Description
We have bitter leaves for sale. Fresh, washed, and unwashed.
If you don’t know what the Leafs do, continue reading below to read more about it.
Description
- Perennial
- Bitter leaf is native to the eastern and western parts of Africa, where it grows wild along waterways, in grassland, and at the edges of forests.
- It is a shrub or small tree up to 2 – 5m with elliptical green leaves up to 20cm. long.
- Bitter leaf, as the name implies, is a bitter plant whose leaf extracts, stems, and barks are used for culinary, medical, and curative purposes.
- It likes direct sunlight and water in well-drained soil.
Culinary Uses
- In many African countries, the leaves are a staple vegetable in soups and stews.
- Due to their bitterness, the leaves are washed several times, then dried and used to prepare meat dishes.
- Fresh Bitter leaf can be squeezed or blended into smoothies, drunk as juice, boiled and drunk as tea, or added to other greens in your salad.
- Consume by chewing the tender stem to release a bitter liquid.
- Pound the fresh leaves in a mortar and press out the juice.
- Add a pinch of salt to three tablespoons of the undiluted liquid and drink.
Parts Used
- The stems and leaves.
Medicinal Uses. It is said that
- Bitter Leaf contains vitamins A, C, E, B1, and B12.
- It is rich in quinine, a compound demonstrated to cure malaria and clean the liver, lymphatic system, and lungs.
- Bitter leaf can aid metabolism and help one lose weight because it contains nutrients like zinc, iron, fiber, and carbohydrates.
- The antioxidant in Bitter leaf contributes to positive gastric effects that protect from stomach ulcers.
- The high levels of vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals such as flavonoids may help protect against prostate cancer.
- Drinking a Bitter leaf solution at night before bed can bring calmness and relaxation that helps relieve insomnia.
- Bitter Leaf may enhance fertility – a study in the International Journal of Reproductive Biomedicine has shown that it may positively affect sperm quality.
- The generally high levels of vitamins and minerals in Bitter leaf benefit overall health, so it will help a couple trying to conceive.
- Fever contains flavonoids with powerful antioxidant effects that can help treat high fevers.
- It was historically used in traditional medicine to treat the bacterial infection typhoid fever.
- Diabetes – Research published in the International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences demonstrates that the presence of phytochemicals, vitamins, and other nutrients such as proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and ash are thought to act together to lower blood sugar levels.
- Bitter leaf contains Vitamin C, an excellent antioxidant mineral that plays a vital role in the body, including maintaining bones and teeth.
- Osteoporosis: It also contains traces of vitamin K, which helps the body maintain healthy bones and prevents the weakening of bone tissue.
- Bitter leaf improves metabolic function – it contains Vitamin B1, also known as thiamine, which plays an essential role in the metabolism of lipids, amino acids, and glucose in the human body.
- Thiamine is an essential dietary supplement that helps to oxidize fatty acids.
- Free radicals—Another nutrient in bitter leaf is vitamin E, which is an antioxidant and fights free radicals that harm the body’s system.
