African pepper
Goat weed
Laboratory experiments conducted by German and Camerounian researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany have shown that African medicinal plants contain chemicals that may be able to stop the spread of cancer cells.
According to Prof. Thomas Efferth "the active substances present in African medicinal plants may be capable of killing off tumour cells that are resistant to more than one drug. They thus represent an excellent starting point for the development of new therapeutic treatments for cancers that do not respond to conventional chemotherapy regiment".
Xylopia aethiopica (African pepper) also known as uda (Ibo), eeru (Yoruba) and kimbaa (Hausa) is found in West & Central Africa, and used as spice in various traditional dishes in these parts of the world.
African pepper is also used in the treatment of dysentery, bronchitis, ulcer, skin infection, female sterility, constipation when mixed with salt, etc.
Ageratum conyzoids (Goat weed) is found in South & Central America, Caribbean, USA, South East Asia, South China, India, Nigeria & Australia. Goat weed is also used for the treatment of fever, pneumonia, cold, rheumatism, head ache, ulcer, circumcision wounds, uterine bleeding, etc.
In South Eastern Nigeria, a bowl of pepper soup is incomplete without African pepper. In fact, this is a delicacy prepared for every nursing mother. It has the tendency to heal the womb after child birth.
God has blessed the whole universe with natural herbs, that if taken in the right proportion will heal & refresh us, but cravings for synthetic foods now lead to ailments such as cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, etc.
