Hello everyone, hope your good, it has been a hectic week for me but I know things will definitely fall back to shape.
I woke and was feeling a bit sick so I decided to prepare a healthy drink from plants that will help me, my Mom has been telling me about it but I didn't want but I had to today because of the way I feel.
Vernonia amygdalina also known as bitter leaf is a very healthy plant that serves for different purposes, it can be used to prepare delicious soup and the water also serves as medicine.
So let me show everyone how I prepared my bitter leaf drink.
After that I will tell you guys brief benefits of taking bitter leaf water.
Ingredients
- A bunch of Vernonia
amygdalina (bitter leaf) - A bucket of water
let's prepare it
Firstly I went to our garden to get the leaves
Secondly, I pulled them off the stem
Thirdly I washed the leaves to extract sand then I started squeezing the leaves together, After three minutes the leaves started bringing out foam and this is as a result of saponins that gets angry when it meets with water.
Gradually the water is coming out but i needed the second set of the water, so i sieved the bitter leaf out and added just a cup of water and continued to squeeze it. after three minutes my bitter leaf drink is ready.
So I took just a tumbler of this amazing drink, but I didn't throw away the leaves, I continued squeezing till it's no more bitter, and that took lots of water.
The leaves are also ready for soup, they can be used for vegan soup or any other type of soup
Vernonia amygdalina is a very healthy drink that helps balance the immune system and also treatment for malaria and typhoid, it also helps to reduce sugar level in the body.
Note this is not a medical advice but a helpful tip.