Dr. Kidi

Enset: Ethiopia's False Banana Plant It looks like a banana tree. It doesn't produce the bananas we eat, and it isn't a tree. Enset (Ensete ventricosum) is a giant herb. Grown mainly in Ethiopia, Enset provides food, fiber, animal feed, and has a history of use in traditional medicine. It can remain growing until it is needed and provides food for millions of people. At a Glance Scientific name: Ensete ventricosum English name: False banana Native to: Africa Grown mainly in: Southern and...

SEGMENT 4 · HONORING THE TRUTH EPISODE 7 Let Truth Be Enough Once you have honored what is true, let it be enough. — Dr. Kidi She was my last patient of the day. She didn't need a refill. She didn't need a referral. She came to talk. “I didn't yell. I didn't accuse him. I just told him, as calmly as I could, that I was hurt by what he had done,” she said, her voice still tight from the conversation. She had gathered the courage for weeks before saying it. She rehearsed it in the car. In the...

SEGMENT 4: HONORING THE TRUTH EPISODE 6 The Courage to Live What You Know When truth Becomes Choice "Once you know the truth, do you have the courage to live it?" I cannot count how many times I have told a patient to eat better, exercise, or rest when they were exhausted. "You cannot keep going like this." "Your body needs better nutrition." "You need to move." And I meant every word. Then I would leave the room, pick up a cookie from the nurses' station, and eat it while answering...