LearnWithSteem: Bitter Leaf, Uses and Its Health Benefits

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle hinders long-term illness and chronic diseases; so always practice good hygiene, consume healthy foods and also take care of the physical health.
Today, I want to share a little information about a plant called; BITTER LEAF, its health benefits and uses.

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Bitter leaf is a green plant that has edible leafy green vegetable which is of African origin and it is used for various purposes and also loved by many.

I will show the preparation procedures of bitter leaf, mention three uses and list the health benefits after the process.

It is very easy to process bitter leaf, read the below steps carefully;
Step 1: Remove the leaf from the stem and rinse the sand out.

separating the leaf from stem

Step 2: put it in a mortar and use pestle to pound it ( this is simple method instead of using hands to scrub and wash for hours).

Pounding	Pounding process

Step 3: pour it into a bowl, add water and scrub it for few minutes.

Adding water	Washing process

Step 4: filter the water out, the first water is used for drinking or bathing.

filtration process

Wash and squeeze till the bitterness are out ( not completely) if the leaf is going to be used for soup.

Uses of Bitter Leaf

Like I mentioned above that bitter leaf can serve many purposes which include;

Drinking: bitter leaf juice can be used for drinking which is good for lowering of the sugar level and also used to maintain blood pressure.

Juice for drinking

This juice is very good for diabetic patients, the richness in antioxidants and vitamins ( mostly A and C) also made it good for the skin.

Soup: Here, the leaf is used to prepare delicious delicacies like; okro soup, fresh fish soup or egusi (melon) soup after extracting the bitterness from the leaf.

Leaf for soup

Bathing: Apart from drinking the juice, the water can also be used for bathing that is good for physical skin health which can be used in treating itching and psoriasis.

Water for bathing

Overall Health Benefits of Bitter Leaf

• Bitter leaf cleans the lungs and liver
• It gives relief to stomach problem
• This leaf enhances fertility
• It cures malaria
• It hinders diabetics and cancer
• It's good for the treatment of insomnia, fever, rash and toothache.

The bitter nature of this plant made it so healthy which in turns has a lot of health benefits.

I hope you've learnt something from my health article today? Feel free to drop your contributions on what this leaf can be used for or other of its benefits. Thank you!

Here is my introductory post link.