Guava
This herb inhabits tropical and subtropical America, Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay.
The scientific name of this herb is Psidium guajava L.
The Guava belongs to the plant family Myrtaceae.
The guava can also be found under the following names: guayaba, guava apple.
Psidium guajava L. is a small evergreen tree growing to 2.7 m. tall, with trunk erect and branched hardwood.
The bark of this herb is gray, scaly and often smudged.
The Guava leaves are opposite, simple, oblong or elliptic, light green.
The flowers of Psidium guajava L. are white, large, 2.5 cm. in diameter, axillary and strong aroma. They are arranged in solitary or small clusters.
The fruit is a berry up to 15 cm. in diameter with pink pulp and numerous seeds.
The part used this plant for medicinal purposes are the roots, branches, leaves, flowers and fruits.
The guava fruit is also known commercially marketed for their nutritional qualities, besides being very tasty fresh fruit is laxative and hypoglycemic properties
The root, bark, leaves and green fruits are very astringent and are used against dysentery atonic and also as a remedy for scabies and itching. Root: to cure dropsy.
Among the medicinal properties of this plant, we find that is useful against infant diarrhea.
The pulp of the guava fruit is used to treat intestinal parasites and worms.
The root of Psidium guajava L. used against diarrhea.
This herb is composed of coumarin, alpha-and beta-amyrin, arabinose, arjunólico acid, asiatic acid, Brahmic acid, delta-cadinene, calameneno oxalate, calcium, camphene, beta-caryophyllene, casuarinina, 1,8-cineole, -trans-cinnamic acid, among other compounds.
The fruit is rich in vitamin C, B1 and B2.
Also present in the leaves and peel essential oil and flavonoids.
Recipes from this medicinal plant:
Infusion: is often used in gastrointestinal diseases like diarrhea, chills and stomach pain, through the infusion of guava leaves 3 times daily or as water use and can also be taken with milk, baking soda, sugar and mint leaves.
Poultices in skin conditions, Guava leaves alone or mixed with other herb, boils and then applied locally in washes or poultices.
On the other hand, is recommended for caries, swelling, bile, scarlet fever, vaginal bleeding, wounds, fever and dehydration.
The crushed leaves are used to heal wounds, ulcers and rheumatism and chewed to cure mouth sores.
The cooking of the leaves of this plant relieves the discomfort of chest and throat.
The tea leaves or bark of this herb is used as an effective treatment for gastrointestinal disorders (dysentery, dyspepsia, diarrhea, and stomach pain), vertigo, nausea and to regulate menstrual periods.
Tags: Astringent, desinflamatorio, intestinal parasites, laxative, scabies
