Guava is one popular natural herbal plant that found everywhere in India and mostly people uses this herb as a fruit. People love to eat this fruit and it juice often. Guava has many health benefits and use to treat many diseases naturally. Diabetic or sugar patient advised to eat Guava fruits and leaves.
In Hindi, Guava is known as “Amrud”. Its Latin name is Psidium Guajava and of Myrtaceae family.
Although, Guava has too many health benefits but some main are followed as
1. Guava for Oral Diseases
- To treat Mouth Ulcers, apply some Kattha (Catechu) on Guava leaves and chew. If Kattha is not available then simply chew some Guava leaves.
- In toothache treatment, Guava leaves juice also very beneficial. Chew Guava leaves or prepare the decoction of Guava leaves and add some fitkari (Alum) in it. Then Gargle with this mixture to get relief from toothache.
- You can eat or chew Guava leaves and use it like a natural mouth freshener. It helps to remove mouth odor and other mouth or teeth problems.
2. Guava for Abdominal Disorders
- To treat constipation – Eat ripe Guava fruit by applying some black salt. It will help to end constipation. Regularly eat Guava and if possible then apart the seeds.
- In Vomiting treatment, prepare the decoction of Guava leaves and drink about 10 ml. If not able to prepare decoction then take Guava fruit or leaves juice.
- For Diarrhea treatment, Guava is one well known herb. Roast unripe Guava fruit and eat to stop Diarrhea. To treat Diarrhea in kids, take the root of Guava tree about 10 gram and mix it with 100 ml water. Boil this mixture till it remains half. On cooling, use it 2-3 times a day. Use about 5 ml mixture to cure Diarrhea. Guava fruit, leaves, and bark powder, all used to treat Diarrhea.
- In Dysentery treatment, eat Murabba of guava fruits. Guava Murabba cures both Diarrhea and Dysentary.
- To treat Cholera, drink the decoction of Guava leaves and soft bark. This remedy help to treat primary stage Cholera.
- Indigestion is also cured with Guava. Drink the Guava leaves extract by mixing some sugar in it. Try this home remedy for regular 1-2 week to cure Indigestion.
3. Guava for Headache
To treat headache, take a unripe Guava before sunrise from Guava tree and rub it on a stone. Now apply this paste on forehead to cure headache. Use this home remedy for regular 4-5 days to get relief of headache.
4. Guava for Cough Disorde
- To treat Dry Cough, daily eat one fresh Guava in morning. If mucus is not coming out with cough, then this remedy is also very useful to out mucus.
- If with cough too much mucus is coming out then eat Guava. Also with this condition is you are suffering with light fever then this remedy is also very beneficial to treat both problems.
- There is another remedy for dry cough with Guava. Take the extract or juice of Guava fruit and mix some honey in it. Drink this mixture 2-3 times a day to cure dry cough.
5. Guava for Fever and Malaria
- To treat Fever, grind the fresh leaves of Guava and drink its juice by adding some water.
- To treat Malaria, eat Guava fruit, 2-3 times a day.
6. Guava Health Benefits for Rectal Disease
- To treat Fissures in Kids, prepare the decoction of Guava fruit, bark and root and apply this on rectal as a paste. Or you can intake the pills of Guava and Naagkesar powder. Prepare small pills like a granule of Urad Dal.
- In Bleeding Piles treatment, daily take about 5 gram Guava bark powder with bark water.
- To treat Diarrhea Fissures, prepare the Poultice or Pultis of fresh leaves of Guava tree. It cures Fissures and help to get relief of pain and inflammation.
Guava is also used to treat many other health disorders like Arthritis. Apply the paste of fresh leaves on the joints and get rid of Arthritis. Guava also treats many mental and abdominal disorders. Guava leaves extract also used to reduce the effect of Bhang (Cannabis) and Daturas.
On Shivratri, on many places people prepare a drink “Bhang Ka Ghota” using Milk, Bhang, Guava Leaves, Almonds, and Chaar-magaj kharbooj (melon), kaddoo (pumpkin), tarbooz (water melon) and badaam kernels (almonds). Use fresh leaves of Guava to make this mixture.
You can eat Guava fruits and its juice without any prescription and for maintain good health.
