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Herbs and Health: Medicinal and Culinary Use of Camellia Sinensis (Black Tea)
The tea plant is a species of evergreen shrubs flowering plant whose leaves and leaf buds are used to produce tea. The aged black tea is a product of leaves and stems with medicinal and culinary values. Black and Green tea are made from the same plant, but green tea is made from fresh leaves,…
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Herbs and Health: The Relevance and Importance of Herbal Supplements
Dietary and herbal supplements are generally developed to enhance the functionalities of our body systems. They may be said to be prophylactic in nature because they may be generally more effective before a disease conditions set in. In some cases they can serve in providing the much needed nutrients lacking from a person’s diet, there…
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Fruits and Vegetables: Nutritional value of Lime Tree (Igi Orombo Wewe)
Lime is a citrus tree also called Igi Orombo Wewe by the Yourba people of West Africa has both nutritional and medicinal values. The fruits turn yellow when ripe and can be eaten fresh. Other parts of the tree such as the root, bark, stem-twigs, and leaves have medicinal use. The medicinal extract from all…
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Fruits and Vegetables: Medicinal and Culinary Use of Coconut Water (Omi Agbon)
Coconut is the fruit found on a specie of palm tree, one of the most useful trees in the world. Palm trees are often referred to as the “tree of life”. Coconuts are distinct from other fruits because their endosperm contains a large quantity of clear liquid, called coconut water or coconut juice. Coconut is…
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Herbs and Health: Medicinal and Culinary use of Sphenocentrum jollyanum (Akerejupon)
Sphenocentrum jollyanum (Akerejupon) is an evergreen shrub. It is a tropical herbaceous plant found commonly in West Africa. The plant is widely used for medicinal purposes in its native environment where it is gathered from the wild. The Yoruba people of Nigeria use many parts of this plant for medicinal and culinary purposes. The parts…
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Healthy living : Medicinal and Culinary use of Ginger (Ata-ile)
Ginger is a flowering tropical plant that grows in China, India, Africa, the Caribbean, and other warm climates. Native to parts of Asia, such as China, Japan, and India, ginger has a leafy stem and yellowish-green flowers. The root of the ginger plant is well-known as a spice and flavoring. The spice comes from the…
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Herbs and Health: Medicinal and culinary use of Lemongrass (Koriko Oba)
Lemongrass also known as Cymbopogon citratus is a common grass in tropical regions in Africa znd Southeastern Asia. The plant has both medicinal and culinary value. The stem is usually used for medicinal herb while the dried leaves can be brewed into a tea, either alone or as a flavoring in other teas. Medicinal Use…
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Healthy living : Medicinal and culinary use of Garlic (Ayu)
Garlic is a perennial flowering plant growing from a bulb. The bulb is odoriferous and contains outer layers of thin sheathing leaves surrounding an inner sheath that encloses the clove. Garlic produces a chemical called allicin. This is what seems to make garlic work for certain disease conditions. Allicin gives garlic it’s unique characteristic smell.Garlic…
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Healthy living : Medicinal and Culinary Use of Clove (Kanafuru)
Herb is any parts of the plant including leaves, roots, flowers, seeds, root bark, inner bark (and cambium), resin and pericarp. Clove is a tall evergreen aromatic plant grown in parts of Asia and South America. It is a versatile herb that have both multipurpose medicinal and culinary uses. People including West Africans use the…
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