“Every Elderly Trinbagonian Was A Doctor”

When I was growing up in Trinidad and Tobago, every elderly woman/man was a doctor… I listened to my mother talking to the neighbor. The neighbor was telling her that she was going to the doctor because she was having; headaches, blurred vision and dizziness.
“Girl you don’t have to go to the doctor for that… You have high blood pressure. Cut down on salt.”
She told her she did cut down on salt but it did not help... "My head still hurts and my vision is still blurred."
Get some Bois Canon –Bwah-kah-no leaves boil them and drink a cup of it for nine days… Come and tell me how you feel after.”
The neighbor turned back and went under the Bwah-kah-no tree and she picked up some leaves… Two days after, she started drinking it she came to my mother and told her that she was feeling better than ever...