Leaf concentrate. Undernutrition

Testimony from a clinic in Senegal

Madam

I have been in charge of the clinic at Djilas in Senegal for several years. I know the benefits of leaf concentrate⁽Reference Davys¹⁾ extracted from lucerne.

Pregnant women: Taking leaf concentrate during the later months of pregnancy, without Fe supplements, improves their general physical condition; no more vertigo, wasting or anaemia. They carry on with their normal activities. They bring into the world beautiful babies weighing on average 3·8 kg instead of the former 2·3 kg. They have easy deliveries, nothing like what we had been accustomed to, and their milk flows quickly.

Lactation: For women who are dry the effect is spectacular; two days after starting to take leaf concentrate their milk flows. It is good milk. The baby cries no more.

Healing: For patients with serious and deep wounds (boils, carbuncles, abscesses, varicose ulcers) taking leaf concentrate promotes rapid healing of the wound and general improvement.

Children: I also supervise the distribution of leaf concentrate to day nurseries and primary schools, to about 600 children. After a few months the teachers observed that the children were putting on weight and were in better health with less absence, more attentive in class and taking greater part in sports. They also have fewer episodes of malaria. Leaf concentrate really helps them grow up well.