Sorghum bicolor commonly called guinea-corn or sweet sorghum. Sorghum bicolor belongs to the plant family Poaceae.Sorghum bicolor a herb has been able to boost blood levels (treat anemia), relieve pain and inflammation, reverse cell damage (antioxidant), and increase cellular immunity in people affected With Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (PLWHA) in animal and human model it is widely being used in many herbal preparations. The cereal is a staple food in Northern Nigeria.Sorghum bicolor has been widely used in South Western Nigeria for generations, to treat complicated diseases multiple myeloma, haematological dieases like sickle-cell anemia, leukemia, multiple myeloma, heart and other blood- related problems even for minor ailments like headaches.
This herbal preparation is made as a herbal non-alcoholic beverage, kunu-zaki (in Hausa), and tasty pap, akamu (in Ibo), and thick porridge or porage, tuwo dawa (in Hausa). It is fermented to make sorghum beer called burkutu or pito, or made into flour and mixed with bean flour then fried to make dawaki.
This local ingredient could be the 'cure all' medicine scientists have been looking for.
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