Noni Juice

[adias]

Aloha Carolann,
I find that most muscular pains and aches are relived by doing Yoga on a regular basis; takes the tightness out of your body and keeps it limber.

But be careful, it easy to hurt yourself doing Yoga by pushing too far too soon. If you google (sciatica yoga) it comes up with lots of hits, of course probably best to see a doctor first.

[Tahunatics]

Another tropical fruit grown in Hawaii with great health benefits is Mangosteen (not related to mango).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangosteen

http://www.mangosteenmd.com/

http://www.mendosa.com/mangosteen.htm

1. Anti-fatigue (energy booster)

2. Powerful anti-inflammatory (prevents inflammation)

3. Analgesic (prevents pain)

4. Anti-ulcer (stomach, mouth and bowel ulcers)

5. Anti-depressant (low to moderate)

6. Anxyolytic (anti-anxiety effect)

7. Anti-Alzheimerian (helps prevent dementia)

8. Anti-tumor and cancer prevention (multiple categories cited)... shown to be capable of killing cancer cells

9. Immunomodulator (multiple categories cited) - helps the immune system

10. Anti-aging

11. Anti-oxidant

12. Anti-viral

13. Anti-biotic (modulates bacterial infections)

14. Anti-fungal (prevents fungal infections)

15. Anti-seborrheaic (prevents skin disorders)

16. Anti-lipidemic (blood fat lowering, LDL)

17. Anti-atherosclerotic (prevents hardening of arteries)

18. Cardioprotective (protects the heart)

19. Hypotensive (blood pressure lowering)

20. Hypoglycemic (anti-diabetic effect, helps lower blood sugar)

21. Anti-obesity (helps with weight loss)

22. Anti-arthritic (prevention of arthritis)

23. Anti-osteoporosis (helps prevent the loss of bone mass)

24. Anti-periodontic (prevents gum disease)

25. Anti-allergenic (prevents allergic reaction)

26. Anti-calculitic (prevents kidney stones)

27. Anti-pyretic (fever lowering)

28. Anti-Parkinson

29. Anti-diarrheal

30. Anti-neuralgic (reduces nerve pain)

31. Anti-vertigo (prevents dizziness)

32. Anti-glaucomic (prevents glaucoma)

33. Anti-cataract (prevents cataracts)

34. Pansystemic - has a synergistic effect on the whole body.

Want to grow your own Mangosteen? Mangosteen trees and seeds available from Oscar Jaitt in Pahoa:

FRUIT LOVER'S NURSERY, PO Box 1597, Pahoa, HI 96778
http://www.fruitlovers.com/indexen.html

email: oscar@fruitlovers.com

http://www.fruitlovers.com/fruittreedesc...mangosteen


Edited by - Tahunatics on 01/12/2007 06:49:30

[Carolann R]

Holy Smokes! Why aren't we all selling this stuff?!

Carrie

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." Groucho Marx

http://www.hellophoenix.com/art/dreamhawaii.Cfm

[Momi]

I can only tell you about my own experiences of using the leaf of the noni for sciatica. I had it chronic for two years. and applied the leaf topically. After two nights, I never had sciatica again. It really works. Well, it worked for me. If it doesn't work for you, you might want to see if there are underlying things that may be causing your pain. I have a friend whom the noni leaves didn't work completely on because she has scar tissue build up from paddling canoes all her life. Yes, it definitly helps with sciatica or in my case all together rid me of that ailment believe it or not. Mangosteen is great but it costs alot of money. Noni is free if you can grow it. Journalist don't always take the information right. It says I put it on my hips not the case. I put the leaf on my lower back, shiney side down after softening over a fire or stove. It's frustrating when they don't right down the correct information. Noni is also an excellent hair conditioner. Hawaiian lomi lomi and yoga will probably be helpful when you are not in so much pain. but if you have alot of pain, use the noni leaves first to soften the muscles. It's also great to throw noni leaves in a hot tub.


The free plant talk is this Saturday, at the Volcano Educational Center from 10:00 a.m. till 1:00 p.m.



Edited by - momi on 01/16/2007 15:29:13

[Carolann R]

Thanks for all the info...gladly the pain is gone. I'm thinkin' when the kids were here we did so much running around, climbing, snorkeling, etc...must've just pulled something.

Carrie

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." Groucho Marx

http://www.hellophoenix.com/art/dreamhawaii.Cfm

[Momi]

I'm glad your feeling better.Maika`i.

[Guest]

Health claims were made by the companies marketing the juice in this country that included preventing cancer, lowering blood pressure, and other too good to be true benefits.

Noni's Cancer claims are unfounded according to the American Cancer Society.



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Kahana Itozaki catches the Hawai'i state record Commerson's Frogfish, 12 lbs, off Ka'u on the Big Island, 1999.

[allngood]

Most excellent website about noni.
UH College of Agriculture, Dr Scot Nelson, here in Hilo.
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/noni/index.asp

[StillHope]

Glen,I know a person who lives in HPP,whose dog was given 1 week to live after being diagnosed with thyroid gland cancer.She was giving the dog noni and it lived more than a year after that.Though there is no scientific proof,but I tend to believe that noni helped.