Home Remedy Alert! PROBLEM: Coughing? Try: Bitter Kola

With the rains going, dust is getting up in the air. Be sure coughs will follow. But bitter kola can help. A descriptive cross-sectional study on various uses and outcomes of Garcinia kola among people of Oshimili North in the Delta State of Nigeria found that Garcinia kola acts as anti-bacteria, anti-virus and provides protection […]

With the rains going, dust is getting up in the air. Be sure coughs will follow. But bitter kola can help.

A descriptive cross-sectional study on various uses and outcomes of Garcinia kola among people of Oshimili North in the Delta State of Nigeria found that Garcinia kola acts as anti-bacteria, anti-virus and provides protection against cancer.

The analysis of results showed that the benefits derived from ingesting bitter kola were rated high for cough, bacterial or viral infection and anticancer.

However, this study could not find any conclusive evidence to support the age-long claim of bitter kola as a treatment for food poison, diarrhoea or stomach upset and aphrodisiac. Just pop one and chew.

Courtesy: Vincent Icheku, International Quarterly Journal of Research in Ayurveda