Checking in.....

Hey people,how are you all doing? It's Thursday already oooo countdown to the most amazing "Friday". So I have been writing my Msc exams, should be through by Saturday, can't wait. Met lots of people,interesting ones at that, from managers to safety officers, to the amazing-Timi Tuns #hehe, Yinka the ever busy guy and a host of them,it's been really amazing.
Ehen I thought to share this, for about a week, I've been having this cough and my mum the "house doctor" says i need to chew bitter leaf "onugbu" as we call it in Ibo land. Well initially I bluntly refused, because I just couldn't chew something as bitter as that and secondly did not believe it would stop the cough. For every time I sneezed or coughed,we go through the same story of "you're stubborn, go and pluck the leaf and chew". Reluctantly, I decided to adhere to her instruction and so I did, spent every second I chewed it, screaming and squeezing my face, morning-afternoon, that was the dosage, lol. Two days after I started, I realized I wasn't coughing again, bitter leaf wasn't so bitter again, I would send my younger sister to go pluck it for me, salt-wash and chew.



I had to read up the benefits of bitter leaf and I realized it does a lot of good to us. Initially you may refuse it because of its taste but when you think of its benefits,you may have a rethink. You can also squeeze the leaf to bring out the liquid. It contains nutrients like proteins,fiber,iron,ascorbic acid,etc.
Thank me later for this. Special thanks to my mum too.

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