"How Medicinal Plant Help Health!"

Introduction

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Hello Great steemians of @healthysteem community. I hope you all are doing just fine. I sincerely applaud @edgargonzalez for the this amazing theme. This contest will bring out the usefulness of medicinal herbs around us. I hope you all, find my content educative.

Do you know any medicinal plants used for any of the discomfort mentioned in the contest post? Tell us its name and what do you use it for?

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I will be dwelling one of the discomfort stated as Fever

A fever can be defined as a momentary rise in body temperature of a human or living organism in response to a disease. This basically means there is unusual process taking place in the body. Fever in kids and adults has many causes.

While I was growing up, homemade herbal medicines gotten from plants were the first remedy my Mom always give to us whenever we begin to feel any kind of discomfort which may lead to illnesses. There is the kind of herbal mixture she makes from medicinal plants for us to take.
This specific mixture does not have an English name, but it is known for the Yoruba name called "Agbo". It is very familiar among the Yorubas. It is one of the most bitter liquid I've taken. This herbal remedy is used for over 30% of minor diseases in Nigeria such as Fever most especially, Chicken pox, measles and amongst others.

It is advisable not to be used on any kind of critical medical condition like kidney diseases and the rest of them which needs the care under the watch of a trained medical personnel.

Do you see any improvements after taking or applying this medicinal plant recipe to your health?

This particular herbal remedy containing the above medicinal plant recipe works effectively. It among the popular herbal medicine in Nigeria. Whenever I use this medicine, it take an immediate effect in my body system. Though in other people it may take time while others, it doesn't even work at all. The method of taking this medicine is two

1. By drinking.
2. By inhaling (not that popular): You can do this by covering yourself and having the bucket of the hot mixture under you. You have to receive the heat into your body.

For me, I do the two, and it actually helps and with visible improvements. The result is that, I feel sweats coming out from all parts of my body. That all. We were told that the sweats are the removal of the fever.

Do you go to a medicinal plants in the first instance or you visit a doctor?

While we were young, we had no choices of our own. My parents to the medicinal plants first. There may be sometimes where the sickness may persist after the use of the medicinal plants, then we do visit a health care facility.

As I am of age, when such incident happens, I visit a doctor first before thinking of any other means. This is because I've came to know about the importance of orthodox medicine. Though the herbal ones are reliable but I do prefer the modern one.

Make a Recipe you prepare with medicinal plants and tell us what it is use for?

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The recipe that you're about to read is for the herbal remedy I mentioned earlier.
The medicinal plants used in preparing "agbo" are :

• Indian Lilac locally known as Dogoyaro in Nigeria
• Mango leaves
• Lemon grass
• Banana leaves
• Orange leaves
• Moringa leaves
• Bitter leaf (Not that necessary)

How to prepare it?

Wash and put all the listed plants into a pot. Add water depending on the quantity of plants available,but do not allow the water to overshadow the herbs. Allow to boil for over 30 mins. Then your agbo is ready.

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