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• 1. Graviola Annona Muricata By Christian Drapeau, BSc., MSc.
• It produces a fruit the size of a large cantaloupe with a delicious white flesh.
• Indigenous Traditional Use: Graviola has a long history of use by Indigenous people of the Amazon Basin who use all parts of the Graviola tree -the bark, leaves, roots, fruits and seeds -for various ailments.
• For example, the fruit and seeds are used for intestinal health, namely to eliminate intestinal parasites and for stomach and bowel discomforts.
• The calming effect on the whole body has been linked to the ability of Graviola leaf extract to lower blood pressure.
• Cytotoxic often refers to the ability to kill cells that are not functioning properly and which can put the whole body at risk.
• Colon and breast cancer conquered with miracle tree from the Amazon found to be 10, 000 times stronger than chemotherapy.
• All parts of the graviola tree are used in natural medicine in the tropics, including bark, leaves, roots, fruit, and fruit-seeds.
• Generally, the fruit and fruit juice are taken for worms and parasites, to cool fevers, to increase mother's milk after childbirth (lactagogue), and as an astringent for diarrhea and dysentery.
• The crushed seeds are used as a vermifuge and anthelmintic against internal and external parasites and worms.
• In the Peruvian Andes a leaf tea is used for catarrh (inflammation of a mucous membrane), and the crushed seed is used to kill parasites.
• Many bioactive compounds and phytochemicals have been found in graviola, as scientists have been studying its properties since the 1940s.
• Much of the recent research on graviola has focused on a novel set of phytochemicals found in the leaves, seeds, and stem that are cytotoxic against various cancer cells.

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