Scent leaf is botanically known as (Ocimum gratissimum) it also has the following name. Efinrin(Yoruba) nchanwu(Igbo) and daidoya (Hausa). Efinri is a tropical plant species from the family of labiatae . The Ocimmum gratissimum is such an extremely blessed leaves but mostly usually recognised as homegrown shrub used mainly as spices for cooking delicacies for the sake of its unique and peculiar aromatic taste .
Scent leaves are very high in Calcium,Iron, Phophurus,carbon and Vitamin A. This leaves has be confirmed to be rich in plant chemicals, the oil from this leaves has been shown to posses antibacterial, and antifungal activities.
- Scent leaves aids digestion. If you are type if person that eats so late at night, it is likely you will experience indigestion and bloating. Scent leave has immense evacuation and weight management
- The seeds can be infused for treating urinary infections, gonorrhoea infections, virginal douches for virginity
- This leaves also serves as mosquito repellant when left to dry and burn
- The aqueous extract of the scent leave can taken to relieve ear ache and colon pains.
- This peculiar leave can also be used in treating stomach ache, diarrhoea,and vomiting .
- It is used in the treatment of fungal infections, fever,cold and catarrh
- Scent leaves are also applied on the skin for treating skin diseases and ringworm.
- It can as well be used in the treatment of oral infections. Yes with scent leave you can say bye bye to smelly mouth as scent leave will kill all the bacterial in your mouth and also prevent tooth decay and bad breath.
- Efinrin popularly called scent leave, the oil extract from it can be used as food preservative due to its anti-microbial and anti-bacterial properties present
in it . - The stick of scent leave is used by some people as a local chewing stick.
From the recent finding, this special leaf has been found to be useful in the medication for people living with human immunodefficiency virus (HIV) and Acquired immune defficiency syndrom (AIDS). Thanks so much for reading my post, your upvotes
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