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Introduction

Hello beautiful and industrious women of the @steemwomensclub it's another amazing opportunity for me to write you all through the @ngoenyi contest on Natural Health Remedies.

As the saying is,'Nature came prepared with everything we need'. It's not Everytime one has a health issue that you have the 'money' to go see a doctor. Of course it's important to see a medical personnel when I'll,but here in Africa,there are certain herbs,even more surprising fruits that one can take to offset certain health issues.

Here are 5 Natural Health Remedies you can make at the convenience of your home. The beautiful thing about these remedies are that they are very common items you can find anywhere around you or even buy in any market in Nigeria.

I'll be staying the illness, and then the natural remedy to it. First on my list is:

1)DIZZINESS

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Dizziness is a faint,unsteady or weak sensation that at times makes you feel that either you or your immediate environment is moving or spinning.

Causes Of Dizziness

The causes of Dizziness vary from one individual to another depending on what's wrong with the person,butthe general causes of Dizziness are fatigue (tiredness),burn out, shortage of blood in the body,or a quick change in either sitting or standing position like sitting up on your bed after lying down for a while.

Natural Remedy For Dizziness

• Ugu (pumpkin leaf) water mixed with milk.

Ugu leaf gotten from my backyard

Procedure: Get some ugu(pumpkin leaf) like the one in the picture above (you can easily get this from any market near you)
Rinse with water to remove sand and other sorts,then wash the leaves between your fingers until you see water coming out of it. (The colour of the water is green). Squiz the water into a cup,then add a little clean water to the ugu leaf you're washing and keep washing until you get a substantial amount of green water. Squiz the water again into the cup.
After squizing it,seive the green ugu water to remove stems or particles of leaf that may have accidentally entered the ugu water.

When this is done,mix your ugu water with either a sachet or tin of milk(I prefer a tin of milk) Drink this mixture and lie down for a while. This is also a natural blood giver as I earlier told you diziness can be as a result of loss of blood.

2)Stomach Upset or Indigestion

Stomach upset is simply discomfort of the upper abdomen. Everyone has experienced or will experience stomach upset at one point in their life or another.

Causes of Stomach Upset

Reasons for stomach upset vary,in little kids it could be the worms,(I've seen this alot).
It can also happen due to excessive eating,or drinking,or as it happens to me when I take a particular food my body isn't tolerant to,I start having those pains and discomfort.
Another cause of stomach upset is taking medicine(drugs) on an empty stomach....(pls don't do this)

Natural Remedy For Stomach Upset

There's this saying in my place that the solutions to most problems are bitter or hard. I'll borrow this saying as the natural remedy for general stomach upset is to chew some leaves of utazi or scentleaf
I couldn't get a leaf of utazi due to the sit at home order here,but below is a picture of scent leaf

Scent leaf

As most know,utazi leaf isn't sweet,it's that bitter leaf used to sauce roasted yam we buy from street vendors.
Utazi or scent leaf can be bought in any market in Nigeria

Procedure: Rinse your utazi or scent leaf in salted water,then chew it raw.

3)Constipation

Constipation Is the inability of a person to pass out excreta as much as 3times in a week. This results from slow movement of feaces in the digestive tract.

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Cause of Constipation

One major cause of Constipation is dehydration( low level of water in the human body.)

Natural Remedy For Constipation

• Water: Drink lots of water
• Eat lots of fruits like banana,oranges or watermelon. These fruits soften the stomach
• Lick Vegetable soup. In my experience vegetable soup will make you use the toilet wether you want to or not,and it also softens the stomach.

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4)Iba(Malaria)

Malaria is one illness almost every Nigerian or African has suffered at least once in a lifetime due to our tropical terrain. It even gets more 'interesting' as three in every four adults need to treat malaria once every 3 weeks.

Malaria is a disease caused by the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito. It can be sever or mild.

Natural Remedy For Iba(Malaria)

Get Lemon Grass and moringa leaf. Wash them thoroughly,put in a pot,add your desired quantity of water, then boil both for 30minutes. Afterwards sieve out the water and drink it.

5)High Sugar Level

Last but not the least natural health remedy is for High Sugar level. High sugar level occurs when one's intake of sugar has gotten to an all time high.

The natural remedy for this is bitter leaf.

A branch of bitterleaf

Yes bitter leaf.

• Procedure: Get some bitter leaves,rinse with water to remove sand or other dirts,then squiz the bitterleaf until water comes out,after which you drink the water.

Disclaimer: These methods of dealing with health issues are just suggestions. You may decide to seek medical assistance.

All snapped pictures are mine except where sources are stated.

I hope you learnt a thing or two. I'd love to learn about more natural health remedies from you,so pls tag me when you make your post.

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Here's my Introductory post bye for now.