Commonly known as silver bush or shinning bush in English language, this plant is of great benefits to addressing many health conditions. It is known scientifically as Peperomia pellucida. The Yoruba people call it ewe rinrin.
As days go by, the apparent hardship, stress and danger of living and working especially in our country increases as we prepare to go to the polls to cast our votes for our preferred candidates. Collectively, we yearn for an effective leadership that will ameliorate or at least lessen the hardship that majority of the citizens are currently experiencing, a leadership that will engender the desired interest and cooperation among followership so that, in unison, the wrong trajectory that this nation is presently following will be cut short for good.
For thousands of people, the effects of this toxic environment that is charged with crimes and criminality are the major causes for their elevated blood pressure, joint aches, persistent headache, insomnia, chest pain, indigestion, muscular affection and a whole lot of diverse health challenges that you can think of.
The use of shinning bush plant (Peperomia pellucida) for health is needed more now than ever. For instance, it can address all the health problems enumerated above. But first thing first, patients need to realize that all healing starts from within; the patient’s attitude towards the prescribed medicine (herbs), his attitude towards the doctor or healer who offered the prescription, the patient’s love for balanced lifestyle, his desire to get well soon, his love for humanity and life in general, his understanding that all healing energies stream from GOD and that physical medicine has its limitations. These are all very cardinal to one’s total recovery.
For example, a health care provider consulted me for a very chronic or should I say a degenerative condition she had suffered constantly, daily, for not less than 18 years. No singular remedy/ therapy gave her any respite. I gave her an herbal capsule to be taken once daily. She was full of joy as her condition stabilized for 5 MONTHS AT A STRETCH. On a certain day that she visited me again to pick some capsules that will last her another 30 days, I decided, since she is a health care personnel, to tell her the name of the herb in the capsule she was praising to high heavens. That decision turned out to be a wrong one, it was a wrong step. Immediately she heard the name of the plant, she hissed disappointingly and said she occasionally, at one point made use of it with no success. From that day, the SUPER MEDICINE stopped working for her. Spirit or MIND OVER MATTER? Science inclined persons may quickly interject here,” it is all a placebo effect…blah, blah, blah. It is all in her mind…this is pure psychology”. I SAY NO. I totally disagree; this is a case of INGRATITUDE FOR ‘LITTLE THINGS’ BLOCKING HER HEALING. This has spiritual connotation and colouration.
Ok, let’s look at some of the medicinal properties of Peperomia pellucida (Shinning Bush).
A) Pulverize fresh leaves of shinning bush, mix it with shea butter and use as ointment for massage TO RELIEVE AND TREAT BONES, JOINTS AND MUSCLES ISSUES. This remedy also reduces inflammation in any part of the body.You can also do the same with just the plant water extract without the shea butter.
B) As a nice PAIN KILLER (analgesic), you can utilize it (whether fresh or dry) for pain management.
C) This is an excellent ANTI-RHEUMATISM AND ANTI-ARTHRITIS herb. Use it internally as well as externally.
D) Are you experiencing painful BREAST OR TUMORS IN THE BREAST, daily application of the fresh poultice of this herb resolves that.
E) This plant when boiled and ingested helps to lower HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
F) For the treatment of GOUT use poultice of fresh herb externally and ingest boiled water extract of the plant.
G) If you are disturbed by EXCESS PROTEIN IN THE URINE (PROTEINURIA) ingest as instructed in F.
H) When you frequently experience ABDOMINAL PAINS, INDIGESTION, HARD STOOL, use this plant for a period to resolve those permanently.
I) Shinning bush plant HEALS WOUNDS similar to aloe gel dressing. Use fresh juice for dressing the wounds. Also, like aloe gel IT STOPS BLEEDING.
J) You can use Shinning bush to resolve that ABSCESS and bring BOILS to ripe and burst by topically utilizing the juice of shiny bush or the fresh leaves poultice.
Always utilize what nature has lavishly provided us with to maintain, cure and manage our health conditions.
Please note that herbs are best prescribed by trained and licensed naturopathic physicians or medical herbalists.