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QUESTION: Dear Jamaican Herbalist, A pleasant evening to you. I want to get pregnant but its not happening. I cry daily. I went to the doctor who recommend I do some tests, which says I am not ovulating. He prescribed climid, at least I think that’s what the name is.Continue Reading

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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 suchContinue Reading

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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,Continue Reading

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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 containContinue Reading

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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 whoContinue Reading

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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 colaContinue Reading