AFRICAN wild lettuce has been used for ages as a natural herbal pain reliever for migraines and headaches and as a treatment for epilepsy. Now, a medical doctor, Dr Ralph Oduwole, is encouraging its daily intake to ensure healthy prostate.
Speaking on ‘Alternative Medicine versus Complementary Medicines in the Management of various Diseases and Cancers’, Oduwole, the Chief Medical Director of Queens Specialist Hospital and founder, Concern Others Health Care Support Foundation, said that African wild lettuce leafy vegetable (what is commonly known as yanrin in Yoruba, and namijindayi in Hausa), like tomatoes, can significantly affect men’s health, including the prostate.
