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It will interest you to know that every part of the plant is useful: stem, leaves, and root. This kind of leaf is very familiar to some people but others may not have any idea about this wonder leaf. Bitter-leaf can grow anywhere unlike other leaves that only grow in certain places and temperature. These leaves flourishes anywhere they grow. They add beauty to all places where they are present. The most distinctive characteristic of this plant is its bitterness. Every part of this plant is bitter starting from the leaves to its roots. The bitterness of this plant is actually good for the body. It has a lot of health benefits to people. The plant can remind people that life is not always sweet; it takes to taste bitterness before you can achieve sweetness. 
• This plant is very useful in toning the vital organs of the body especially the liver and the kidney.
• Bitter-leaf can be very helpful in maintaining the livers optimum health to release bile acid every time people eat fatty foods.
• The liver should be well taken care of by using bitter-leaf. Once the liver is been damage it can’t be restored into its normal function. People with liver problems can boil a bitter-leaf and drink a glass of it every day. Bitter-leaf is a natural herb that is useful in taking care of the kidney and the liver. 
• Diabetic patient can also use bitter-leaf as one of their medication to prevent high sugar level in the blood. It will not only lower the sugar level in the blood but also repair impaired pancreas.
• Bitter leaf is an important ingredient to fight malaria. When the raw leaves are plucked, they are washed before being squeezed to extract the juice. Drinking the juice alone is an antidote for malaria, The bitter leaf contains vernodalin, venomygdin and saponin which is anti-bacteria and anti-parasitic.
• Bitter leaf when taken in any form prevents rheumatism, indigestion, scurvy and detoxifies the blood.
• Consuming bitter leaf may combat breast cancer cell growth, according to the February 2004 "Experimental Biology and Medicine." In a test tube study of human breast cancer cells, scientists from Jackson State University found that bitter leaf inhibited the growth and proliferation of breast cancer cells. (source: 
• Where there is no medical help, blood oozing from fresh wound can be stopped by squeezing fresh, green bitter leaves and dropping it on the wound.
• The undiluted extract of bitter leaf is an important cure for Ring worm, eczema and rashes by applying to the affected part of the body.
• Bitter leaf therefore belongs to the class of therapies obtained without the use of drugs. 
• Bitter leaf stem can be used as chewing stick
• Apart from its healing potencies, it is also a sure ingredient for making delicious soup. 

THE RIGHT WAY TO TAKE BITTER LEAF: 

Bitter leaf should always be taken raw and fresh as an alternative health remedies. Boiling or cooking reduces the potency of the leaf. Its bitterness must not be squeezed out before eating; otherwise what will be left is mere chaff with little or no medicinal value. Remember always that raw vegetables are better than cooked ones and half-cooked vegetables are better than over-cooked ones. Keep to nature and live healthy.