Agbo is a popular herbal medication especially
common in Western Nigeria. Herbal medicine is the oldest medicine in the world.
The first example of the use of herbs dates back to the very dawn of mankind.
Drugs like atropine, codeine, digoxin, morphine, contain herbs.
Some herbal cocktail mixtures include:
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Pawpaw leaf, citrus fruit, cocoa bark
and ginger-leaf for CVS diseases
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Onion bulb, cocoa bark, potato bark and
tobacco leaf for genitor-urinary system diseases
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Onion bulb, cashew leaf, cajanus caka
leaf, pawpaw leaf, cocoa bark and potato leaf for GIT diseases.
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Caesalpina leaf is used for central
nervous system conditions.
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For diabetes, root bark of Garcinia
kola, leaf of Melanthera scandisk and Terminalia catapa are used.
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Herbs are also of health benefit because
they contain unique antioxidants, essential oils, vitamins, phytosterols and
many other substances which fight against toxins and boost the immune system.
Some adverse effects of herbs include: vomiting,
general weakness, diarrhea, polyuria and hepatotoxicity.
The upsurge of herbal medicine in Africa has bright
prospects, hence herbal medicine has come to stay.
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