THE USES OF PLANTS AND HERBS How was it when it all began? None of us was here then, but only the He behind the you. The Big Book tells us how it all began and how it was when it did begin. Void. Nothing. Empty. Without form. That is how it was when it began. Even then, there was life. The self-existing life. That life brought other lives into being. You and I absent though we were, but we lived then in Him unto He brought us forth in His image. The valleys, sky, oceans, hills, mountains, animals, and the atmosphere became possible today because He brought us forth. How? Sound. Not a big boom like the crashing of an aeroplane, but quite confident and commanding voice, “Let there be”. Sound is therefore important. It is what brought you and I forth. How do you use the sound in your system? Are you accustomed to hearing your GSM alone or your multimedia digital player? You can create your universe with your sound. Don’t forget, don’t let us forget how it was from the beginning. Without form. Don’t let us forget how it came about. Sound. Don’t let us forget that you can create that which you so desire but first, what do you say about yourself? Much more do you know the sound of the plants around you? Do you know the language of the plants? Will tell you about this tomorrow. Catch ya.
Remember my promise? Yes, I am here to fulfil it. Plants do talk. And you will be surprise the language they speak. In the beginning, according to Dr. Vincent Akpasubi, a very wellknown natural health practitioner who for more than 20 years now, has become a household name in parts of Africa. He shall be our anchor consultant in most part of this blog. Like I was saying, thought became desire, and life came into being. Desire became allurement, and love came into being. Love became word and word is the primordial sound by which the world was created. The world was created through sound. Therefore, wherever there
is confusion in the world, it is sound that sounds the melody of peace. Human beings, the higher mammals have so misunderstood themselves that they can no longer understood one another right from the time of the Tower of Babels till date. Thereof, God has no alternative than to allow plants the privilege of accomplishing the task of harmony of sound. Sound of time and sound of healing. Yes, healing. Do you take plants for granted? Are you among the proponents or advocate of deforestation? Please don’t. for out of the common plants come the issue of life. Whether man likes it or not (and that includes woman) death is inevitable and will come when it will. But the question is, how much control do you have over the most common causes of death? Diseases, afflictions, sicknesses? Do you know that there are some sicknesses and diseases which some of the plants at the back of your house or in your garden can actually deal with? How many of you still feel that typhoid fever, malaria fever, peptic ulcer, hepatitis, anaemia, kidney failure, HIV, Bronchitis etc are killers? Then you have taken pawpaw, plantain, Balsam Leave, Bitter leave, avocado pear, mango fruit (and seed) and other common plants and fruits for granted. These common plants do speak. They speak the language of harmony, peace, healing, cure and prevention of common killer diseases. Please let the plant speak. Help yourself against those preventable sicknesses. Stop being an addict of processed drugs and medicine. Look inwards. Let the plants release their sounds of healing to you. How? I wish I can pour out everything to you now. But stay tuned. I am going to be telling you how commonly taken for granted plants may be the real thing you need to cure that diabetes, or ulcer or HIV. What do you say?
QUEST FOR GREAT LIFE.
The need for great individual or family life began with time. God the Almighty Himself knows that the need by man to have good and healthy life cannot be over-emphasized. He made man and gave him every good thing of life. Man has never lacked good things of life. inconsistencies, It is only unfortunate however, and you may complications, diseases, sicknesses and contradict this if you can, that the reason why there are a lot of afflictions in the world today is due to man’s insatiable quest for knowledge, his inordinate ambition to live inside the sun (or moon or wherever) and his unquenchable hunger to have all no matter whose ass is on the line. Kind of the end justifying the means. Machiavellian? As a result of this, man no longer listens to himself, he has long-lost touch with the environment, the natural and the quintessential order of things; man has failed himself. The result? Cancer, diabetes, HIV, pulmonary loss of the mind, and deoxygenated destruction of self. Did I just say de-oxygenated? Well, whatever that means. But the major thing is or guess what? Instead of man to return to himself on realizing this personal dismal performance, man keeps on complicating things for himself and keeps on thinking that his next latest tactics of knowledge would cure all. always faithful. How ironical. But God Almighty is He did not only provide solution to man’s
complex and complicated life, for He knew the end from the beginning, He also made remedies of whatever problem he faces, to man. In and around man, there are inbuilt stabilizers. Man should not have to worry about sicknesses, diseases and
afflictions anymore. Man is born wealthy and healthy. But how come it is not as simple as I am putting it here? Reason No. 1, man is spiritually blind. Reason No. 2, he is too self-calculated Conclusion: man and self-opinionated that he even doubts himself and disagrees with natural and quiet timings of himself. continues in self-induced bondage. Way forward? Self-rediscovery. Man should go back to nature, open his own eyes and see where he missed it. Back to nature. Back to the environment and back to wealth and health. Returning back to nature is not just about increasing the physical life force of man, it is a call to a total liberation of the human person. A call that man should break loose from the untimely inevitable. Death. Death is a reality from which no one can hide. Even when man tries to suppress the thought of dying, daily events about the loss of family, relatives or friends keep him on the edge of his seat that it could be his turn next. The universally acceptable truth about death is this: as humans, one day, we shall join our ancestors. This may shatter our illusion of invincibility, of power, might, strength and greatness. But one day is one day. The silent cold hands of death…would come…. However pathetic this may seem, man still has opportunity to at least grow old, get weak before death. This is our major concern in this blog. You have a right to stay alive till about 120 years of age or thereabout. Don’t die through simple common diseases. For this purpose, I have discussed at length with Dr. Vincent Akpasubi, whom I told you about earlier on. This veteran Dr. told me a very pathetic story one day and here it is:
he was visiting his home-town, Igodonesan, a village of about 500 km from where he lived (outside the city of Lagos), after about 2 years. On getting to the village, the Dr. decided to visit his On reaching the paternal uncle, an ageing man of about 80.
home of his uncle, he couldn’t believe his eyes. The old man has emaciated so much that he would have hidden behind a broomstick without being seen. Imagine a man who was hitherto considered to be very healthy and plump with about 120 kg to his credit. What was the problem? An open wound. The man was nursing (in fact has been nursing an open sore or wound) for more than a year and the wound refused to heal. He has visited the local hospitals and pharmacies without any solution. As soon as our Dr friend heard this, he shook his head in utter disbelief. Because around the old man’s house there were many herbs, plants and fruit-trees. Ignorance. “Uncle”, the Dr. called the old man. “What is that plant I see directly behind your window?” “Pawpaw” the old answered. “So why didn’t you use it?” “How?” the old man asked in disbelief. So why was the old man not availing himself of the opportunities around him and get healed?
“That tree you are seeing is a wonder tree. It can heal you when you use it properly on your wound and within a week this sore on your leg will disappear.” The Dr. went straight and administered pure natural pawpaw treatment on the old frail man. He plucked some fresh leaves from the pawpaw, squeezed them together with water and directly applied it to the old man’s wound. He told the old man to continue with this treatment, morning and night for at least a week. And that the following day, he should peel unripe pawpaw and tie it directly to the wound. And guess what? Before four days, the wound completely dried up and by the fifth day, it had completely healed. When the good Dr. told me this, I was completely amazed. He then told me the amazing things about this plant. The pawpaw plant is a native of South America where it was cultivated since Pre-Columbian times. There are 22 species known to man the most famous of which is carica papaya. Pawpaw reached Europe in 1690 and Asia in the 18th Century. Pawpaw is now grown all over tropical Africa. It is a very beautiful plant; hence it is used ornamentally in some parts of the world. Pawpaw is one of God’s wonderful gifts to humanity. When one looks at the beauty and richness of nature, according to Dr. Vincent, one cannot but burst into songs of praise to God. Pawpaw is a holistic pharmacy in itself. We like pawpaw as a fruit and enjoy its delicious taste. But how many of us know the medicinal values of this plant? How many of us know that pawpaw improves digestion of protein and expels worms (all kinds
of whether ring or tapeworm) from the system? Do we know that the ripe fruits are rich in Vitamins A, B and C? We can actually improve our eyesight, nerves and muscles and strengthen our immune system by just paying closer attention to pawpaw. The Dr. informed me that to eject unwanted guests like worms from the system, one can actually chew two tablespoons of the seeds of ripe pawpaw fruit first thing in the morning and last thing at night for at least three days. At this time, the Dr. advises, eat For only fruits for breakfast and supper for the three days.
chronic external ulcers or sores, cut a piece of unripe pawpaw fruit and tie directly to the wound. This might look ridiculous or primitive, but when you do this at regular intervals say three hours in between four times daily for a week, you will be surprise how the wound will totally disappear. You may as well, says the Dr. eat plenty of ripe pawpaw during the treatment. Sounds more like enjoyment to me. I shall tell you more about the miraculous uses of this plant soon. But what comment do you have about what you have heard so far? Please let me know.
Pawpaw as we said before, have many medicinal uses apart from its delicious fruit for those wonderful vitamins production. Below are some of the many uses of this miracle plant: 1. MALARIA FEVER
This plant can frankly help to overcome malaria fever, which is a very common cause of death in some parts of the world. To administer, squeeze some yellow pawpaw leaves in water, take a glassful three times daily for seven days. This preparation is also good for jaundice with the same dosage. At the end of the seventh day, the fever will be no more I assure you. 2. DIABETES
The green leaves of pawpaw are good for diabetes and for diabetes-induced hypertension. Squeeze the green leaves in water and take a glass three times daily. This preparation is also good for constipation. 3. STOMACH ULCER Cut a big unripe pawpaw fruit into bits. Do not remove the peel or seeds. Simply cut the whole fruit into cubes. Then soak in five bottles of water for four days. Sieve and take half a glass three times daily for two weeks. This is a very good remedy for any type of intestinal ulcer. 4. EXTERNAL ULCER The white milky sap of the unripe pawpaw contains a high percentage of papain, which is used for chronic wounds or ulcers. This can be obtained by making a slight cut on the unripe pawpaw fruit to allow the juice to drop. Papain is also present in the ripe pawpaw fruit. 5. CONVULSION The dry, brown pawpaw leaf is a good remedy for convulsion. Pick up the dry, fallen pawpaw leaves and grind into powder. Add two tablespoonfuls of the powder to half a glass of palm kernel oil. Stir well and rub all over the body. This preparation is of great help during an attack of convulsion. It promptly resolves the abnormal condition. It is also helpful in cases of high fever and can soothingly bring down the body temperature. 6. ASTHMA Burn dried pawpaw leaves and inhale the smoke during an attack of asthma. This immediately relieves the patient. To prevent an attack, inhale the smoke every night. This miraculously also has the potential of overcoming the asthma permanently. 7. BRONCHITIS The root of the pawpaw plant is a good remedy for respiratory problems like bronchitis. Get some pawpaw roots to boil. Take half a glass thrice daily. For cough, simply chew a tender pawpaw root and swallow the juice. And this can effectively soothe the larynx and throat organs. 8. PILES Don’t be surprise that a millions of patients out there in the world still suffering from piles. Fortunately, pawpaw plant can effectively cure this disease. Just prepare as in the case of bronchitis above and take half a glass twice daily as dosage. 9. IMPOTENCE Pawpaw is an anti-impotence missile. Cut two unripe pawpaw fruits into pieces (seeds and peel inclusive). Bring to boil in eight bottles of water. Take half a glass thrice daily. So you see folks, this plant is indeed important. You don’t have to argue with me when you haven’t tried it out. If you are held hostage by any of the above diseases, try the remedies described and get back to me in this blog. Let us together make a healthier world through natural cure and prevention with the use of common plants, herbs and shrubs around us.
Next I shall be sharing with you the medicinal value of the coconut. Yes, the coconut that you always know but must have taken for granted, do forgive me. But first, let me hear from you soon about my postings sof far. I won't disappoint you. God bless.