SOURSOP

I bought the soursop or durian belanda plant from the Farmer's Market about a year and a half ago and got my colleague to plant it in the Herb Garden of my school. Well, it started fruiting since last December. I have yet to taste the fruit but am definitely going to do so this time around. I notice that there are two fruits growing at present.

Here is some information about the soursop plant:

Origin: Tropical America
Family: Annonaceae
Botanical Name: Annona muricata

Medicinal Benefits:

• The seeds can be used in the treatment of vomiting.


• The leaf decoction is effective for head lice and bedbugs.


• The crushed fresh leaves can be applied on skin eruptions to promote healing.


• The juice of the fruit can be taken orally as a remedy for urethritis, haematuria and liver ailments.


• The juice taken when fasting is believed to relieve liver ailments and leprosy.


• To speed the healing of wounds, the flesh of the soursop is applied as a poultice unchanged for 3 days.


• A decoction of the young shoots or leaves is regarded as a remedy for gall bladder trouble, as well as coughs, catarrh, diarrhea, dysentery, fever and indigestion.


• Mashed leaves are used as a poultice to alleviate eczema and other skin problems and rheumatism.


• The root bark is use as an antidote for poisoning.


• Soursop flowers are believed to alleviate catarrh.


• Decoction of leaves used as compresses for inflammation and swollen feet.

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