To day we will bring you to meet with some kind of herbal that effective in reducing blood pressure, fat and blood sugar levels in fast, that is the african bitter leaf tree, which many people may already know or may not know, Let’s try to follow and watch.
The african bitter leaf tree in chinese it’s call “Nan Fei Ye” mean to the plant that come from south africa it’s in same family of Clinacanthus nutans and Andrographis paniculata, It has properties to reduce inflammation, enhance immunity, reduce blood pressure, fat and blood sugar levels. For consumption, you can bring the fresh leaves to wash and chew it like gum, then spit out. I recommended that you should be not chew more than 3 leaves per day, but if it’s big size like a palm, you should not chew more than 1 leaf per day, and after consumed the bitter leaf, you notice the symptoms of yourself, whether there was any abnormality or not. Because the bitter leaf have the ability to reduce sugar very fast. For those who already have low blood sugar, it may cause of sugar falls. It will look like fainting, palpitations, or if the symptoms are severe, it may be shock.
The bitter leaf tree is plant that easy to grow, easy to care, almost no plant diseases or pests Although planted in poor soil conditions, it can still grow well. Propagation can be done easily with cuttings Which branch the cuttings are recommended to be the ones that are not too young and not too old. by observing from the branches that are brownish green, For the leaves are used to make bitter leaf tea. soak the branch for cutting in to water for 2-3 hours by I will add photosynthetic bacteria into the water. Because photosynthetic bacteria in the water contain minerals and root accelerators It will help our cuttings to root and grow faster. The soil for cuttings can be use any normal loam. I using soil from monkey pod leaves it have the porosity of the soil and it will help increase nitrogen in the soil as well. or if using general loam soil that may have too much soil tightness and less porosity of the soil may mix raw rice husks or burnt rice husks into the soil as well, It will help our soil to be more airy. Air flow a lot. When watering, the water will not be trapped in the bag.
Peking cuttings down to the middle of the bag, about 1 inch deep, or may use larger size bag or can be plant in a pot as depends on your convenience. But here I choose to use the black bag that have left. After that, water it well and set it in the shade. Wait about 1 week and you will see the cuttings begin to sprout. These are the cuttings that have been planted for about 1 month, it will tall about 20-30 cm. Some cuttings branch may already have roots in the ground. When moving to the plot, be careful as well. We must scoop out the roots in the soil go with the bag or cut off the roots. but don’t pull up a tree until its roots are broken. Because it will make the tree sick and need to recuperate for several days.
As for the leaves, we will use them to make bitter leaf tea or you can bring it to boil as fresh leaves. Wash with plain water. or for further cleaning may be mix with vinegar as well. But for bitter leaves, we didn’t spray chemicals. Or any insect repellent, it will be naturally organic. Use only plain water to wash is clean enough. you can boil whole leaves or shredded first, whichever is more convenient. Then we will take 4 shredded bitter leaves and boil them in 600ml teapot for 3-4 minutes. and then pour into 4 standard size 150ml tea cups, It is comparable that we drink 1 cup of bitter leaf tea, equal to using 1 bitter leaf. It is recommended that you drink no more than 3 cups per day and should not drink every day. should drink every other day.