Guava

(Psidium guajava, Linn.)

Synonym:

Family:
Myrtaceae

Description:
Guava (Psidium guajava) widely spread to Southeast Asia including Indonesia, to South Asia, India and Sri Lanka. Including guava shrubs and has many branches and twigs; hard trunk. Outer skin surface guava tree is brown and smooth. If the bark of the guava is exfoliated, will look wet surface of the wood sticks. Generally leaves form an oval patterned with a rather large size. Small flowers are white and appear from behind the armpit leaves. These plants can thrive in the lowlands to the height of 1200 meters above sea level. At the age of 2-3 years had begun guava fruit. And there are many seeds in the fruit flesh.

Local Name:
Psidium guajava (UK / Netherlands), Guava (Indonesia); guavas, Bayawas, tetokal, Tokal (Java); guavas, Jambu Batu (Sunda), Cashew Bender (Madura);


Curable Disease:
Diabetes mellitus, Maag, Diarrhea (abdominal pain), Cold, Beser; Prolapsisani, Sprue, Skin Hospital, a new wound;

Utilization:
1. Diabetes Mellitus
Ingredients: 1 piece of half-ripe guava
Method: guava fruit is split into four parts and
boiled with 1 liter of water until boiling, then filtered to
water taken.
How to use: drink 2 times a day, morning and afternoon

2. Maag
Ingredients: 8 pieces of guava leaves are still fresh.
Method: boiled with 1.5 liters of water to boiling,
then filtered to take water.
How to use: drink 3 times a day, morning, afternoon and evening.

3. Abdominal pain (diarrhea and diarrhea)
Ingredients: 5 pieces of guava leaf, 1 piece of root, bark and stem
Method: boiled with 1.5 liters of water to boiling and then
water is filtered to be taken
How to use: drink 2 times a day morning and afternoon.

4. Stomach pain or diarrhea in infants who are breast-feeding
Ingredients: guava young and salt to taste.
How to use: chewed by mothers who are breastfeeding,
the water is swallowed and the pulp removed.

5. Masuk Angin
Ingredients: 10 pieces of guava leaves the young, 1 point chili
red, 3 eye fruit acids, 1 slice of coconut sugar, salt to taste
Method: boil all these ingredients together with 1 liter
water to boiling and then filtered to take water.
How to use: drink 2 times a day.

6. Beser (frequent urination) excessive
Ingredients: 1 handful of guava leaves the young, 3 tablespoons of powdered
fried rice with no oil (couple = Java).
How to make: the ingredients are boiled together with 2.5
glass of water to boil down to 1 cup and then filtered.
How to use: drink every 3 hours 3 tablespoons.

7. Prolapsisani
Ingredients: 1 handful of guava leaves, 1 slice of guava bark.
How to make: braised together with 2 cups water to boiling,
then filtered to take water.
How to use: water mixture is still warm in a state of
used to compress the axis of the intestine mucous membrane (navel) in
baby.

8. Sprue
Ingredients: 1 handful of guava leaves, 1 slice of guava bark.
How to make: braised together with 2 cups water to boiling,
then filtered to take water.
How to use: drink 2 times a day.

9. Skin Pain
Ingredients: 1 handful of guava leaves the young, bud 7
guava.
How to make: mashed together until smooth
How to use: to rub the sore skin.

10. Drug new wounds
Ingredients: 3 guava leaf.
How to make: chew until smooth
How to use: placed on the injured body part to
mengelurkan not blood continuously.

Composition:
CHEMICAL KANDUNGAN: Fruit, leaves and tree bark contains tannins guava, was in a lot of interest not contain tannins. Guava leaves also contain substances other than tannins, such as essential oils, acid ursolat, psidiolat acid, kratogolat acid, acid oleanolat, guajaverin acids and vitamins. Content of guava fruit (100 gr) - Calories 49 cal - Vitamin A 25 SI - 0.02 mg Vitamin B1 - Vitamin C 87 mg - 14 mg Calcium - 12.2 grams of carbohydrate - 28 mg Phosphorus - 1.1 mg Iron - Protein 0.9 mg - 0.3 grams Fat - 86 grams Water