Amazing health benefits of GUAVA(AMRUD) fruit and leaves

  

                  AMRUD (GUAVA)

Guava which is commonly known as Amrud, is a fruit with a sweet and a slight astringent taste. It is a small tree belonging to the myrtle family (Myrtaceae). Native to tropical areas from southern Mexico to northern South America, guava trees have been grown by many other countries having tropical and subtropical climates.

It has anti-oxidant, antiviral, antibacterial, antiinflammatory, Anti-diarrhoeal, Anti-hypotensive, Analgesic & Anti-hypertensive, Antifungal, Antipyretic property.

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It has different names in different languages such as in English(Guava), Marathi(Jamba, Jambh, Peru), Hindi(Amrood), Gujarati(Jamrud, Jamrukh, Peru), Kannada(Gova, Jamaphala, Perala, Sibi, Sebehabbu), Bengali(Goaachhi, peyara),  Ma..................read more


Guava fruit discription 

Guava fruit generally have a pronounced and typical fragrance. Guava pulp may be sweet  or sour, tasting something between pear and strawberry, off-white ("white"  guavas) to  deep pink ("red" guavas), with the seeds in the central pulp of variable number and hardness, depending on species. The fruits are fle.................read more





Vitamin and mineral content 

Vitamin : B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, C, K, A

Mineral : Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium, Podium, Zinc, copper

• It has more vitamin C than the orange. 

• Guava contains a large number of antioxidants and phytochemicals including essential oils, polysaccharides, minerals, vitamins, enzymes, and triterpenoid acid alkaloids, steroids, glycosides, tannins, flavonoids and saponins. 

                 - Guava contains a higher content of vitamin C and vitamin A. 

                 - Guava is also a very good source of the pectin which is an important dietary fiber.

                 - It has high content of flavonoids, fructose sugar and carotenoids.

                 - There are 41 hydrocarbons 25 esters, 13 alcohols and 9 aromatic compounds in guava

• The strong pleasant smell of fruit is credited to the carbonyl compounds.

• Guava fruit contains terpenes, caryophyllene oxide and p-selinene in large quantity which produce relaxation effects.

                 - The skin of fruit contains ascorbic acid in very h.................read more



Benefits, uses and application

1) It is used as food and in the preparation of food products. It is also used in house construction and toys making.


2) Guava leaves has great medicinal properties and use in the treatment of various illness.


3) For Diarrhoea, dysentery, colitis and stomach pain : Take fresh Guava leaves , crush them in mortar and pestle. Boil water, add this crushed leaves and dry ginger powder. Cook till water reduces to 1/4th of initial volume. Filter and drink one cup of this decoction, every three to four hours.     Bark decoction is also very good diarrhoea.

               - Drink infusion of bark or eat bark powder(3-5 grams) with water, 2-4 times a day. This is very good remedy for mild food poisoning, hyperacidity, anal itching and indigestion.

   > Guava leaves have quercetin-3-arabinoside and quercetin which can be isolated from leaves. Its leaves contain a compound which has morphine like action. It controls the muscular tone. Quercetin repressed intestinal contraction encouraged by enhanced absorption of calcium. Quercetin has a strong effect on ileum. It is thought that quercetin in guava leaf are responsible for its spasmolytic activity. Guava has high cytotoxicity. Guava can be used to treat the diarrhea caused by the E. coli or S. aureus toxins.

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4) For Fever : Boil the water, add giloy (Gaduchi) steam, few Gauva leaves and 2-3 Tulsi leaves, reduce it to 1/4th of initial and drink it when it is luke warm. This preparation also improve liver function.  OR. Drink fresh Guava leaf juice.

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5) For Gum problems, tooth ache and Bad breath : Boil water add some leaves of crushed gauva leaves, sendhwa namak(or salt) and clove(Laung) oil or eucalyptus oil. Boil this mixture for 2-3 minutes. Gargle this mixture 2-3 times a day when it is luke warm.  It's antibacterial, antiviral properties helps to get rid of such problems.

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6) Tree bark decoction and poultice(paste made of herbs, plants, and other substances with healing properties. The paste is spread on a warm, moist cloth and applied to the body to relieve inflammation and promote healing) is very good remedy for ulcer wound or normal wounds. It's astringent, antibacterial, antiinflammatory property helps cure wounds.

                 > Guava leaves decoction has an astringent (tends to constrict body tissues), antimicrobial, antiviral and antiseptic (controls growth of infection causing microorganisms) activities. Due to these action this decoction can be used externally to wash infections and kill bacteria.


7)Fresh guava leaves paste is applied on painful joints to reduce swelling and pain.

                      - Guava can alter the heme oxygenase-1 protein’s(play role in inflammation) work. And due to this reason, it can be used as anti-inflammatory agent for skin.

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8) Because of its high level of pectin, guavas are extensively used to make candies, preserves, jellies, jams, and marmalades.


9) Drinking guava leaves juice, is one of the best way to Lowering Cholesterol, Lowering Blood-Sugar Levels and Preventing Type2 Diabetes.

                   - When guava is eaten, the dietary fiber present in it enters the body, binds to bile acid and excretes it out of the body. Now, bile acid is required b..................read more



Note : 1) If diabetic person want eat or drink guava fruit, then they have to reduce or cut their other carbohydrates content that they take.  With this it's high content of dietary fiber reduce or maintain sugar level. Pls consult doctor before use. 


            2) While eating guava do not chew its seeds instead swallow as chewing reduces its laxative properties. And do not peel skin of guava.


            3) Pink guavas co..................read more



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Refrence : 

1) GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2017, 01(02), 013–019 ; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321446819_Phytochemical_analysis_and_antibacterial_activity_of_Psidium_guajava_L_leaf_extracts

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