Benefits of Guava

                                                                                  Benefits of Guava

Introduction

Guava is a common fruit .The two varieties of fruit have white or red pulp . Taste-wise the fruit has varieties that are sweet ,sour and insipid. Fruits from winter season are sweeter and tastier than fruits that are available in rainy season.

Chemical Composition

Roots and bark are rich in tannic acid. In addition, it also contains crystals of calcium oxalate. Leaves contain raisins , fats , tannins ,volatile oil and vegetable and mineral salts. The tree also includes phosphorus and an acidic substance containing Calcium and Manganese .It is also rich in vitamin B and C.

Medicinal usage

Headache:  Before sunrise, take a unripe guava. Rub it on stone and make a paste. Apply the paste on the forehead area which aches. It cures even the most severe headaches. This treatment should be administered 4 times a day.    

Toothache:  Chew 4 guava leaves. It relieves toothache or boil 3-4 leaves and add potassium permanganate in the water and use this water for gargles. It relieves tooth ache.

Stomatitis: Chew fresh guava leaves with catechu. It cures boils in the mouth.

Mental Disorder: Decoction of leaves is used to cure mental disorders , polyuria ,and physical and mental deformities.

Cold: In case of phlegm that is blocked for quite some time, give one big guava (remove the seeds first) to the patient and then give fresh water to drink to immediately. Within 2 days, blocked phlegm will flow and clear the nose. After 3 days , to control the flow, give 50gm jiggery without water at night.

Cough and related disorders:

1.In case of dry cough where phlegm does not come out easily, bite and chew a fresh guava .

2.In case of common cough due to cold, take unripe guava and roast it on fire .Gives this to the patient with salt. This  gives relief and cures cough.

3.Take the tincture of guava, mix it with honey and give it to the patient .It is beneficial in curing dry cough.

Vomiting: Give 10 gm decoction of guava leaves .It controls vomits.

Indigestion: Take 10gm juice of its soft leaves and mix sugar in it. Give this to the patient daily, once in the morning .It gives relief within 7-8 days.

Constipations: During  breakfast , give guava with black pepper ,black salt, and ginger to the patient .It cures indigestion , acidity ,swelling of the stomach caused by indigestion or accumulation of wind, and constipation. Eating guava during lunch is beneficial in curing colitis and diarrhea.

Arthritis: Make paste of fresh guava leaves and apply on the painful area .It helps relive the to a great extent.

Fever: In case of malaria, give guava fruits to the patient. Grind the soft leaves with water and then strain the solution .Give this solution to the patient .It cures fever.

Burning sensation: Take guava seeds ,grind them and mix the paste with rose water and sugar candy .It cures enlarged liver.

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