Certain seeds have nutritive and calories which make them necessary in diets.
One of the seeds, Buchholzia Coriacea popularly known as “Wonderful Kola nut”, is a perennial plant which grows as tree.
It belongs to the family appearance and it’s local name includes; ‘Uworo’ -Yoruba; ‘Owi’- Edo and ‘Uke’- Igbo.
The plant parts commonly eaten are the seeds which cooked or eaten raw. It is also useful in the treatment of hypertension and also prevents premature aging.
It has also been proved in Africa that Wonderful Kola nut has the ability to stop migraine/headache when applied on the forehead for 10 minutes.
It enhances the memory, acts as blood cleaner, strengthen nervous system and effective in the treatment of menstrual problems.
Here are some of the medicinal benefits of Wonderful Kola nut as recommended by Dr Eleyinte Samuel, a traditional medicine practitioner in an article titled: “Herbal Remedy to Diseases in Nigeria”:
*For treating impotency: Get three Wonderful Kola nut, cut it into pieces, prepare with hot (local gin) and soak for two days. After that, take a shot cup before breakfast and one after meal in the night for three days.
*For ear disease: Grind a Wonderful Kola nut with hot (local gin)or water for a day, and leave it, the next day, put two drops in each ear.
*Typhoid and malaria: Get four Wonderful Kola nut, four ginger, four bitter kola, cut them into pieces and prepare with two bottles of 7-Up soft drink and soak for two days.
Adult: two spoonful, children: one tablespoon.
*Toothache: Get one Wonderful Kola nut , grind and put inside local gin for some minutes, then put in your mouth for three minutes and pour out.
*Intestinal worms: Get two Wonderful kola nut grind and put in tonic water for two days. Adult: two tablespoon and children: one tablespoon, two times daily.
*Rheumatism: Get four Wonderful Kola nut four ginger, five bitter kola, two alligator pepper, scent leaf, pound together and prepare with dry gin.
Use two spoons in the morning and in the evening.
*Gonorrhea: Get one Wonderful kola nut, potash, tobacco leaf, 15 ampicillin capsules, prepare with dry gin. Take two spoons in the morning and at night.
*Cholera: Buy three Wonderful Kola nut , prepare with lime juice and scent leaf juice for two days. Adult should take two spoons; children, one spoon four times daily.
*Whit-low: Grind one Wonderful Kola nut and put in lime juice to ferment, put your affected finger in it for 10 minutes. Do it repeatedly until it disappears.
*Pile: Grind one Wonderful Kola nut, allow to dry and mix with shea butter. For pile that has growth outside, just apply the shea butter mixed with the wonderful kola nut and use your finger tip to apply on the growth.
NOTE: Because of its spicy flavour, it can cause irritation on the tongue when chewing, therefore eat moderate.
