Herbal cure

Botanical name; Heinsia crinata, known in English as Bush Apple. In Akwa Ibom and Cross River State of Nigeria it is known as Atama. Description The tropical plant is 8-13 meters tall. The plant is harvested as a local source of food and materials. It is sometimes cultivated as a vegetable for its leaves. Edible Uses: The leaves are commonly sliced, pounded and cooked as soup. Sometimes melon or okro can be added to its soup. Medicinal Uses: The root of the plant is a good cure for arthritis and rheumatism and can relief severe chest pain. Get some quantities of the root, cut it into smaller parts and half crushed. Afterwards, put it in a bottle of Gin or Whisky for long preservation. After six hours, you can take a shot of it equivalent to 20ml for adult twice a day. For people who don't take alcohol, you can crate or grind some root quantities into a glass of water filter and drink ¼ quantity of it twice a day.

Today's nature discussion is on the plant called Cucurbita pepo. It is known in English as Pumpkin and in Akwa Ibom state, the South-South part of Nigeria in West Africa,it is locally known as Ndise. DESCRIPTION Cucurbita pepo, which encompasses summer squashes including zucchini, yellow crookneck, pattypan, and spaghetti, as well as some types of winter squash and pumpkin (Delicata squash, autumn pumpkin), is a frost-intolerant annual plant in the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). Native to Mexico and North America, it is now widely cultivated in warm areas worldwide as a food and animal fodder. Its leaves are more or less round with five deep lopes and serrated edges. It has a solid dark green or yellow-green or with grey-green markings. MEDICINAL USES 1. It is used to treat and heal fire burns on skin. In case of any incidence of fire burns, large quantities of the leaves is squeezed and the chlorophyll extract from the leaves is applied to the burns for rapid healing.