AIDAN FRUITS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO SURGERY IN THE TREATMENT OF FIBROIDS
Fibroids are abnormal growths or tumors that can develop in a woman’s uterus during childbearing years. These lumps are non-cancerous, but when they become large, they start to cause heavy menstrual bleeding, enlarged abdomen, abdominal pains, pelvic pains, painful sex, prolonged or delayed periods, frequent urination, infertility, etc.
According to a report by the Office on Women’s Health (OWH), “Between 20% and 80% of females develop fibroids by the age of 50.” This is an alarming number! It calls for healthy living among women, and the use of health plants such as Aidan Fruits to help prevent fibroid.
The various medical treatments for fibroids include surgery, hormonal birth control, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, etc. In most cases, surgery is always suggested as the best treatment option, but surgery has a lot of risk factors associated with it, including loss of blood, severe pain, infections, and might lead to death in some cases. Many health plants have however been discovered by many traditional communities and health experts to possess properties that are helpful in the treatment of abnormal growths, tumors, lumps, cancers, and uterine fibroid without going through the dangers associated with surgical removals. One of the most effective plants discovered that can help to shrink fibroid is Aidan Fruits, botanically called Tetrapleura tetraptera.
THE USE OF AIDAN FRUITS TO SHRINK FIBROID
A lot of communities in Africa, especially in Southern Nigeria uses Aidan Fruits to treat different ailments. The Yoruba people of South West Nigeria calls it Aridan. They use this wonderful plant to treat diabetes, asthma, arthritis, epilepsy, convulsion, schistosomiasis (snail fever), etc. In the ancient town of Eha-Amufu in Enugu State of South East Nigeria, the plant, its fruits, leaves, roots and bark are widely used for the treatment of fibroid, diabetes, convulsion, leprosy, hypertension, etc. It is the most effective plant medicine for post-partum (after delivery) recovery of women in that society. Women and girls from this place are encouraged by older ones to use grounded Aidan fruits in their cooking (it is an exotic spice) so as to prevent most women's sicknesses such as painful menstruation, fibroid, and other related health issues.
Research findings by health experts have also shown that one of the most effective tropical health plants that have proved to be very active in the treatment and management of abnormal growths and tumors in the body is Aidan Fruits. Many published academic research works have attested to the potency of this wonderful African plant in the treatment and management of tumors and other inflammatory diseases such as fibroid.
The natural antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of Aidan fruits discourage and prevent the growth and development of tumors and uterine fibroids. A research conducted by John A.O. Ojewole and Clement O. Adewunmi on the Anti-inflammatory and Hypoglycemic Effects of Tetrapleura Tetraptera (Aidan Fruits), which was published on the website of the National Library of Medicine, concludes that, “The results of this experimental animal study indicates that Tetrapleura tetraptera fruit aqueous extract possesses anti-inflammatory and hypoglycemic properties.” The work added that “these findings lend pharmacological credence to the suggested folkloric uses of the plant’s fruits in the management and/or control of many inflammatory conditions.”
In another study by a group of seven health researchers published on the International Journal of Pharmacology, the researchers, Mehmet Ozaslan, Riwan Lawal, Ahmet Cakir, O.S. Odesanmi, I.D. Karagoz, Ibrahim Halil Kilic, and Izzettin Guler investigated the Cytotoxic and Anti-proliferative Activities of Tetrapleura tetraptera Fruit Extract on Tumor Cells of Mice. The study showed that the Tetrapleura tetraptera extract was cytotoxic (toxic) to carcinoma (cancer) cells. It concluded that Tetrapleura tetraptera increases the lifespan of the mice by reducing the number of viable carcinoma cells.
Finally, another research work worthy of mention to support the position that Aidan Fruits can be used to shrink abnormal tumors such as cancer and fibroids is a study published in the Journal of Enthnopharmacology. The study researched the Cytotoxic Phytochemicals from the crude extract of Tetrapleura tetraptera fruits (Aidan fruits) towards multi-factorial drug resistance cancer cells. The research work concluded that Tetrapleura tetraptera “exerted cytotoxicity against nine cancer cell lines including drug-sensitive and drug-resistant phenotypes.” It added that Tetrapleura tetraptera (Aidan fruits) is a good cytotoxic natural product that should be explored in dept to develop new drugs to fight tumors.
There are tons of published research works to support the usage of Aidan fruits for the treatment of tumor or inflammatory-related ailments such as fibroids. The few examples cited above give scientific support to the age-long practice by many communities in Africa in the use of Aidan fruits to shrink fibroids without recourse to the dangerous path of surgical removals.
PREPARATION AND USAGE OF AIDAN FRUITS
Aidan Fruit is very easy to prepare because it is an exotic spice used in cooking in many African communities. It is used to spice up pepper soup, yam porridges, jollof rice, and many other foods. In Eha-Amufu town mentioned earlier, the pods are cut into pieces and added to the cooking. Using the fruits as a spice in cooking keeps you healthy and helps to prevent many ailments especially those associated with women’s health such as fibroids.
However, to prepare the fruits, leaves, bark, or roots of the Aidan plant for medicinal purposes, you need to cut few pods into pieces and boil in water for about 30 to 40 minutes. Drink as tea ¼ cup morning and evening for a month. Another method to prepare the medicine is to ground the pods and mix them with honey. Take one tablespoon morning and night for a month.

HOW TO BUY GOOD QUALITY AIDAN FRUIT PODS
Aidan fruits are sold in many local markets, but the greatest challenge is how to get fresh and healthy pods due to the fact that most of the pods sold by local market women are invalids picked in the bushes. Some of them are already eaten up inside by worms, while others are rotten and infested by ants and insects. This is because wild animals, especially insects love the fruit because of its exotic smell, and possibly to keep themselves healthy! You can however obtain freshly harvested Aidan fruits online from Aidan fruits development and marketing companies. Just search for Aidan Fruits Market on google. You will obtain fresh and healthy pods.