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The Wonders of Bitter Leaf – Bitter leaf popularly used to prepare soup in the eastern part of Nigeria is now known to be a wonder vegetable with medicinal properties which can be used to treat different ailments such as reducing blood sugar levels in diabetic patients | By Chinwe Okafor | Apr. 28, 2014 @ 01:00 GMT MANY Nigerians are resorting to the use of natural herbs and plants to take care of their health problems and improve their well-being. One of such popular herbs is the bitter leaf which has undeniable benefits and natural healing abilities. Popularly known as Ewuro by the Yorubas, Shiwaka by the Hausas and Onugbu amongst the Igbos, bitter leaf is used in preparing a famous delicacy in the Igbo land. Apart from this, bitter leaf is well known for its healing potency when it is chewed or juiced raw because cooking reduces its potency and medicinal value. Bitter leaf is generally considered a liver herb because it stimulates, cleanses and supports the liver and gall bladder. The liver which is one of the most important organs of the body has a lot of vital functions that is needed for normal functioning of the whole system of the body. Without the liver all major process in the body will be paralysed. Without the liver fats will not be digested inside the body to be used as energy. Bitter leaf is said to be very helpful in maintaining the livers optimum health to release bile acid every time people eat fatty foods. Studies also show that bitter leaf can be used to cure kidney-related complications. Bitter leaf also stimulates bile and hydrochloric acid production, stimulates nervous and immune system function. Interestingly, it also combats fatigue and exhaustion. It is obviously one of the very simple and inexpensive natural herbs which can be used to ensure optimum health and well-being of the body system. Properly washed bitter leaf Sarah Abagia, head, Dietetics Department at the National Hospital, Abuja, said: “It is not that bitter leaf can cure diabetes, but it has some sugar controlling influence to a certain degree. Bitter leaf is able to influence some drop in the sugar level. But it is not suppose to be regarded as an entire medication for diabetes. One can take a handful of fresh bitter leaf, pour in a blender, pour the desired amount of water, blend and strain it, then drink while some people take a handful of bitter leaf and eat it too.” Bitter leaf does not only reduce the blood sugar level drastically, it also helps to repair the pancreas. According to some researchers writing in the Medical Journal of Islamic World Academy of Sciences, the administration of aqueous extract of bitter leaf at a concentration of 500 mg/kg of body weight significantly decreases the level of blood glucose and its efficacy to lower blood glucose level was comparable with that of chlorpropamide which is a standard drug used in the management of diabetes. Regular consumption of this vegetable helps to regulate the blood’s cholesterol level which is a risk factor for heart attack and stroke. In cases of constipation, stomach ache and inflammation of the stomach, bitter leaf is a remedy. Bitter leaf has been widely used and recognised for its efficacy in preventing malaria. The raw leaves are plucked and washed before being squeezed to extract the juice. Drinking the juice alone is an antidote for malaria. According to a 2005 edition of the African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, chewing the stem of bitter leaf helps to prevent Gingivitis which is a tooth-gum problem due to its proven antimicrobial activity. Common skin diseases such as ringworm, eczema and others have been successfully treated with bitter leaf because of its antimicrobial effect. The bitter leaf protects the liver from drug induced damage. Bitter leaf, if incorporated in the diet, can slow cancer growth and even kill cancer cells. The aqueous extract of bitter leaf can also help in inducing labour and where there is no medical help, blood oozing from fresh wound can be stopped by squeezing fresh, green bitter leaves and dropping it on the wound. Source: http://tradot.com/blog/post?Gidigbam_The-Wonders-of-Bitter-Leaf-35fa
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In the past one week the number of Nigerians deported by the Cameroonian government has risen to over 2000, the affected persons our correspondent gathered are internally displaced persons (IDPs) taking refuge in Cameroon as the later tries to grapple with worsening insecurity due to attacks by the deadly Islamic Boko Haram sect. The development which came shortly after a bomb exploded in one of the camps earmarked for the keeping of internally displaced persons from Nigeria by Cameroonian authorities. The Nigerian immigration Service on Monday was notified about repatriation of another 1500 Nigerian IDPs, taking refuge in camps set up by Cameroonian government along its border with Nigeria. Only last week Nigerian Immigration Service Comptroller in charge of Adamawa and Taraba state Mr. Ubi Ikpi Nkanu disclosed to newsmen, the repatriation of 520 Nigerians by Cameroonian authorities. A top ranking officer of Nigerian immigration service who confided to our reporter said the actions from their Cameroonian counterpart; he gathered were due to security concerns. “And these were part of precautionary steps being taken by Cameroonian Authorities to deal with worsening insecurity on its home soil arising from escalating Boko Haram attacks”. He added that with this development “the Cameroonian government has begun the closure of IDP camps along its borders, with the repatriation of over 1500 IDPs back to Nigeria”. The highly placed immigration official who did not want his name known disclosed added that the Nigerian immigration service has been contacted by the Cameroonian government about the repatriation of another set of IDPs numbering over 1500. He explained that the actions of the Cameroonian authorities was not wilful but as a result of “security concerns based on their suspicion that some of the attacks on their home soil were being perpetrated by Boko Haram members with the collaboration of some persons inside the IDPs”. He said the fear that some members of the dreaded Islamic sect may be among the IDPs caused the Cameroonian authorities to take the “involuntary action of repatriating these set of 1500 IDPs and thereby dismantling the camps in the affected location”. He also expressed worries that Cameroonian government might just have begun to tacitly close down most of the camps on their soil because only recently they repatriated over 500 IDPs. According to him, most of the repatriated persons mostly comprised of women and children. Investigations made by this medium revealed that the IDPs repatriated by the Cameroonian authorities are now camped at Sagoda, a border community adjoining both countries, and that is due to logistic constraints on the side of the Nigeria authorities, the IDPs were yet to be evacuated. Even though representatives of the Borno state government is said to be in touch with the Adamawa state government, as both are expected to collaborate to ensure the resettlement of repatriated IDPs in the camps of either state. But evacuation of the IDPs has been constrained as the Adamawa command of the immigration Service ,do not have any truck or bus to convey the IDP’s and is consequently depending on the state governors of Adamawa and Borno to provide them with buses to ferry the IDPs. However, it was learnt that the conspicuous involvement of the Borno state government was borne out of the fact that most of repatriated IDPs are of Borno extraction. Majority of them are Borno state indigenes who fled the horrific attacks of the sects waged on Gworza and other Borno communities which forced them flee into Cameroon and Chad. for further details visit: http://tradot.com/blog/post?Gidigbam_Revealed-2000-Nigerians-Repatriated-By-Cameroonian-Government-Over-Detonated-Bomb-in-IDPs-Camp-bf2f
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flyca:who are they? |
WhiteTechnology:no body is being oppressed |
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