Graviola
Traditional uses :
- Natural Antibiotic
- Cancer
- Immunity
- Antiviral
- Colds & Flu
- Fever
- Herpes & Cold Sores
- Antiparasitic
- Diarrhoea & Dysentery
- Vasodilator
- High Blood Pressure
- Erectile Dysfunction
Graviola has a long, rich history of use in herbal medicine as well as lengthly recorded
traditional use. All parts of the graviola tree are used in natural medicine in the tropics,
including the bark, leaves, roots, fruit, and fruit seeds. Different properties and uses are
attributed to the different parts of the tree. Generally, the fruit and fruit juice are taken
for worms and parasites, to cool fevers, to increase mother's milk production after
childbirth, and as an astringent for diarrhoea and dysentery. The crushed seeds are
used to treat internal and external parasites, head lice, and worms. The bark, leaves,
and roots are considered to have sedative, antispasmodic, hypotensive, and nervine,
properties and a tea is often used to relieve these disorders. An "in vitro" research
study at Purdue University's School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, found
the active ingredients of the tree to be potent inhibitors of cancer cells, while leaving
the normal cells alone. They also found the compounds to be potentially effective
against drug-resistant cancer cells. In a 1976 plant screening program by the National
Cancer Institute, graviola leaves and stem showed active toxicity against cancer cells
and researchers have been following up on these findings since. Thus far, specific
acetogenins in graviola and extracts of graviola have been reported to be selectively
toxic in-vitro to these following types of tumor cells: lung carcinoma cell lines, human
breast solid tumor lines, prostate adenocarcinoma, pancreatic carcinoma cell lines,
colon adenocarcinoma cell lines, liver cancer cell lines, human lymphoma cell lines and
multi-drug resistant human breast adenocarcinoma. Researchers in Taiwan reported
in 2003 that the main graviola acetogenin, annonacin, was highly toxic to ovarian,
cervical, breast, bladder and skin cancer cell lines at very low dosages saying; ". . .
annonacin is a promising anti-cancer agent and worthy of further animal studies and,
we would hope, clinical trials.". An interesting in-vitro study was published in March of
2002 by researchers in Japan, observing various acetogenins found in several species
of plants. In this study, some cancerous cells were exposed to a chemotherapy drug
and the rest to the main graviola acetogenin, annonacin (at a dosage of 10 mg/kg).
After two weeks, it was observed that the graviola acetogenin had an equally positive
effect on the cells, but without the level of toxicity related to the chemotherapy drug.
This led the researchers to summarize; "This suggested that annonacin was less toxic
in mice. On considering the anti-tumor activity and toxicity, annonacin might be used
as a lead to develop a potential anti-cancer agent."
What's in the box
1 x Dr.Boxall's Graviola 60's
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DISCLAIMER: This product may be a complementary medicine and/or not have been evaluated and verified by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority for its quality, safety or intended use. Use of this product is therefore not intended to compensate for diagnosis, treatment, cure, or mitigation of medical conditions and must not substitute the obtaining of medical advice from a registered health professional for any health or health-related conditions.
