Snot Apple , popularly called Goron tula is an important plant in Africa. It is also known as Azanza garckeana. It is as food and herbal medicine.
Interestingly, this fruit is mostly famous for curing sexual problems, especially for women experiencing a low level of libido.
Furthermore, Snot Apple is commonly consumed as a food additive added to soup, porridge, jelly or syrup. The fruit is sold among local markets in some countries in Africa like Nigeria, Zambia Kenya, and Botswana, just to mention a few.
Some of the benefits of the fruit are:
1. Prevent high blood pressure.
2. Prevent liver problems.
3. Solve infertility.
4. Cleanse your body system.
5. Help women with vaginal problems.
6. Cancer prevention.
7. Boost bowel movement.
8. Improve immune system.
You can do more researches on the fruit, and also take a step further to get it and have a personal experience about the health and food benefits of the fruit.
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The Snot Apple which is commonly called Gorantula is considered as a ‘miracle fruit’ for its various benefits.
It is a sweet and chewy nut and also often referred to as “African Chewing Gum” fruit.
It comes with the botanical name Azanza garckeana which is an important plant in Africa. No wonder some media houses in Ghana such as TV3 , ATINKA FM etc carried it out as a news item.The fruit is considerably useful for food and herbal medicine. It is commonly consumed as a food additive which is added to soup, porridge, jelly or syrup
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
– rich in anti-fungal,
– anti-bacterial,
– anti-oxidant,
– anti-malarial,
– anti-hyper- glycemic
– absorbing iron;
– amino acids,
– alkaloids,
– carotenoids
– ascorbic acid
– lipids,
– phenols
– saponins
– tannins
HEALTH BENEFITS
1. Firstly, it increases the female libido and improves the sperm quality of men!
2. Gorontula is good to clean the vagina and will just have to say good bye to bad and fishy smelly vagina since it helps in the production of juicy, copious amounts of vagina wetness,
3. Thirdly, it aids in making the vagina walls clean due to the lubrication.
4. Fourthly and most important, since it aids fertility, it is superb for those trying to conceive.
5. It combats menstruation problems.
6. Reduces pain during sexual intercourse.
7. Prevents high blood pressure.
8. Cleanses the body system.
9. Prevents liver problems.
10. Supports Cancer prevention.
11. Boost bowel movement.
12. Improves immune system.
13. Lowers blood sugar (for diabetes patients).
14. Cures chest pains.
15. Good for weight loss.
16. It eases digestion.
17. Helps to combat respiratory discomfort such as coughing and Asthmatic attacks.
18. It tightens the walls of the vagina.
19. It combats premature ejaculation.
20. It induces labour during childbirth.
21. It increases the hips and breast.
22. Combats vaginal itching.
23. It eases and controls menopausal discomforts in women.
24. Cures sexually transmitted diseases such as whites discharges in women and gonorrhea.
25. Combats hormonal imbalance.
HOW TO CONSUME IT
1. First, you can break the seed and chew it like gum.
2.Similarly, you can eat the fruit raw when it ripe.
3. Besides, you can mix the powder with pap, tea, and yogurt.
4. You can soak the dry Goron tula in water or honey to make jelly or eat it like that.
5. Another method of consuming silky kola is by boiling it and relishing it into porridge.
6. Finally, you can mix it with other herbs to give a perfect result like Kayan mata: Goron tula horny syrup
REFERENCES
1. https://sohealthyng.com/2019/05/23/11-health-benefits-of-goron-tula/
3. https://m.guardian.ng/life/four-sexual-health-benefits-of-miracle-fruit-goron-tula/
4. https://atinkaonline.com/fm/health-benefits-of-snot-apple-goron-tula/
5. https://scialert.net/fulltextmobile/?doi=rjmp.2017.115.123q
7. https://9jafoods.com/goron-tula-for-fertility-15-sexual-health-benefits/
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