"AWOLOWO PLANT" - A Gift from God

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**INTRODUCTION**

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• In the creation plan of God, there was provision for everything. Plants, animals, fruits and​ herbs were also created for man's consumption ( some for food while some had special purposes like the herbs)

See Genesis 1:11.

• As a medical personnel, and a living testament to the healing properties of this herb, it's my pleasure to educate us a little about the medicinal herb called AWOLOWO PLANT in Nigeria
  
  

Seat back and enjoy the ride 😊

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**BRIEF HISTORY**

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• Awolowo plant also called Independence leaf was discovered in Nigeria shortly after our Independence from the colonial rule in 1960.
  
  

• Some persons said maybe it was one of God's way to soothe and heal our pains as a Nation, but I believe it was a beautiful coincidence.
  
  

• The fact still remains that this plant is a very potent clotting agent as well as a wound healer
  
  

• The plant is very invasive and can sometimes be classified as a grass because of the rate at which it grows.
  
  

• The plant can grow more than 3cm per day in favourable conditions (a potential threat to our crops).
  
  

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**NOMECLATURE**

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• It is known scientifically as Chromolaena odorata.

• It is a flowering shrub and belong to the sunflower family..

Just picture how beautiful this plant will look like

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**DESCRIPTION**

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• It is a herb, with soft stems and woody base

• The plant is hairy and smells like alcohol when crushed

• The leaves are small, somehow triangular with serated edges

• The flowers are white and forms at the end of the branches

  

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You must admit that this plant is lovely 😁. Isn't it???

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** WHERE IS THIS PLANT FOUND**

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• It is found predominantly in West Africa, South and North America, Texas, Mexico and some part of Asia and Australia.

• Outside Nigeria, this plant is called Siam weed
  
  

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**TRADITIONAL USES**

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• Everything I will share here is Orthodox and nothing but the truth and I'm a living witness
  
  

• I grew up watching my late Grandma use this leaf in so many ways for different purposes and she got result.
  
  

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**Below are some of it's uses**

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1. This plant can arrest both internal and external bleeding within minutes if applied correctly...
   
   

• When you sustain an injury, the CARDINAL SIGNS are often manifested within minutes.
  
  

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• Inflammation, redness, heat, pain, bleeding and spasms.
  
  

How to apply this leaf to achieve this?

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(a). For open wound:

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• Pick fresh leaves from the plant, rinse them with clean water and crush them between your palm

• Squeeze the extract and apply the liquid directly to the injured site.
  
  

Warning!!!!.. Get ready to dance afterwards because it's going to cause a burning sensation at first, but will stop the bleeding within 5 minutes

(b). For internal bleeding:-

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• Pick a handful of succulent leaves

• Wash and blend them for 5 minutes

• Filter the supernatant and dry them or discard them if you have no need for them

• Pour the juice into a clean glass cup and drink up😁

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2 **Anti-inflammatory agent**:-

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• Treat the same way you treat open injury and leave tiny pieces of the leave on the inflamed area
  
  

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3 **Used as a powerful analgesic (pain releiver)**

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• Apply the mashed leaf particles to the site and tie it will a clean bangage

• Allow it to spend 30 minutes to 2 hours depending on the degree of the pain

4 It can combat both bacteria and fungal growth.

• The liquid and extract from the leaf will sanitize the wound and keep if free from pathogens

5 I have seen my grandma boil the leaves from this medicinal herb, allow it to cool down and she would store the greenish water in a a clean bottle and force us to drink this..

It's either you drink it or you risk offending her...

You don't want to offend Grandma 😞.

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Drinking this soup will:-

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• Enhance blood circulation

• Cure cough and catarrh

• Can also boost the immune system
  
  

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**CONCLUSION**

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• Awolowo plant is a blessing from God, natural and I'm proud to be among those to have benefited from this plant.

• This plant could actually save your life and save you from bleeding out when you're in the forest or get stranded in the forest

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**RECOMMENDATION**

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• I want extensive research to be carried out on this plant both and ask the World Health Organization to look into this plant because of its wide therapeutic advantages
  
  

• I want to see this medicinal herb find it's way into the drug market. That means we must look for a way to turn this plant into tablets, syrups without altering it's therapeutic effects as well as creat a baseline for it's administration in order to prevent MISUSE
  
  

• As a fan of ** Ultimate Survival TV Show** , I also recommend this plant to you Mr Bear 😉.
  
  

Thanks for reading through. God bless!

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