Hi Donna,
I can't help it I LOVE it so much and I KNOW, after NINE years & study how totally fantastic it is. so I am going to post this on it as well. While Noni has been used for over FIVE THOUSAND
years in India, the following is about the TWO Thousand years it has been used in other areas.
Polynesians picked the noni fruit before it was ripe, and place it in a jar in the direct sunlight. When fully ripe, the noni fruit was mashed into a puree and the juice was extracted through a cloth. The juice was then ready for use.
People traditionally took the juice during times of rest, when the body was under the least amount of stress. Noni was also served as a food dish.
Traditional Medicinal Uses:
Parts of the fruit are used as a tonic and to contain fever (China, Japan, Hawaii)
The leaves, flowers, fruit, and bark can treat eye problems, skin wounds and abscesses, gum and throat problems, respiratory ailments, constipation, and fever (Pacific Islands, Hawaii)
Used to treat stomach pains and after delivery (Marshall Islands)
Heated leaves applied to the chest relieve coughs, nausea, and colic (Malaysia)
Juice of the leaves is taken for arthritis
(Philippines)
The fruit is taken for lumbago, asthma, and dysentery (Indochina)
Pounded, unripe fruit is mixed with salt and applied to cuts and broken bones
Ripe fruit is used to draw out pus from an infected boil (Hawaii)
Juices of over-ripe fruits are taken to regulate menstrual flow and ease urinary problems (Malaysia)
The fruit can be used to make shampoo (Malaysia, Hawaii) and to treat head lice (Hawaii).
Other exotic diseases treated with the plant include diabetes (widespread) and venereal diseases.
In the website I posted, there are 12 written testimonials on how fantastic Noni has been in treating Fibromyalgia.
If anyone wants me to send them an e-mail about all the great things it has done for my old (closer to 71 than 72) body, please message me with an e-mail address I can send it to.
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