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Kenkeliba leaves
Kenkeliba leaves
Kinkeliba is a plant mainly found in the Sahel region. As a herbal tea, it has been consumed for generations to relieve a wide range of ailments.
This is why it is often called “the tea of long life.”
Its main asset: it helps cleanse the liver, one of the body’s main organs of elimination, and therefore contributes to better digestion.
In African tradition, during Ramadan, it is consumed to break the fast.
This herbal tea can replace coffee or tea, with its slightly woody flavor.
Benefits
• Helps support the liver
• Helps improve digestive comfort
• Useful after the holidays or during periods when one feels more “weighed down”
• An alternative to coffee and tea
Botanical information
Scientific name: Combretum micranthum
Other names: kinkeliba, quinqueliba, sekhew, kolobé, séréou, ngolobé
Botanical family: Combretaceae
Composition* : iron, vitamin C, betaine, tannins, flavonoids, potassium nitrate, sorbitol, inositol
Properties* : digestive, cholagogue, hepatoprotective
Use : infusion
Traditional indications* : gallstones, liver problems, diarrhea, fever, malaria
*non-exhaustive lists
CONTRAINDICATIONS: PREGNANT AND BREASTFEEDING WOMEN, YOUNG CHILDREN
Weight: 130 g
Origin: Mali
Pickup/delivery: 2 days on average. See more details
- Document : kinkeliba_chemistry_and_pharmacology.pdf
- Document : kinkeliba_etude_de_l_activite_chloretique.pdf
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