Hello hivers!
I’m happy today cause I’m about to share natural medicines used in my country Nigeria.
Natural medicine is homemade medicine that you can get done by picking roots or leaves around your environment at a low cost. Cause it’s not everyone that has the money to get drugs like people who stay in the rural areas. So they just get roots or leaves around them put them together and get a cure for their illness, this really has been helping.
So today I will be writing on a natural remedy to reduce blood sugar (glucose) levels. sit back relax and enjoy!
WHAT IS BLOOD SUGAR (GLUCOSE) LEVEL
Glucose is found in the food we eat and is transmitted through each cell in our bloodstream, it’s is also formed and stored in the body.
WHY IS THIS REMEDY GOOD
This remedy is good because of the following effects high blood sugar level has on the body.
when you have too much sugar in your body you tend to urinate frequently and most times it makes you bed-wet.
when your body has excess sugar it can affect the arteries all over your body which causes their walls to get inflamed.
it stresses your heart and weakens it.
it also affects your weight by making you weigh higher.
With all the things associated with the high blood sugar levels stated above, you can see the reason to always keep your sugar level in check and you can do that with this remedy.
This remedy was thought to me by my grandmother, cause she always made it and she made my mother always drink it when she was little. Up till this 21century, my mom still takes it. So I thought of sharing it with everyone here on hive even though most Nigerian here may know it.
In Nigeria or Africa, there are many remedies for reducing glucose level (sugar) in the body, but this remedy and it’s ingredients I’m about to write is the one I’m familiar with.
INGREDIENTS FOR THE REMEDY
1 - Bitter leaf which is also known as vernonia amygdalina has a bitter taste that most people can withstand but it has its benefits.
2 - Scent leaf is also known as clover basil which contains vital bioactive substances which are essential for human health. It has other advantages from helping reduce blood sugar levels.
Having listed the ingredients we need for this remedy, you can see that they are just plants that you can get around the house cause you can grow them ourselves.
That’s the reason it was not hard for my grandma to get it and prepare it at least once every week for us to drink I can remember when I was little and use to bed wet this I what she prepares for me because of all the sweet things we are exposed to.
HOW TO MAKE THIS REMEDY
Step 1. Get the quantity of bitter leaf and scent you want to use.
Step2. Remove the unwanted ones, like the spoilt ones that are yellow.
Step 3. You wash your leaves, cause they have dirt on them.
Step 4. Pour water into your blender considering the quantity you want to make.
Step 5. Blend until it’s in a fine texture.
Step 6. Strain with a cheesecloth and drink it.
Now it’s so easy to make because you can blend it in my grandma’s time, you can wash your leaves, and then add a little water to pound your bitter leaf and scent leaf so you can extract the water.
How my grandma thought me was to wash the leaves then put a little water, I wash them with my hands like I’m washing clothes till she is satisfied with the outcome then she strains the leaf from the water then we drink the water.
Thanks for reading I hope this will help you someday.