NUTRITIONAL VALUES / HEALTH BENEFITS
It is used in treating coughs, fever, flu and cold.
It is used to prepare a special peppersoup as a postpartum herbal tonic for newborn mothers immediately after childbirth. It helps to clear blood clots in the womb after child delivery.
It stimulates appetite.
It reduces pain that's why it's used to treating rheumatism, arthritic pain and other inflammatory health conditions.
It helps increase the flow of breast milk.
Some studies reveal that the Negro Pepper spice can also be used for inducing labour.
This spice can be used as a herbal stimulant for treating gastrointestinal problems such as stomach ache, dysentery and gastric ulcers.
The back of the Negro pepper tree can be soaked in palm wine and used for treating respiratory system diseases such as bacterial pneumonia, asthma and bronchitis.
Dried Negro peppers are usually used in folk medicine for increasing the menstrual blood flow. It can also be used for treating amenorrhea, which is an abnormal absence of menstruation.
Negro pepper seeds can be crushed and applied topically on the skin for treating boils, itches and skin eruptions.
Negro pepper contains antimalarial properties thus can be used for making herbal drugs for preventing and treating malaria.
It contains anti-fertility substances. These are contraceptives which are capable of reducing or destroying fertility. As a contraceptive, some women prepare a herbal concoction with uda seeds, which they take immediately after s#xual activities to reduce the chances of falling pregnant.
Negro pepper possesses antimicrobial effects against bacteria and as such can be used for fighting against microbes.
Negro pepper contains anti-spirochetal properties thus can potentially destroy pathogens that are capable of causing syphilis, relapsing fever, yaws, and other related diseases.
Negro pepper is an excellent source of antioxidants, which are substances capable of removing free radicals and oxidizing agents in a living being. it can be used for preventing and destroying cancerous tumors.
The essential oils of the Negro pepper can be used for producing cosmetics such as creams, soaps, foaming liquid, perfumes and repellents.
Negro pepper can be used as an insecticide for killing insects.
The aqueous extracts of the Negro pepper helps to improve steroid hormonal levels.
Side Effects of the Negro Pepper
A study by Obembe et al., (2015) reveals that the aqueous extract of the Negro pepper can significantly reduce the haemoglobin concentration. Moreover, it also increases the bleeding and clotting time as well as reduces the white blood cell count and mean corpuscular haemoglobin.
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My first time of hearing about the negro pepper. Thanks for the info
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Huh. U don't know Uziza? Hope am right
DeleteUziza is different, it's called Uda.
DeleteIt is uda not uziza
DeleteImage you're wrong,uziza seed is different.
DeleteThis is UDA na for pepper soup
DeleteThanks guys
DeleteThis is called grains of selim. Its a standard ingredient in suya spice
DeleteThis is uda
DeleteCauses watery sperm in men
DeleteWhat do they call it in Igbo again 😕? I know it's used in the preparation of ji mmiri oku.
ReplyDelete@Twins Squared; It's called Mkpúrú úda in Igbo..
DeleteNever knew it's English name till now..#WeLearnEveryday
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Thanks Martins, I remember it now.
DeleteUda. I beat the seed out becos is very bitter. I only make use of the rest part for pepper soup.
DeleteInteresting, learnt a lot.
ReplyDeleteIt's called "Uda" in Igbo language.
Nice post. Been able to learn some certain use of it.
ReplyDeleteWow! So informative.
ReplyDeleteLittle did I know it's very effective.
Yup!
ReplyDeleteMama told me so about the contraceptive.
Thanks alot Stellz
I learnt something new
Thats true. I boil uda and oziza seeds, and take as a contraceptive
ReplyDeleteDoes it work?
DeleteAnon, heard it works. If you soak the two in hot drink. Just take a shot after the do. Haven't tried it sha.
DeleteBeware of the blood clot and other curative claims for herbs“. Just a piece of advice as naija profs with such claims never try to publish it in peer reviewed journals so their claims cannot be replicated scientifically or confirmed. Bless anyone who believes and uses it and it works!
ReplyDeleteYou have written intelligently! Same issue with the Madagascar 'Covid19 cure'. I was speaking to my malagasy friend and he said it is propaganda. The president is pushing his own agenda. Why the hesitation to subject it to research testing?
DeleteWe need to be wise as Africans. If we are going to contribute to the world of science, we should use tested approaches. In case we have new discoveries, we can share the results and publish it for others to take interest. Thank you for speaking my mind!
Yes, it is called Uda in lgbo Land, we use it to prepare soup for new mothers that just delivered, also for yam pepper soup you can also add it in some food to bring out the flavour.
ReplyDeleteỤda... Very effective in pepper soup for new mothers.
ReplyDeleteI use this for family planning and it is very effective. I have it in abundance in my house o because I have had to go on two unplanned nine months journey when it was not available for me to use. The stories I have heard about implants and injections for family planning is so scary biko.
ReplyDeleteSomeone told me something about paw paw seeds too, don't know how true it is.
Melancholy
Family planning how? Pls I need this and how it is prepared
DeleteMe too o? This brought me out of my sleeping mode..... Welcome me back bvs. Shines teeth
DeleteWould like to learn more Melancholy.
DeleteWelcome back Omo Daddy🤗
Thank you Essa Atelier. Still waiting melancholy
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DeletePlease kindly share how to use it ma
DeleteAre you serious? Please come and share.
DeleteYou can soak in alcohol and take a shot immediately after the do and first thing in the morning after. You can also boil the grounded one and drink the water, really effective.
DeleteWhen I had my baby, I soaked it inside a bottle of dry gin. I took one shot morning, afternoon and night. It really worked wonders.
ReplyDeleteMadam please did you just soaked the Uda seed alone? Or you added other items to it
DeleteIn Igbo language it is UDA,a special must use spice for Ofe Nsala soup,gives an unusual aroma.
ReplyDeleteIf you discover you have fibroids early enough,boil ground negro pepper and crushed ewe lapa lapa leaves together,filter and drink while steaming hot,a week after menstrual flow pleassssssseee and watch the growths melt.
For paragraph 8...so true,got 2 kids with mild asthma,once their drama starts I pour ground negro pepper,dry ground cameroun pepper into foamy palmwine then soak for 4hrs and filter,give them a hot bath and the potent drink.End of Drama.
Thanks Poster.
Osè Xp mamalawo..Lol
DeleteAlso, can be used as family planning stuff. I use it o, enough of all these medicine.
DeletePls what is it called in Yoruba?
ReplyDeleteIt's called Erije I hope I am correct
DeleteAtare I think
DeleteNot Atare,, Atare is roundish spherecal in shape.
DeleteAtare is alligator pepper
DeleteEru is this negro seed, while
Uziza is iyere in youruba..🤔.
Thanks everyone
DeleteOh ok,thank t Survivor. You are right.
DeleteUda
ReplyDeleteLike the taste in pepper soup or ofe nsala.
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ReplyDeleteTHat plant works magic for those who have migraine, stress, can't sleep, antioxidants..
I heard it works like Antipoison too
Its called Uda in Igbo language
ReplyDeleteIts very effective
Its called unienie in urhobo ,we use it when preparing ukodo,okro pepper soup nd pepper soup.
ReplyDeleteUrhobos call it urierien, African nutmeg is called erhe.
ReplyDeleteI thought "African nutmeg" is like groundnut seed.. Igbos call it EHURU
DeleteI thought "African nutmeg" is like groundnut seed.. Igbos call it EHURU.
DeleteWe're indeed blessed with so many herbs than we know🙏🏻
I thought "African nutmeg" is like groundnut seed.. Igbos call it EHURU.
DeleteWe're indeed blessed with so many herbs and spices than we know🙏🏻
Wow first time of hearing about this.
ReplyDeleteI usually use it for my pepper soup when I was in Port Harcourt.
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ReplyDeleteI used it when I just delivered my baby,and it helped in the healing process.
Now I know the English name for it.
Say no more! This is the cure for coronavirus
ReplyDeleteGorgeously human
Wow!! I never knew it has all these properties but we use it in my place and I love the aroma. We use for pepper soup and I have seen cases where it is pounded and mixed with water to drink(I was small so didn't ask what it cures been taken like that.)
ReplyDeleteI have also seen it pounded, tied in a clean cloth, dipped inside palm kernel oil, put on this old lantern(I don't know if they still exist) and applied to new born baby navel (after the cord drops).
It is called Eru in yoruba
ReplyDeleteI believe negro pepper and other herbs mixed together can actually cure covid 19.
ReplyDeleteStella, thanks.
The way I am looking at this thing, it should be tested as a potential cure for covid-19
ReplyDeleteThere’s no medical Term like rheumatism!!! I don’t know who coined the term. There’s rheumatic heart disease or rheumatoid arthritis,
ReplyDeletePlease how can I use it to bring my menses
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