10 HEALTH BENEFITS OF BITTER KOLA

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Looking at Bitter kola, am sure quite lot of people thinks it has no medicinal benefits, why to some it should be meant for the aged etc.
For the benefit of the above topic, i will like to bring to your notice some of the heath benefits of the commonly known bitter kola bitanically referred to as "GARCINIA KOLA".

GARCINIA KOLA belongs to the plant family " GUTTIFEREAE". In Nigeria or some other parts of the world, bitter kola is generally used in entertaining visitors. Bitter kola is eaten by removing the outer brown coated skin and it not prepared as food but rather taking raw because of it's medixinal features.
Below are some of it benefits
N.B No side effect, other than it neutralizing power/effect of the other medicinal drugs if taken together.

  1. Intense fever, aggravation of the respiratory tract and throat contaminations is treated using the stem, bark, and seeds of bitter kola.

  2. Liver issue, diarrhoea and dysentery can be treated with the seeds of bitter kola.

  3. Bitter kola is exceptionally proficient for hepatitis treatment.

  4. Bitter kola has a noteworthy pain relieving/calming impacts in knee osteoarthritis patients.

  5. Bitter kola is currently being bridled as a cure for the Ebola infection contaminations and furthermore against this season's cold virus especially in West Africa.

  6. Bitter kola enhances lungs' capacities by extending the alveolar conduits and sac in the lungs, in this way enhancing and reinforcing the strands in
    the lung tissue.

  7. Bitter kola is also known to prevent cancer, being used as a tonic for the liver also, clears the voice by invigorating the generation of bodily fluid along the covering of the vocal tube which mollifies the dry throat, also the gallbladder, which helps detoxifies the body framework and it.

  8. Bitter kola a powerful anti-infection which could be useful in the treatment of HIV and AIDS.

  9. It lessens eye weight and calms joint inflammation by diminishing swelling, torment and aids joint development.

  10. • It is additionally taken dry as a solution for loose bowels and it gives cure against Strophanthus harming.

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