Hello everyone, good evening to you all. Hope your day all went well? It was quite an educating class and I really learnt a lot, all thanks to the Teacher.

Energy Boost Tea or Powder: Create a tea or add a powder (like ginseng or ashwagandha) to your drink for energy and write about its benefits. (2 Marks)

The things I used to make this tea includes honey and Ginger.

• To prepare this, I peeled, washed and sliced the Ginger.

• I boiled hot water, poured it inside a cup and allowed it to cool down.

I used a blender to blend the Ginger, afterwards I added water to the Ginger and sieved out the ginger juice.

• Then, I added the Ginger juice to the warm water.

• Afterwards, I added one teaspoon of Honey to the water and then mixed everything together.

• My Ginger tea is ready.

Health benefits of Ginger

• Blood Circulation

It assists in improving cardiovascular functioning and increase blood flow, which also helps in oxygen circulation.

• Helps in Nutrient absorption

It also assists in the absorption of nutrients like vitamins and minerals in the body.

• Antioxidant

It contains antioxidants which helps to shield the body from the effects of harmful radicals and also helps to reduce the risk of Chronic ailments.

• Anti-Cancerous

It contains Compounds like Gingerols, Shogaols, Volatile oils and Paradols which helps to prevent Cancer.

Nausea relief

It is generally known and recommended for relieving Nausea and for this reason it's usually recommended for pregnant women and Patients who undergo Surgery to reduce Vomiting.

Health benefits of Honey

• Antimicrobial features

• It has high acidity and hydrogen peroxide which helps to fight microorganisms in the body.

• High energy source

It's contains high source of Carbohydrate which gives energy to the body.

• Electrolytes

It's high Carbohydrate content gives electrolytes which helps to support athletic performance and endurance.

• Enhances hair growth

It's contains nutrients which helps to promote hair growth.

• Healthy bone

It contains Calcium and minerals which helps to promote health bone.

• Assists in Wound healing

It's has high acidity and hydrogen peroxide which helps to fasten the healing of Wound.

• Anti Cancer

It's high Antioxidants and Polyphenols content helps to reduce the risk of Cancer.

Pain-Relief Oil: Make an oil for the pain relief by using herbal ingredients and describe how it helps with pain. (3 Marks)

The things I used in preparing my pain relieving oil includes:

• Tumeric
• Garlic
• Olive Oil

Procedure for its preparation

• I peeled the Garlic and Tumeric, washed, sliced and added it to the pot.

• I add the olive oil into the pot.
  

• I simmered it on heat for about 5 minutes inorder for the herbs to infuse inside the oil.

• Then I turned off the heat and allowed it to cool.

• I then sieved the oil inside a container.

• My pain relief oil is ready!!!

How it helps to relief pain

• Tumeric and Garlic contains anti-inflammatory properties which helps in reducing pain.

• Tumeric consists of Curcumin which have anti-oxidant properties which helps to reduce pain.

• The oil also helps to keep the body calm and relaxed.

• The oil also helps to relax the muscle and nerve thereby reducing muscle Spasms.

Mental Clarity Remedy: Make a herbal remedy for the mental clarity from the herbs which are commonly found in your area. Write down its benefits for the health and how it helps in mental clarity and why? (3 Marks)

I would start by listing the ingredients I used.

• Scent leaf
• Ginger
• Tumeric

Procedure

• I picked the Scent leaf, after doing that I washed and sliced it.

• I peeled, washed and sliced my ginger and Tumeric.

• I added everything to the pot.

• I added half cup of water to the pot and allowed it to boil for a while inorder for the herb to infuse inside the water.

• When I turned off the heat, I allowed the mixture to cool before sieving it

• My mental clarity herb is ready.

Health benefits of Scent leaf

• Rich in Oxidant**

Scent leaf (Ocimum gratissimum)contains high quantity of Antioxidants which helps to shield the body from free radicals that can cause damage to the body.

• Strong Immunity

It's strong antifungal and antimicrobial features helps it to boost the body immune system.

• Mental clarity

It aids to improve mood and relief stress.

• Skincare

It's serves as a great cure for some skin diseases like acne and eczema.

Health Benefits of Tumeric

• Bowel movement

Tumeric has anti-inflammatory properties, which helps it to improve bowel movement.

• Improved brain function

It aids to enhance the level of Brain-derived neurotrophic factor a protein which helps in retentive memory.

• Healthy heart

It aids to reduce the level of bad Cholesterol and enhance the level of low Cholesterol which is ideal for a healthy heart.

• Cancer prevention

It contains anticancer features, this helps it to stop the growth the growth of cancerous cells in the body.

• Digestion

It helps in the production of bile which helps in the assimilation of fats. It also helps to prevent bloating and stomach upset.

Health benefits of Ginger

• Aids in digestion

It also assists digestion thereby reducing bloating that comes with indigestion.

• Pain relief

It's also a great antidote for pain, therefore it's recommended for Menstrual cramps, back pain, Abdominal pain, Headache e.t.c.

How it helps in mental Clarity

• Improves Cognitive function

This herbs helps to enhance cognitive function and mood.

• Improves mental clarity

This herbs helps to improve alertness and agility.

• Digestive benefits

It's also help in improving digestion by preventing stomach upset and bloating.

• Warmth

It's leaves you feeling warm and agile especially during the cold weather.

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