Incredible Health Benefits Guava Has

The guava is a tropical fruit native to South America and Brazil but is also grows in Cuba, Florida, India, and California. The guava fruit has an oval shape and is the size of a pear. It’s slightly bitter and varies in color. The fruit is commonly used in jams but can also be consumed fresh and extracted for juice. Except for its taste, guava has been used for its health benefits as well.

Health Benefits 

Guava juice has proven helpful in treating anxiety and various central nervous system problems due to its relaxing properties. A ripe fruit mixed with honey makes a great lung and chest congestion remedy. Fruit’s leaves can be used in making tea, which is a great remedy for gut inflammation, digestive problems, dysentery, gastroenteritis, diarrhea, and metrorrhagia.

Guava can also be used for preparing alcoholic tincture is a great remedy for seizures and epilepsy, while the guava juice is efficient against beriberi and scurvy. Eating one fruit per day can reduce the risk of colds and flu as well as exophthalmic goiter. The next time you wake up with a terrible hangover after a crazy night out, we suggest drinking a glass of guava juice –the hangover effects would vanish immediately.

Guava Remedies

Goiter
If you’re suffering from goiter try mixing and immediately drinking a preparation of a cup of guava juice, 2 tablespoons oats, and a medium head of broccoli. You will need to drink about 3-4 glasses per week of this remedy in order to treat the condition.

Asthma
Put an onion in water overnight then, in the morning, mix that liquid with a cup of guava juice, a glass of orange juice and a cup of lemon. The taste may not be the best, but consuming the mixture can ease asthma symptoms.

IBS
Drink a cup of cool guava tea, made of 10 tablespoons of dry guava leave boiled in a liter of water for about 10 minutes. Drink 3 cups of the tea per day for a week to soothe your IBS symptoms.

Colds
In order to boost your body’s immune system and increase the vitamin C level, mix a cup of guava juice, a cup of lemon juice, 2 cups of orange juice, a cup of water, a tablespoon of honey and drink the mixture.

Pimples
If you have already tried almost every recommended remedy and none of them worked, test the mixture of a handful of guava leaves and some water, then use this paste on your face and leave it to work until dry. Rinse with water and repeat the process the next day.

Weight loss
If you’re trying to lose weight, here’s something that can work: mix a juice of one orange with guava pulp. Taking this mixture in the morning can help you boost your metabolism and start losing weight.