have a very long life.....(Longevity ) It's beautiful and i appreciate it. It now dawn on us from every location we find ourselves in this world to make quality use of all these provisions of nature freely to achieve perfect health and longevity nature has in mind.
Today, i want to share with us the uses and different types of shrubs we can find in our nearby gardens, or in the bushes near where we live that sometimes just germinated and started growing on their own or we planted them for our good health and life's sustenance.
Sometime ago, i was just wondering, thinking and pondering why many bitter leaves and fruits are regarded as life savers or life sustainable kinds of edibles. When someone is sick, they will quickly bring them for you to either boil and drink the water or just chew them and swallow, most of the times, the results are Ok.... Yes of course!!.
This is locally known as (ukpa atigiti).i do not know the English name. These fruits are extremely bitter as you chew them. They are believeed to be warm expeller and diabetic curative, by their bitterness.
Growing up, i remember, my father will always persuade all of us his kids to chew and swallow these riped fruits to expel worms from our stomach believing we are eating lots of sugary items then, you have no choice than to do as he said else he will lash your back with 🔥some strokes of cane. We do frown at that but must do as he desires.. hehehehe 😂
Locally here, when someone is diagnosed to be suffering from sugar related disease or some glucose substances are found either in your blood in order words ( diabetes) or there are traces of cancer elements found within your body, these local people, the elderly, will instantly suggest you start drinking a mixture of some combinations of bitter leaves and fruits.😂😂. Because they believe they are curative.
This is veniga shrubs, very, very bitter leaves when chewed. It can also be boiled and the water be drinken. The bitterness last's on the tongue like forever. Diabetic patients do drink it to clear it off.
I will appreciate it, if anyone here can be able to tell me the benefits of bitterness and or benefits of bitter fruits to our healthcare.... Im curious and eager to know from whoever that has the answers here or knows the medical importance of bitterness, please provide answers to these local practices if you know........ Thank you!!
This is bitter cola fruits. They are also very bitter when chewed and swallowed. They're believed to flush surgery containts from our bodies thereby balancing our cholesterol level. People do chew them after drinking soft drinks, i think it helps.
This knowledge and understanding has made me decide to show us most of these leaves i know the elderly will insist you start chewing or boil and drink the juice if you ever complained of stomach pain or you feel there are much sugar content signals in your body. Maybe you ate sugary food or drinks, they will quickly suggest you start flushing them out through urination. By eating these herbs and fruits we know that has very bitter tastes anytime, anyday.
Overtime, they have been helping people balance the surgar contains and the cholesterol levels in our bodies making us have balanced sugar and cholesterol levels in our body from a traditional point of view. I think all these are really helping our lives get longer and we thereby achieve longevity.
Thank you all for reading and responding to my post. Keep coming, engagement with one another is everything we need always and very important to us all here.
All pictures are mine captured with my Tecno spark 8 phone camera.
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