VeianetGuyabano, full of wonders
September 21st 2011 20:28
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A MIRACULOUS natural cancer cell killer, 10,000 times stronger than chemotherapy.
That was how the forwarded e-mail describing the Guyabano fruit, other names includes sour sop or graviola or labana.
If the email claims true to what is circulated, guyabano will be full of wonders for the humankind until proven by one's own personal experience.
According to the email, a research has been conducted and showed that the extracts from guyabano can attack cancer safely and effectively with an all-natural therapy that does not cause extreme nausea, weight loss and hair loss The good thing is that it only attacks the cancer cells, leaving the healthy cells intact.
The US National Cancer Institute reportedly performed the first scientific research on the fruit graviola in 1976. The results showed that the plant's leaves and stems were found effective in attacking and destroying malignant cells. Ripe fruits shows white meat and soft with yellow green skin lined with tiny pointy bumps around the fruit. Guyabano is considered one of the healthiest fruits known to man, is low in cholesterol, saturated fat and sodium. Not only is guyabano a good health food, it also taste sweet and delicious. Aside from being eaten raw when ripe, the guyabano fruit is processed into candies, tarts, shakes, ice cream, and sherbets and other beverages. In Indonesia, immature guyabano are cooked as vegetables or added in soup as vegetables. The fruit, seeds, and leaves have a number of herbal medicinal uses in countries where the plant is common. The leaves and roots also cure colic and convulsions.
Email contains the following guyabano uses:
The crushed fresh leaves are also applied on skin eruptions for faster healing.
A poultice of mashed or sap young guyabano leaves is applied on the skin to alleviate rheumatism, eczema and other skin infections like eczema and skin eruptions.
The guyabano leaves are believed to have tranquilizing and sedative properties.
Boiling the leaves and drinking may help induce sleep.
Guyabano are also good in checking insect pests. Pulverizing the guyabano seeds and mixing it with soap and water can be used as an effective spray against caterpillars, army-worms and leaf-hoppers on plants. The petroleum ether and chloroform extracts of guyabano are toxic to black carpet beetle larvae.
The seed oil kills head lice.
The bark of the guyabano tree has been used in tanning.
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