Monday, March 19, 2012
Treat Dengue Fever & Diarrhea With Guava Plants (Psidium guajava)
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| Common names: Psidium guajava (UK, Holland), Jambu Biji (Indonesia) Scientific Name: (Psidium guajava, Linn.) |
Plant parts used
Fruits and leaf
Descriptions
Guavas are now cultivated and naturalized throughout the tropics and subtropics in Africa, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, Florida and Hawaii. Guava plants, including shrubs and has many branches and twigs; hard trunk. The outer surface of the guava tree is brown and smooth. If the guava bark is stripped, you will see the surface of wet wood rods. Leaves are usually patterned shape is oval with a rather large size. The flowers are small white and leaves emerge from behind the armpit. This plant thrives in low lying areas to a height of 1200 meters above sea level. At the age of 2-3 years has begun to bear fruit guava. Seeds many, and there in the flesh.
Nutrient Content of Guava (Psidium guajava) per 100 g.
Energy 68 Kcal 3.5%
Carbohydrates 14.3 g 11.5%
Protein 2.55 g 5%
Total Fat 0.95 g 3%
Cholesterol 0 mg 0%
Dietary fiber 5.4 g 14%
Vitamin
Folates 49 mcg 12.5%
Niacin 1.084 mg 7%
Pantothenic Acid 0451 mg 9%
Pyridoxine 0.110 mg 8.5%
Riboflavin 0.040 mg 3%
Thiamin 0.067 mg 5.5%
Vitamin A 624 IU 21%
Vitamin C 228 mg 396%
Vitamin E 0.73 mg of 5%
Vitamin K 2.6 mcg 2%
Electrolyte
Sodium 2 mg 0%
Potassium 417 mg 9%
Mineral
Calcium 18 mg 2%
Copper 0.230 mg 2.5%
Iron 0.26 mg 3%
Magnesium 22 mg 5.5%
0.150 mg Manganese 6.5%
Phosphorus 11 mg 2%
Selenium 0.6 mcg 1%
Zinc 0.23 mg 2%
Phyto-nutrients
ß-carotene 374 mcg -
Crypto-xanthin-ß 0 mcg -
Lycopene 5204 mcg -
Folates 49 mcg 12.5%
Niacin 1.084 mg 7%
Pantothenic Acid 0451 mg 9%
Pyridoxine 0.110 mg 8.5%
Riboflavin 0.040 mg 3%
Thiamin 0.067 mg 5.5%
Vitamin A 624 IU 21%
Vitamin C 228 mg 396%
Vitamin E 0.73 mg of 5%
Vitamin K 2.6 mcg 2%
Electrolyte
Sodium 2 mg 0%
Potassium 417 mg 9%
Mineral
Calcium 18 mg 2%
Copper 0.230 mg 2.5%
Iron 0.26 mg 3%
Magnesium 22 mg 5.5%
0.150 mg Manganese 6.5%
Phosphorus 11 mg 2%
Selenium 0.6 mcg 1%
Zinc 0.23 mg 2%
Phyto-nutrients
ß-carotene 374 mcg -
Crypto-xanthin-ß 0 mcg -
Lycopene 5204 mcg -
(Source: USDA National Nutrient data base)
Benefits of Guava Fruit and Leaves
- Guava leaves is known as a traditional medicine for coughs and diarrhea. Berkasiat guava juice to help cure patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever.
- Guava is rich in soluble fiber (5.4 g per 100 g of fruit, about 14% of daily requirement), which makes it a good bulk laxative. The fiber content helps protect the mucous membrane of the intestine by reducing the time exposed to the toxin and bind cancer-causing chemicals in the colon.
- Lowering cholesterol: The process by binding to cholesterol and bile acids in the body and helps expenditures.
- Vitamin C is essential for the synthesis of collagen in the body. Collagen is the major structural protein in the body is required to maintain the integrity of blood vessels, skin, organs, and bones.
Recipes for natural remedies:
- Diabetes Mellitus
Ingredients: 1 half-ripe guava fruit
Method: guava fruit cut into four pieces and
boiled with 1 liter of water until boiling, then filtered to
take water.
How to use: drinked 2 times a day, morning and afternoon
Method: guava fruit cut into four pieces and
boiled with 1 liter of water until boiling, then filtered to
take water.
How to use: drinked 2 times a day, morning and afternoon
- Diarrhea
Ingredients: 5 pieces of guava leaf, a piece of root, bark and stems
Method: boiled with 1.5 liters of water to boiling and then
filtered to be taken
How to use: drinked 2 times daily morning and afternoon.
Method: boiled with 1.5 liters of water to boiling and then
filtered to be taken
How to use: drinked 2 times daily morning and afternoon.
- Stomatitis aphte reccurent
Ingredients: 1 handful of guava leaves, 1 slice of guava bark.
Way of making: braised together with 2 cups water to boil,
then filtered to take water.
How to use: drinked 2 times a day.
Way of making: braised together with 2 cups water to boil,
then filtered to take water.
How to use: drinked 2 times a day.
- Cure wounds
Ingredients: 3 guava leaf.
Directions: chew until smooth
How to use: placed on the injured body part in order
not bleed continuously.
Directions: chew until smooth
How to use: placed on the injured body part in order
not bleed continuously.
References
- Chen, Kuan-Chou; Hsieh, Chiu-Lan; Peng, Chiung-Chi; Hsieh-Li, Hsiu-Mei; Chiang, Han-Sun; Huang, Kuan-Dar & Peng, Robert Y. (2007): Brain derived metastatic prostate cancer DU-145 cells are effectively inhibited in vitro by guava (Psidium gujava L.) leaf extracts. Nutr. Cancer 58(1): 93–106.
- Ojewole, J.A. (2006): Antiinflammatory and analgesic effects of Psidium guajava Linn. (Myrtaceae) leaf aqueous extract in rats and mice. Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology 28(7): 441–446.
- Jiménez-Escrig, A.; Rincón, M.; Pulido, R. & Saura-Calixto, F. (2001): Guava fruit (Psidium guajava L.) as a new source of antioxidant dietary fiber. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 49(11): 5489–5493.
- www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guava
- iptek.net.id
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