Health Benefits of Scent Leaf.
Scent leaf is known for its strong aromatic herbal benefit to the body. It can be boiled, blended, and cooked as a vegetable stew or as a spice. It contains vital substances that are of great benefit to the body. It contains vitamin A, carbon, iron, phosphorus, and calcium. Scent leaves have multipurpose uses. It can be used as a local ingredient to cook pepper soup, yam porridge, plantain porridge, jollof rice, beans, ukwa, ogbono soup or Egusi soup.
- Scent leaf kills bacteria in the mouth which eliminates bad breath. It is also good for your teeth. Fighting the bacteria in your mouth prevents mouth decay.
- ou can boil, squeeze or smear it to drink in order to prevent sickness. It has been proven that people who take this often as a drink do not get sick easily. It builds a strong defence against malaria or fever.
- Adding it to your food as a spice or boiling it as a tea helps aid proper digestion of food. Proper digestion of food reduces bloating.
- Scent leaf is very medicinal for cold and catarrh.
