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Happy Sunday to all the beautiful souls here. I hope that we are all preparing to catch up with today's Sunday service in church. I will be attending the second service, which actually starts at 9am, and I still have about two hours until that time.

Yesterday evening I went in search of a particular herb called "Orin atata" in our Yoruba language, although modern classification has its name to be "Fagara xanthoxyloides."

While growing up as a child, it helped me so much with it's anti-sickling properties. Recently I came down with the flu and was equally feeling some toothache too. They were also signs of infection, chest pain, and nasal congestion. For the past two weeks I have remained and have been going about my daily tasks in that condition.

I got that prescription of antibiotics to help with my health, but I was shocked at the price of antibiotics upon reaching the store. I will need about $15 for those drugs, and that is really expensive. Drugs and antibiotics are equally on the high side, and inflation is affecting almost everything. I believe that it is better to eat quality fruits and vegetables that will keep our bodies in good health at this time rather than come down with sicknesses that will be needing us to purchase drugs. If you can't afford the drugs, then eat good food and fruits that will keep our body and health in good shape.

While I was at the store, I remembered this particular herb that I have often used as a child, and with that, I wasn't constantly falling sick. I thought about getting it to see if it would still be useful.

Fagara xanthoxyloides" has been an important herb for me since childhood; it has helped me a lot to keep malaria and some infections at bay. My mom will purchase the tree from the market, soak it in bottle water for a few days, and have me take a little glass of it daily. She was taught that it would cure my sickle cell over time, but that never happened. Nevertheless, it helped my systems and blood cells so much that I rarely fall sick like the other sickle cell children.
It was a certain grandma that introduced me to the herb, and it has been everly helpful while I was using it.

I was exposed to taking a juice extract of this "Fagara xanthoxyloides," traditionally called "Orin atata in the Yoruba language; it is highly potent in it's antiseptic properties and an important herb to the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria.

Modern-day medicine also found this property of the herb and has extracted and used it in the manufacturing of Ciclavite, a modern-day medicine used in managing sickle cell anemia. I have taken several bottles of the modern drugs too before they were all packed up. The drug stores no longer cell Ciclavite too. I was hoping that I could get this as well since it was easy to take the modern drugs better than the real herb.

Both the drug and the herb too are now very scarce. How fast that everything is going into extinction. Some friends have described a nearby village market where I can get it. A lot of people no longer plant these herbs and trees, which have really been important and beneficial to our older generation.

Traditional "Orin atata" is also used as a chewing stick for treating oral infections. It is also potent against malaria and some other diseases. The antiseptic properties of it come from the fact that it is potent against several infections, and if these infections are kept away, then there is a likelihood of it reducing the frequency of sickness in sickle cell patients. My parents and some villagers believed that it would cure the disease since they lacked this understanding.

Malaria, infection, anemia, poor nutrition, and stress are many of the triggers of sickness/crisis in sickle cell patients, and if these triggers can be controlled, then it's possible to live a healthier life.

Coupled with this herb, beetroot is also potent in blood-boosting properties. Recently, I have learned how to prepare beetroot juice, a healthy fruit juice. If ever you need to boost your PCV/blood level, beetroot and fluted pumpkins are some of the veggies and fruits I have known to be effective. My best friends mum who also has a daughter living with sickle cell had used beetroot for a long time to boost her daughters blood on a consistent basis . She was the one who had sent me those ones in the picture for me to use. This was the first time I was exposed to beetroot root.
This fruit is very vital in boosting the quality of our blood.

As someone living with the blood challenge it is important to keep these fruits and veggies close by. Constant usage of the fruits and veggies can help with the quality of our health which has been the main reason I have fluted pumpkins in my garden, and I don't know how beetroot is grown yet. Hopefully we will learn to grow some of these herbs, fruits, and plants beneficial to our health.

If drugs can be this expensive, you can only imagine how expensive it will get if anyone is short on blood and needs a blood transfusion at this time. You can see why I don't joke with veggies that can boost blood or be of important value with the quality of our health.

If "Orin atata" is effective in oral protection and control of infection then why should it go into extinction at this time? Alot of these plants and fruits trees are going into extinction which is not good at all.

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