Wetin E Be Dis Ewe Tebaje We Dey Talk So?

Naija people, make I gist you about one weed wey dem dey call ewe tebaje. Dis plant no just dey waka about for ground, e dey cause plenty palava for our farms, but e get some serious medicine wey e fit give us.

So, wen I post about the plant thick on Facebook, readers no gree hear word. Dem dey come and dey share their own gist, talk how dis plant don help dem for different ways. Some dey shout say e good for malaria, others dey swear say e fit clear your system well-well. But make I yan you as e be: some people dey complain say e dey too much laxative if you no carefully measure am! Na dat one dey cause wahala for some folks.

Ewe tebaje no be small plant o! This plant na part of Euphorbiaceae family, and if you dey Yoruba land, you go hear dem call am tebaje. E dey used for traditional medicine. E get this way wey dem dey boil the leaves, and dey use di water to make eba—na so person fit finally go toilet if e get blockage. You fit talk say dis plant dey operate like correct doctor!

But wait, e no just dey help humans alone. E dey vex for farm too! E fit chop crops like beans and soybeans if dem no sabi control am well. Dis plant na like neighbor wey dey jump enter your house, but sometimes, e come bring better things.

The leaves dey help treat stomach problems, constipation, and e fit even help people wey dey battle worms for belle. Abeg, you fit wash your body with di leaf infusion if skin dey disturb you. Naija no dey joke with skin matter, you sabi! Some people dey use di latex from the plant to treat small tumors and skin wahala.

And e no stop there… for East Africa, dem dey use di roots for breastfeed women wey wan increase milk, and e dey even help fight gonorrhoea. E be like say dis plant get plenty jobs for different areas!

But make you no forget, if you carry di latex touch your skin, e fit cause wahala! E dey irritate skin and eye, so make you shine your eyes if you dey use am o. Abeg, no go pour am for belle just because somebody tell you say e dey work. Naija with food and herbs, we dey always suppose dey careful.

But you gree say e no bad if person dey eat di leaves as vegetable or in case food no plenty? Even goats dey enjoy dis plant. If bee dey around, dem dey chop di nectar from di flowers. E get plenty things wey this plant dey do, and we still dey discover more about am. Di science no dey sleep!

As I dey talk, researcher don find say some extracts fit fight bacteria and even show promise against cancer. But no be small joke, we still need plenty study to sabi di full extent of wetin dis plant fit do.

So my Naija people, dis plant fit be your best friend or your enemy, depending on how you use am. Make you treat am with respect! If you wan investigate more, hop onto di internet or your local herb seller, but no go overboard o! Dis na street wisdom from your favorite journalist. Stay safe!