Benefits of velvet tamarind

 VELVET tamarind (dialium guineense) commonly known as ‘icheku’ in igbo, ‘awin’ in yoruba and ‘tsamiyar- kurm’ in hausa, and ‘Yooyi’ in Ghana.

-High Antiox­idant Power: The fruit is a good source of vitamin C and its consump­tion can contribute to satisfying the journal requirement that is 90 to 110 mg.

-Treats Scurvy and Infections: The fruit pulp has high ascor­bic acid content vitamin hence used as a food supplement. The high vitamin C con­tent boosts the immune system and helps the body against infections.

-Healing Wounds: The velvet fruit pulp has interesting content in calcium and magnesium. Calcium participates in ossifica­tion, to the muscular contraction, and to the blood clotting.

-Repairs blood vessel and fights Anemia: The velvet tamarind fruit pulp is rich in iron. It is indispensable for iron absorption; cloves repair and blood vessel formation via collagen synthesis. The pulp’s iron absorption is more efficient because of the presence of vitamin C.

-Prevention of Hypertension: The val­ues obtained for sodium and potassium of the velvet tamarind fruit pulp were re­spectively Preliminary studies indicate that short-term potassium depletion also elevates bloodpressure in hypertensive pa­tients. Potassium supplementation low­ers blood pressure in hypertensive patients ingesting normal amounts of sodium.

-Reliefs Menstrual Cramp and stops Diar­rhoea: The stem bark extract has significant analgesic property hence, can be used to re­duce menstrual pain. You can take it along with papaya leaf, salt, and water to work effective­ly. It can also stop diarrhea.

-Hemorrhoids (pile): Piles are swollen veins in the anal canal caused by too much pres­sure in the pelvic and rectal areas and while not life-threatening, these veins can be very painful. A study performed on ethanolic leaves extract of velvet tamarind showed it to be beneficial for pile treatment.

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