Graviola can assist in a holistic cancer treatment. Graviola will not cure cancer alone but in combination with other herbs, juices and therapies, Graviola will boost cancer treatment effectiveness.
Graviola’s other names include soursop, Brazilian paw paw, guanábana, guanábano, guanavana, guanaba, corossol épineux, huanaba, toge-banreisi, durian benggala, nangka blanda, cachiman épineux and guyabano. Graviola has sometimes been referred to as a miraculous natural cancer cell cure which is 10,000 times stronger than the leading or commonly used as chemotherapeutic drug.
Graviola Historical Medicinal Usage
Graviola has a long, rich history of use in herbal medicine as well as a lengthy recorded indigenous use. In the Peruvian Andes, a leaf tea is used for catarrh (inflammation of mucous membranes) and the crushed seed is used to kill parasites. In the Peruvian Amazon the bark, roots, and leaves of graviola are used for diabetes and as a sedative and antispasmodic.
Indigenous tribes in Guyana use a leaf and/or bark tea as a sedative and heart tonic. In the Brazilian Amazon a leaf tea is used for liver problems, and the oil of the leaves and unripe fruit is mixed with olive oil and used externally for neuralgia, rheumatism, and arthritis pain. In Jamaica, Haiti, and the West Indies the fruit and/or fruit juice is used for fevers, parasites and diarrhea; the bark or leaf is used as an antispasmodic, sedative, and nervine for heart conditions, coughs, flu, difficult childbirth, asthma, hypertension, and parasites.
For a long time graviola has been widely applied by indigenous population to cure various illnesses and diseases. Graviola has been praised for its abilities to fight cancer cells, kill viruses, bacteria and parasites, as well as to lower blood pressure, calm nerves, and prevent depression. This has made Graviola very important and precious in natural herbal medicine.
Graviola Health Benefits
Graviola has an extremely wide range of medicinal properties, which are distributed through the different parts of the plant. The fruit or juice of graviola is taken to reduce fever, counteract diarrhea and dysentery, and kill worms and other parasites. The seeds are also a potent antiparasitic and are used traditionally as a remedy for lice. The bark, leaves and roots can be made into a soothing medicinal tea, taken as a sedative or an antispasmodic. Research also bears out the traditional use of graviola tea as a hypotensive, a remedy for high blood pressure. The bark can also be used to treat fever, and the leaves are used topically to speed the healing of wounds. The unripe fruit of graviola is especially prized as a digestive aid. Graviola is applied to the skin for arthritis.
Graviola Anti Cancer
Many active compounds and chemicals have been found in graviola, as scientists have been studying its properties since the 1940s. Most of the research on graviola focuses on a novel set of chemicals called Annonaceous acetogenins. Various research groups have confirmed that these chemicals have significant antitumorous properties and selective toxicity against various types of cancer cells (without harming healthy cells). Many of the acetogenins have demonstrated selective toxicity to tumor cells at very low dosages—as little as 1 part per million.
Annonaceous acetogenins are only found in the Annonaceae family (to which graviola belongs). These chemicals in general have been documented with antitumorous, antiparasitic, insecticidal, and antimicrobial activities. Mode of action studies in three separate laboratories have recently determined that these acetogenins are superb inhibitors of enzyme processes that are only found in the membranes of cancerous tumor cells. This is why they are toxic to cancer cells but have no toxicity to healthy cells.
Four studies were published in 1998 which further specify the chemicals and acetogenins in graviola which are demonstrating the strongest anticancerous, antitumorous, and antiviral properties. In a 1997 clinical study, novel alkaloids found in graviola fruit exhibited antidepressive effects in animals.
Acetogenins are believed to slow down certain processes that take place only in cancer cells. This explains their selective toxicity: acetogenins destroy cancerous cells, but do not harm healthy ones. Furthermore, the researchers from the Purdue University published the statement in 1997, saying that acetogenins had the ability to kill cancerous cells that did not respond to traditional anti-cancer treatment. At the same time, these compounds had some analogy with the resistant cells. Graviola annonaceous acetogenins show positive results in the treatment of colon, breast, lung, ovarian, prostate, lymphoma, pancreatic, and cervical cancers. Acetogenins are said to be 10,000 times stronger in colon cancer cure than traditional adriamycin drug.
Graviola Dosage
The therapuetic dosage of graviola leaf, (which offers just as high of an amount of acetogenins as the root and almost as much as the seed) is reported to be 2-3 grams taken 3 or 4 times daily.
The leaves are used for the herbal dietary supplement.
Tincture 1 – 4 ml. daily (1 – 4 full droppers)
Infusion 1 – 3 cups daily
Graviola Precautions
The appropriate dose of graviola depends on several factors such as the user’s age, health, and several other conditions. At this time there is not enough scientific information to determine an appropriate range of doses for graviola. Keep in mind that natural products are not always necessarily safe and dosages can be important. Be sure to follow relevant directions on product labels and consult your pharmacist or physician or other healthcare professional before using.
Large dosages can cause nausea and vomiting.
People with low blood pressure or taking antihypertensive drugs should check with their doctors before taking Graviola and monitor their blood pressure accordingly.
For pregnant or breast-feeding women. Do not use graviola for pregnant or breat-feeding women.
For those who have Parkinson’s disease, graviola might make the symptoms worse. Graviola can kill nerve cells in the brain and other parts of the body. Graviola may cause movement disorders similar to Parkinson’s disease.
Graviola Products
Graviola capsules, supplements and powder can be bought online. Search graviola products on Google.
Graviola Research Links
In laboratory studies, graviola extracts can kill some types of liver and breast cancer cells that are resistant to particular chemotherapy drugs. But there haven’t been any large scale studies in humans.
http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/about-cancer/cancer-questions/can-graviola-cure-cancer
Despite the mounting collection of laboratory tests and anecdotal reports about this cancer-fighting dynamo, Graviola may always remain an underground therapy.
http://www.amazonbioenergetics.com/reports-graviola-hsi.htm
My mother is suffering form lung cancer. advanced stage. Doctors said she may survive max of 6 months. both the lungs are effected. I read in the site that graviola is the best herbal medicine works effectively and cures lung cancer. Pl suggest dosage
I would go also use the pancreatic enzymes from tumorx and do a 4 day juice fast with lots of greens. It may cure cancer but it is best to to use a combination of herbs vitamins and juice fasting.