GEMA, Maasai HERBS

03/01/2021

NGWACI - KIKUYU ,EMBU

ENCHILIWA- MAASAI

Ipomea batatas

💎Sweet potatoes help prevent Vitamin A deficiency.
💎Sweet potatoes can also help manage diabetes.
💎Sweet potatoes can help manage stress levels.
💎Sweet potatoes contain anti-inflammatory activity.
💎Sweet potatoes can help protect/prevent/manage cancer.
💎Sweet potatoes can help guard against ulcers.
💎Sweet potatoes can help in minimizing the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
💎Sweet potatoes contain antimicrobial properties.
💎Sweet potatoes can help improve hair and skin.
💎Sweet potatoes are good for digestion because they are rich in fibre.
💎Sweet potatoes can help in regulating blood pressure.
💎Sweet potatoes can boost fertility.
💎Sweet potatoes are important for good vision.
💎Sweet potatoes can help in weight management.
💎Sweet potatoes are also memory-enhancing foods.
💎Leaves used to cure Heart ailments, Density of bones, Pain during menstruation, Treats cancer, Clots blood.
💎Sweet potato leaves are said to improve immune function, reducing oxidative stress and free radical damage, reducing cardiovascular disease risk, and suppressing cancer cell growth.
💎Sweet potato leaves are used to treat irritations of the mouth and throat and can be crushed and used in ointments to help treat skin conditions such as rashes.
💎Hot water decoction of Sweet potato leaves was used to help reduce appetite and symptoms of metabolic issues.
💎The leaves can improve the respiratory and renal system function.Anti-mutagenic and Antioxidant.Anticoagulant and Maintains heart health.

26/12/2020

NJAHI - KIKUYU
Common Name: LABLAB – HYACINTH BEAN
Scientific Name: Lablab purpureus
Alternative Names: Lablab-bean, Egyptian kidney bean, Bataw and Australian pea

💎Njahi is an excellent source of protein and phosphorus.
💎Njahi's Leaves can be eaten raw/cooked like spinach.
💎Njahi is rich in B vitamins, iron, copper, Zinc, magnesium, phosphorus, protein and calcium.
💎It is antimicrobial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, tonic, aphrodisiac, hypocholesterolemic and galactagogue
💎Has antispasmodic properties and is an appetite suppressants.
💎Can tonify the spleen and stomach, stop diarrhoea, leucorrhoea with reddish discharge and infantile malnutrition
💎Njahi is anti-cancerous.
💎Is an excellent source of protein and phosphorus.
💎Njahi is anticholesterolemic, antidote to most forms of poisons, antivinous, carminative and hypoglycaemic.
💎It prolongs coagulation time.
💎It was used in the treatment of cholera, vomiting, diarrhoea, leucorrhoea, gonorrhoea, alcoholic intoxication and globefish poisoning.
💎The leaves are antidote, cardiac, emmenagogue and stomachic.
💎They are used to accelerate childbirth, to treat stomach troubles and tonsillitis.
💎They are combined with the leaves of other plants and taken in a decoction to treat heart problems
💎They are crushed and sniffed to cure headache.
💎The green leaves, crushed in vinegar, have been used to treat snakebites.
💎The flowers are antivinous, alexiteric and carminative.
💎The stem is used in the treatment of cholera.
💎The juice from the pods is used to treat inflamed ears and throats.
💎They are used in the treatment of sunstroke, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, enteritis, abdominal pain, alcoholism and arsenism.

29/11/2020

29/11/2020

MUTHUTHI Maytenus obscura
💎Root and leaf decoction is used for management of breast prostate
gland cancers.
💎Used as antinociceptive.
💎Used as anti-inflammatory and analgesic remedies.
💎Used traditionally as a pain reliever.

18/11/2020

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