Guava Leaf - Psidium guajava
Known for its' gastrointestinal and antispasmodic
properties we use this oil in blends for acute and chronic diarrhea,
inflammation, fungal conditions, and relieving pain. Guava Leaf is very useful
during cold and flu season. The aroma is complex, smelling woodsy and exotic
with a hint of almond.
Guava leaves have many health benefits like, it can
stop diarrhea. There are constituents in guava leaf that attack pathogens,
anything that can produce disease. It’s antibacterial. Guava leaf can regulate
blood glucose levels. It has beneficial effects on diabetic myocardium, the muscular
tissue of the heart, a cardiac complication stemming from diabetes. Researchers
in Nigeria have found that guava leaf, in combination with other herbs are
useful for treating hypertension and other stroke-related maladies.
This leaves is an antioxidant that blocks enzymes
that are responsible for building sorbitol, a sugar alcohol, the sugar that
forms the cloudy white clusters that cause cataracts. Guava is also rich in
folate which helps to fight bad breath that causes gum disease gingivitis.
It also controls the blood pressure, lowering
cholesterol, battling diabetes, combating cancer and protecting prostrate. This
is also a suggested natural cure for fever, diabetes, epilepsy, worms, and
spams. Because the fresh leaves can be used for wound cleaning infections.
These leaves contain a number of beneficial
substances, including antioxidants like vitamin C and flavonoids, or class of
plant secondary metabolites, such as quercetin. Drinking a tea made by soaking
guava leaves in hot water may be beneficial in treating diarrhea, lowering
cholesterol and preventing diabetes.
Guava leaves are full of great antioxidants,
antibacterial agents, anti-inflammatory agents, beneficial tannins and they
also help with pain.
Many studies show that guava leaf tea has the
ability to increase sperm production thus helping with conception.
Just like guava leaves, bark of this plant has
antibacterial activity. Extracts from both parts of this plant are toxic in
vitro against some bacteria that cause diarrhea, such as Staphylococcus,
Salmonella, Shigella, Bacillus, Escherichia coli, Clostridium, and Pseudomonas.
Guava fruit is said to be very special because it
has a high content of nutrients, such as vitamin C, potassium, and iron. In
addition, it is also rich in non-nutritional substances such as dietary fiber,
components carotenoids, or organic pigments that are found in the chloroplasts
and chromoplasts of plants, and polyphenols, refers to a chemical structure
formed. Guava fruit is free from saturated fatty acids and sodium, low fat and
energy, but high in dietary fiber.
Vitamin C content of guava fruit is about 87 mg,
twice that than sweet orange (49 mg/100 g), five times higher than orange, as
well as eight times, than lemon (10.5 mg/100 g). Compared guava, levels of
vitamin C in guava is far greater, that is 17 times higher than water guava (5
mg/100 g).
This concludes that Guava Leaves have many medicinal
use and can be upgraded through the help of technology that we have right now.
Source:
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