"Steemit Engagement Challenge Season 8 Week 2: My Traditional Medicine"

Hello friends thank God is Saturday (TGIF) greetings to you all is my pleasure to be a contestant in this interesting contest, which is talking about traditional medicine.

Traditional medicines are good since in the old generation still date. When they were no hospitals and drugs, especially in those interior villages there find herbs as medicine that can cure much sickness, i myself has experienced herbs as a good medicine is its bitter but one thing you need to know is that no pain no gain.

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What are the names of traditional medicine in your country?

In my country Nigeria they are so many good traditional medicine, and every plants in this life that is made by God is medicinal, most plants and trees we see is useful, but most people don't know the usefulness of it. The only traditional medicine i know is called Agbo. Is a good traditional medicine which i know how to do very well, Agbo.

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Please share with us a traditional medicine recipe that you know, then write down the steps for making it.

Recipe used for making Agbo are;

• Maringá leaves and seeds: It is a medicinal plant which vitamin A vitamin B1 {thiamine}B2 {riboflavin}B3 {niacin}, and ascorbic acid {vitamin C} etc.

• Neem leaves, popularly known as {Dogoyaro} leaves in Nigeria also known as Wonder leaves, is a herb known to have numerous health benefits and has been used for beauty regimes for thousands of years now.

• Limes is a citrus fruit, and it's a good Source of vitamin C.

• Mango leaves Young green mango leaves are very tender, so they’re, because the leaves are considered very nutrients.

• Cymbopogon ald known as {Lemon grass} is a plant, the leaves and oil are used to make medicine.

• Guava leaves are used as a herbal tea. Guava help in many health problems such as, diarrhea. After preparing all does recipes, the next step is the boiling process, boil it for over 30 mins.

Steps in making it.

• Rance all the recipes and put inside cooking pot.

• Add small quantity of water and then cover and cook for up to 5 hours.

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What are the uses (benefits) of these traditional medicines?

1: Traditional medicines are more affordable than most conventional medicines.

2: Traditional medicines are easy to obtain and don't require prescription.

3: Traditional medicines can be found in nature, so cost very little to harvest and produce.

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Are there any negative effects from it? If so, please state anything!

Yes there are negative effects from taking Agbo. The negative effects is when you mixed it with another medicine like taking it with English medicine at the same time.

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At the end of the discussion, share your selfie with the traditional medicine you made.

The traditional medicine is ready to be obtained by me. Thank you all for your time I appreciate, I hope you'll share yours with thanks.

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