Thank You Jamaican Herbalist, my pains have stopped
Read MoreCategory: Jamaica Herbalist
A team of herbalists across Jamaica network to provide useful information on herbs of Jamaica
JAMAICA HERB: Burdock
BURDOCK Parts used: Leaves and roots A good source of Vitamin A, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin C, Iron, Silicon, and Sulfur. The burrs of burdock is used for the release of water retention. The herb is considered as a top performer blood purifier and treats chronic skin problems such as eczema, acne, psoriasis, boils, and canker sores. The burrs are good for the release of water retention.
Read MoreJAMAICA HERB: Velvet Bean
VELVET BEAN scientific name: Mucuna Pruriens An annual climbing legume, originally brought from southern China and eastern India USES: Generally, this Velvet Bean has many traditional and medicinal usages including.. treating pain, cholera, diabetes, infertility, scorpion bites, snakebites, toothaches, increases testosterone, reduces inflammation, increases libido, kills some parasites, reduces spasms, calms nerves, lowers blood sugar, reduces fever, lowers cholesterol, blood purifier, parkinson’s disease and the list goes on. Throught the world, various countries use it for different ailments. India uses it for cancer, catarrh, cholera, cough, debility, delirium, diabetes, diarrhea,…
Read MoreJAMAICA HERB: Broom Weed
Jamaica herbs for low sperm count and infertility
JAMAICA HERB: Breadfruit Tree, leaves, sap, fruit
BREADFRUIT TREE (scientif name: Artocarpus Altilis) The breadfruit tree has a wide range of uses.The fruit itself is consumed in a number of ways. Both the leaves and the sap which runs from the tree is used for various puposes, medicinal and otherwise: a) The tea of breadfruit leaves contain camphoral, is used to lower blood pressure and treat diabetes. b) The sap is applied to contagious skin ailments to prevent their spreading and promote healing. c)The sap can also be boiled to form a rubbery substance that is used…
Read MoreJAMAICA HERB: Majoe Bitters
Majoe Bitters: Cascara Amarga.(picramnia antidesma) In Jamaica this plant is very useful in home remedies such as in a tea for the teething baby. It has also been used for colic, intermittent fevers and skin ulcers. Barham says that the name ‘Majoe’ is that of an old negro woman who used the plant with considerable success in the treatment of yaws and venereal diseases.
Read MoreJAMAICA HERB: Bissy
Bissy (Cola Nut) Cola nuts are commonly used in Jamaica for treating and in some instances curing poisons from the system. It’s used for stomach pains. After the nuts are dried, the nuts are grated and boiled like coffee. Some Jamaicans make a blend with strong rum. A little cola is sometimes added to country chocolate and it is considered to allay hunger. The plant is said by Lunan to have been brought to Jamaica from the Guinea Coast and planted out near Guanaboa by one Mr. Goffe. In Africa…
Read MoreJAMAICA HERB: Black Sage
JAMAICA HERB: Basil
BASIL dissolve the accumulated cholesterol from the arteries into the person’s bloodstream.
Read More