Vernonia amygdalina (Bitter leaf) – 250g
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Sold By: GMF StoreBitter leaf consists of the fresh or dried leaves of Vernonia amygdalina .A shrub or small tree, 2-5 m high with striate pubescent branches, becoming glabrous on maturity; leaves alternate, obovate-lanceolate, entire or finely toothed. Bitterleaf is a highly appreciated vegetable in West and Central Africa and can be consumed in various dishes. Leaf decoctions are used to treat fever, malaria, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis and cough, as a laxative and as a fertility inducer. One of the most common medicinal uses of Vernonia amygdalina is as a treatment against intestinal worms including nematodes. In Zimbabwe a root infusion is used to treat sexually transmitted diseases. The bitterness is caused by sesquiterpene lactones (e.g. vernodalin, vernolepin and vernomygdin) and steroid glucosides (vernoniosides). Some of these compounds have significant antiparasitic activity, especially vernodalin and vernonioside B1. Vernolepin showed platelet anti-aggregating properties. Vernodalin and vernomygdin have cytotoxic activity.Aqueous leaf extracts containing the peptides, edotides, have been found to be potent inhibitors of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK), important agents for the growth of breast cancer cells; the anti-oestrogen drug, tamoxifen, is known to be an MAPK modulator (Atanaskova et al., 2002; Mandlekar and Kong, 2001). Leaf extracts showed inhibitory activity against Trichomonas vaginalis (Hakizamungu et al., 1992) and the aqueous leaf extracts caused reductions in blood sugar levels of normoglycaemic and alloxan diabetic rabbits (Akah andOkafor, 1992).
Functions
- constipation.
- Diabetes
- helminthiasis
- Malaria
- Headaches
- upper respiratory tract infections
Dosage
Decoction: boil 40 g of dried leaves per litre of water for 15 minutes; drink 4 teacupfuls three times a day
Precautions for use
Care should be taken in renal and liver disease.
Contraindications
Pregnancy and lactation, gastric ulcer; nephritis,
renal and liver dysfunction
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Prekese- 500g Original price was: ₵30.00.₵25.00Current price is: ₵25.00. Sold By: GMF Store
Ethnomedical uses
The plant is claimed to be therapeutically useful in the management of convulsion, leprosy, oedema, rheumatic pains, asthma, female
sterility and inflammation. Bark decoction is used for cough, bronchitis, menstrual pains, and arthritis while the root decoction is used for
jaundice. Aqueous extract of the pod is used as anticonvulsant whilst its paste is used to treat rheumatism. The intense odor on roasting is claimed to have insect- and snake-repellent properties (Gill, 1992). In some parts of West Africa, the fruit serves as a spice or as a source of multivitamins. In eastern parts of Nigeria, fruits are used to prepare soups for mothers from the first day of delivery to prevent
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Osompa Manvita Mixture Original price was: ₵26.00.₵18.99Current price is: ₵18.99. Sold By: GMF Store
Naturally formulated herbal product from local herbs which improves sexual performance in men and alleviate waist pain
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Bidens Pilosa Leaves- 250g ₵30.00 Sold By: GMF Store
Bidens pilosa is an annual plant producing an erect, much-branched stem up to 100cm tall, though the plant can often flower, seed and then die when much smaller.
The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. In parts of Africa, the plant is allowed to remain as a weed in cultivated ground, and it is also sometimes cultivated
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Cassia occidentalis seeds(Mmofraborode3) – 150g Original price was: ₵15.00.₵10.00Current price is: ₵10.00. Sold By: GMF Store
Negro coffee consists of the matured dried roasted seeds of Cassia occidentalis. Glaborous herb or undershrub; annual or up to 3 years durations; leaves compound pinnate, leaflets 4-5 pairs, terminal pair largest, broadly lanceolate or ovate. The seeds are brewed into a
coffee-like beverage for asthma, hypertension, malaria, fevers and stomach complaints. -
Afro Moses Capsules Original price was: ₵41.00.₵35.00Current price is: ₵35.00. Sold By: GMF Store
Afro Moses capsules contains Penianthus zenkeri and Capparis erythrocarpus both African tropical plant whose roots and leaves are used in traditional medicine for many purposes, especially for erectile dysfunction. Afro Moses capsules extracts contains the following Phytochemicals: Glycosides, Saponins, Tannins, Alkaloids and Flavonoids which are highly antioxidative and induce a slight transcriptional activity of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-alpha. They also increased and decreased endothelial nitric oxide synthase and endothelin-1 mRNA levels in bovine and aortic endothelial cells, respectively. It could be suggested that the arterial relaxation induced by extracts could be mainly linked to their capacities to inhibit nitric oxide oxidation through their antioxidant properties and this leads to gushing of blood into the Cavernosal sinuses in the Penis enhancing sustained erection for satisfactory sexual performance.
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