Introduction
12/08/2024
Greetings from this other end to you all , it's been a while but not withstanding I have a lot to tell you guys about my experience with traditional leaf being applied on wounds for cure. Thank you for finding time to read my post.
morning
So I woke up this morning feeling very dizzy, and suddenly I heard a knock on my door and that was around 12.00pm. I rushed out of bed to respond to the knock on the door. As I opened my door, I met a man looking so strange. I greeted him, and he responded to my greetings.
He said to me that he is collecting money from people to fix the fault in the electricity pole and the amount was #5000 naira. I told the man the amount was too big and that at the end of the month I would still pay my electricity bill, so he explained calmly that the light needed to be fixed and everyone else was contributing to the light, since everyone in the street was affected, so I gave him #5000 naira that's about 20 steem. That was a huge amount for me to give out because I never planned for it.
Light is a necessity because it makes life fun and comfortable.
afternoon
Then, after talking to the man , I noticed that the compound was quiet, so I had to check on my neighbors, then I discovered they had gone out to their farm because it was a public holiday. So I rushed inside the house to go to the farm because I had in mind to harvest my cassava, but then the days of going to the farm always clashed with my work days, so I saw it as an opportunity to harvest my cassava, so I got ready to go to the farm.
So I got to the farm, I harvested the cassava, and it filled the empty bag of rice I took with me, and still I wanted to harvest more, so I could make more fermented processed cassava (fu fu )and cassava flour (garri) out of it.
As I walked further inside the bush, suddenly a sharp object pierced through my slippers to my feet and left me with a big wound. I shouted and cried because the object went deep inside my feet.
I was crying like a little child, when some of the passers-by told me to look for a medicinal leaf called "Awolowo"(Chromolaena odorata ) that it would stop the bleeding, ease the pains and would even cure the wound. So they helped me look for the leaf. The leaf was rubbed and the water from the leaf was applied to the cut on my feet.
Yet I had to pack the cassava home, so I summoned my strength and took it home.
But to my greatest surprise the pains subsided, the bleeding stopped and I felt relieved.
Now the cassava has been brought back home, and I was super excited because I had a bountiful harvest.
I ended up not going to the hospital to take an injection for tetanus, because the Awolowo leaf (Chromolaena odorata)helps in quick relief and would treat the bacteria or germ that affects the wound.
People have different ways of treating their wounds. I did mine the traditional way, and it worked for me.
So what do you call this leaf in ur country, village or tribe?
How much value do you place on traditional leaves?