Thursday, October 9, 2008

My Experiences with the Fluted Pumpkin

The fluted pumpkin ( Telfaria occidentalis) is a vegetable crop commonly grown in Nigeria. It is reputed to enhance the development of healthy red blood cells. In order words, it helps in preventing anemia in humans.
I have two daughters who are sicklers, in other words, they have the sickle cell genes. These children usually fall sick very frequently and they are anemic. It was recently that someone told me about the efficacy of fluted pumpkin in rectifying the situation. What i did was that i extracted the water or juice in the fresh leaves of this crop, i mixed the juice with Maltonic and i gave the mixture to these children for drinking. I was carrying out this process weekly. Since i started giving them this mixture, i noticed that the frequency and severity of their crises have reduced drastically. I obviously cannot confirm whether it was only this mixture that brought about this observed changes. However, readers comments and experiences are welcomed