Good morning good people of Hive and the ever radiating the #naturalmedicine community. It's my first time here. From a distance, I have watched how this place is adding value to natural herbs for helping us conquer certain health challenges. As an African who is brought up under the tutelage of African traditional medicine, I decided to add my quota in introducing local medicinal recipe through herbs and how it can be applied to certain health issue.
Today, I will like to introduce to you, the common African Scent leaf with botanical name Ocimum Gratissmum. This plant is commonly found in Tropical Africa. The presence of the plant can be felt in West Africa. It is easy to plant. The planting can be through seeds or the stem.
The crown or the cluster on the plant is where the seed is developed. During the dry season when the seeds are mature, it can spread to other parts of the land through pollination.
Benefits Of Scent Leat To Mammals
Some of the noted benefits of the plant to human health are stated below.
•Pile: This condition affect the anus of human due to heavy or continuous intake of sugar. The anus (inner part of the large intestine) begins to pull out. It's such a gory and painful ailment. The cure is to squeeze the leaf to an extent that it will secret it's juice which must be retained in the leaf. The juice will be used to rub the part of the anus that's dropping off. It heals quickly due to the hotness and other chemical components in the leaf.It can be used to cure stomach upset.
•Immune Boosting Properties: Scent leaf is good as an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory agent. The chemical composition of the plant is powerful in this regard.
•Oily Extract: This substance from the plant in study quickens the healing of wounds. Hence, should be noted that the oily extract is usually got when applied to an open wound, just like the methylated spirit.
•Mouth Bacteria: It kills mouth bacteria fast. So, you can use the juice extracted from the leaf to wash your mouth. Mouth ulcers can get healing through it too.
•Cold and Catarrh: During the rainy season when cold and catarrh is rampant, scent leaves can help as a remedy to prevent catarrh especially. In some domains, a mixture of scent leaf and bitter lead can do a good job of dealing with malaria and fever.
•Repairs Damages Caused By Smoking: Cigarette damages the lungs throleavesinhaled nicotine, which could result in cough like tuberculosis. To rehabilitate the damages caused by smoking, scent leaf can be used as a therapy. Continuous intake of the juice helps in this regard.
•Cooking Recipe: Traditional food like fresh fish pepper soup and palm oil soup get some nourishing taste when scent leaf is added. Cuisine in parts of the world has started demanding scent leaves from nations in tropical Africa for recipes in their restaurants in parts of Europe and the Americas.
There is no limit to the benefits of the scent leaf. From different facets, one can deduce more actions from the application of scent lead in health terms.
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