Healing Through the Use of Plants : George Padmore Library, Accra : 9789988255503 : 9988255500 : 08 Jan 2021 : From the ancient times the use of plants (food, herbs, palms, shrubs, trees etc.) has been the main source and of man's survival, providing both nutritional and curative resources for his optimum health, as designed by God, his Physician. A few ancient nations like Egypt, Israel, Greece, Rome, China, Japan and India have also used plants to treat several hard-to-cure diseases, such as all types of cancers and diabetes. Some of the plants include sweet basil, rosemary, thyme, been, fever herb, umpkin fruits and seeds, alliums species (onion family) eucalyptus, mahogany, spathodea, pawpaw, tomato, guava, dendelon, Shea butter, sweet potato, blackjack, amaranths, etc., to treat or cure these notorious and deadly diseases. The concept and belief in the use of these plants to treat and cure diseases actually indicate that they possess disease-fighting chemicals, phyltom nutrients,